IM Carolina Lujan is the first seed in the women's event
The Zonal Championships for men and women of Zone 2.5 will be held on 19th – 25th April 2013 at the Sala Interactiva de la Torre de las Telecomunicaciones de Antel in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The countries that belong to this zone are Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Each country can send two official players, except Argentina that can send five. Each federation can send as many extra players as they like.
The events will be 9-rounds Swiss opens. The time control will be 90 minutes for the game plus 30 seconds increments per move starting from move 1.
The open tournament will provide two spots at the World Cup, while the female event will gran one spot at the Women’s World Cup.
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Participants – Open Tournament:
| 1 | GM | Flores Diego | ARG | 2600 |
| 2 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | ARG | 2585 |
| 3 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2580 |
| 4 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | CHI | 2547 |
| 5 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2529 |
| 6 | GM | Alonso Salvador | ARG | 2521 |
| 7 | GM | Rodriguez Vila Andres | URU | 2503 |
| 8 | Lorenzini Martin | ARG | 2488 | |
| 9 | FM | Salinas Herrera Pablo | CHI | 2401 |
| 10 | FM | Vazquez Guillermo | PAR | 2351 |
| 11 | FM | Larrea Manuel | URU | 2308 |
| 12 | NM | Muniz Rafael | URU | 2279 |
| 13 | FM | Latorre Matias | PAR | 2274 |
| 14 | NM | El Ters Antouan | URU | 2236 |
| 15 | Caceres Recalde Fernando | ARG | 2235 | |
| 16 | FM | Izquierdo Daniel | URU | 2219 |
| 17 | Mesias Rojas Rabindranath | CHI | 2213 | |
| 18 | FM | Ibar Marcelo | ARG | 2196 |
| 19 | Almiron Antonio | PAR | 2194 | |
| 20 | FM | Zacarias M Ruben D | PAR | 2186 |
| 21 | NM | Arcos Facio Mateo | URU | 2185 |
| 22 | NM | Coppola Claudio | URU | 2173 |
| 23 | NM | Lopez Azambuja Nicolas | URU | 2173 |
| 24 | Jodorcovsky Werjivker Paulo | PAR | 2165 | |
| 25 | NM | Michailov Matias | URU | 2158 |
| 26 | NM | Saralegui Mario | URU | 2146 |
| 27 | Daneri Martin | ARG | 2135 | |
| 28 | NM | Arias Bouzada Jorge | URU | 2131 |
| 29 | FM | Granara Barreto Sebastian | URU | 2099 |
| 30 | Magaldi Nelson | URU | 2084 | |
| 31 | NM | Bustelo Tabare | URU | 2079 |
| 32 | Carbone Diego | URU | 2074 | |
| 33 | Rodriguez Izarrualde Gaston | URU | 2053 | |
| 34 | Hiriart Guillermo | URU | 2049 | |
| 35 | Izquierdo Sebastian | URU | 2035 | |
| 36 | Muzzi Eduardo | URU | 2022 | |
| 37 | Ibanez Juan Rodrigo | URU | 2009 | |
| 38 | Lallana Daniel | ARG | 1985 | |
| 39 | Ruggiero Alvaro | URU | 1983 | |
| 40 | Lanzilotta Marcelo | URU | 1980 | |
| 41 | Augoustis Funti Alexis | URU | 1948 | |
| 42 | D Andrea Leonardo | URU | 1921 | |
| 43 | Pinero Ismael | URU | 1883 | |
| 44 | Marrero Javier | URU | 1881 | |
| 45 | Davila Texeira Mario | URU | 1879 | |
| 46 | Ibanez Marcelo | URU | 1879 | |
| 47 | Campiglia Guido | URU | 1871 | |
| 48 | Iduate Guillermo | URU | 1855 | |
| 49 | Garcia Axel | URU | 1790 | |
| 50 | Nakle Gonzalo | URU | 1728 | |
| 51 | Milan Julio | URU | 1704 | |
| 52 | Solari Pablo | URU | 1703 | |
| 53 | Tramutolo Gustavo | URU | 1626 | |
| 54 | Bengochea Ricardo | URU | 0 | |
| 55 | Cedres Jorge | URU | 0 | |
| 56 | Cuneo Jose | URU | 0 | |
| 57 | Nacelle Daniel | URU | 0 | |
| 58 | Torres Acosta Raul | URU | 0 | |
| 59 | Varalla Gonzalo | URU | 0 | |
Participants – Women’s Tournament:
| 1 | IM | Lujan Carolina | ARG | 2366 |
| 2 | WIM | Zuriel Marisa | ARG | 2212 |
| 3 | Fernandez Maria Florencia | ARG | 2180 | |
| 4 | Martinez Ayelen | ARG | 2094 | |
| 5 | WIM | Colombo Camila | URU | 2073 |
| 6 | WNM | Silva Natalia | URU | 1891 |
| 7 | WCM | De Leon Patricia | URU | 1842 |
| 8 | Cortes Arias Mariela | CHI | 1833 | |
| 9 | Perez Dalila | PAR | 1763 | |
| 10 | WCM | Besso Guadalupe | ARG | 1737 |
| 11 | WCM | Avalos Leticia | PAR | 1725 |
| 12 | De San Vicente Sabrina | URU | 1725 | |
| 13 | Larrea Daniela | URU | 1700 | |
| 14 | Costa Anaclara | URU | 1649 | |
| 15 | De Leon Veronica | URU | 1645 | |
| 16 | Perez Cecilia Manuela | URU | 1521 |
