A total of 120 chess players from the Americas gathered in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba to battle in the Continental Chess Championship 2013, which will give four qualification spots for the upcoming World Cup in Norway to be played in August.
The event, which will last until May 15th, counts with the participation of the regional elite, with 14 GMs, 16 IMs and 14 FMs among the registered players.
Among the favorites, we can highlight Peruvian Julio Granda, defending champion after winning the 2012 event in Mar del Plata, Argentina; Cuban GMs Lázaro Bruzón, Yuniesky Quesada and Isam Ortíz, that will have the biggest national representation apart from the organizing country.
Lazaro Bruzon
The local line-up will be headed by Oswaldo Zambrana; Argentine champion Diego Flores will also be present; Eduardo Iturrizaga will be representing Venezuela; and Aleksandr Lenderman will defend the flog of the United States.
The event is a 11-round Swiss open with a classical FIDE time control.
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | CUB | 2707 |
| 2 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2659 |
| 3 | GM | Iturrizaga Eduardo | VEN | 2655 |
| 4 | GM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2598 |
| 5 | GM | Flores Diego | ARG | 2586 |
| 6 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2585 |
| 7 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | CHI | 2554 |
| 8 | GM | Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag | BRA | 2551 |
| 9 | GM | Cubas Jose Fernando | PAR | 2550 |
| 10 | GM | Cori Jorge | PER | 2546 |
| 11 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2531 |
| 12 | GM | Zambrana Oswaldo | BOL | 2478 |
| 13 | IM | Hambleton Aman | CAN | 2468 |
| 14 | IM | Gonzalez Bernal | CRC | 2461 |
| 15 | IM | Sarkar Justin | USA | 2437 |
| 16 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi | PER | 2430 |
| 17 | IM | Prasca Sosa Rafael | VEN | 2426 |
| 18 | IM | Juarez Flores Carlos A. | GUA | 2404 |
| 19 | IM | Leiva Giuseppe | PER | 2388 |
| 20 | IM | Pacheco Marco | PER | 2384 |
| 21 | IM | Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar | CUB | 2381 |
| 22 | IM | Cornejo Max | PER | 2380 |
| 23 | IM | Ynojosa Felix Jose | VEN | 2371 |
| 24 | IM | Ruiz C Joshua D | COL | 2370 |
| 25 | IM | Rios Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2362 |
| 26 | FM | Espinoza Palomino Willyam | PER | 2361 |
| 27 | FM | Cuellar Diego | PER | 2323 |
| 28 | IM | Gemy Jose Daniel | BOL | 2320 |
| 29 | FM | Sabas Jorge | ARG | 2302 |
| 30 | Abarca Gonzalez Nicolas | CHI | 2300 | |
| 31 | FM | Nina Miguel Angel | PER | 2284 |
| 32 | IM | Cueto Jonny | BOL | 2263 |
| 33 | FM | Principe Alexander | PER | 2261 |
| 34 | FM | Latorre Matias | PAR | 2254 |
| 35 | FM | Gutierrez Carmelo | PER | 2253 |
| 36 | Estay Torreblanca Oscar | CHI | 2249 | |
| 37 | Aguilar Andres | ARG | 2233 | |
| 38 | Rojas Barrero Andres Humberto | COL | 2227 | |
| 39 | IM | Kropff Ricardo | PAR | 2224 |
| 40 | Cornejo P Guillermo | PER | 2222 | |
| 41 | FM | Campero Ronald | BOL | 2211 |
| 42 | CM | Ferrufino Boris | BOL | 2211 |
| 43 | FM | Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduar | PER | 2208 |
| 44 | Martinez Ariel A. | BOL | 2203 | |
| 45 | FM | Lopez Mario Iver | BOL | 2197 |
| 46 | Farfan Ortiz Victor | CHI | 2196 | |
| 47 | Mamani Joan Franco | PER | 2187 | |
| 48 | WFM | Aliaga Fernandez Ingrid Y | PER | 2184 |
| 49 | FM | Saavedra Carlos | BOL | 2179 |
| 50 | Lopez Diego | ARG | 2171 | |
| 51 | Salazar Carlos | PER | 2167 | |
| 52 | Condori Edwin | PER | 2163 | |
| 53 | Parraga Alejandro | BOL | 2163 | |
| 54 | Delgadillo Adonay | BOL | 2161 | |
| 55 | WIM | Chumpitaz Ann | PER | 2155 |
| 56 | Mendoza Rodrigo | BOL | 2148 | |
| 57 | FM | Molina Jorge | BOL | 2144 |
| 58 | Celis Kevin | BOL | 2134 | |
| 59 | Gamboa Anibal | VEN | 2126 | |
| 60 | Arias Juan Carlos | ARG | 2113 | |
| 61 | Sanchez Sandoval Gonzalo | CHI | 2103 | |
| 62 | Herrera Fernando | ARG | 2086 | |
| 63 | Medrano Mario | BOL | 2085 | |
| 64 | Quiroga Duberlin | BOL | 2078 | |
| 65 | WIM | Cordero Daniela | BOL | 2074 |
| 66 | Slomka Gustavo | ARG | 2055 | |
| 67 | Monroy Carrizo Javier | BOL | 2053 | |
| 68 | CM | Arias Pablo | BOL | 2050 |
| 69 | WIM | Estrada Lucia | BOL | 2034 |
| 70 | Cortes Orihuela Javier | CHI | 2032 | |
| 71 | Molina Ruben | BOL | 2030 | |
| 72 | Ramirez M. Eugenia | BOL | 1996 | |
| 73 | Aguilar Pedro | BOL | 1987 | |
| 74 | Rivas Lucas | ARG | 1987 | |
| 75 | Acosta Mariano | USA | 1958 | |
| 76 | Monroy Osvaldo | BOL | 1954 | |
| 77 | WCM | Borda Carla | BOL | 1950 |
| 78 | Cruz Pereyra Andresantoni | PER | 1947 | |
| 79 | Nunez Marquina Nataly Massiel | PER | 1942 | |
| 80 | Arias Juan Cruz | ARG | 1933 | |
| 81 | Coro Renan | BOL | 1922 | |
| 82 | Tapia Mauricio | BOL | 1907 | |
| 83 | Aguilar Luis Miguel | BOL | 1903 | |
| 84 | Caba Edgar | BOL | 1861 | |
| 85 | CM | Avila Carlos | BOL | 1848 |
| 86 | Borda Cesar | BOL | 1838 | |
| 87 | Vidaurre Luis | BOL | 1836 | |
| 88 | Medrano Sebastian | BOL | 1803 | |
| 89 | Monroy Nathaly | BOL | 1791 | |
| 90 | Prado Alexandra | BOL | 1790 | |
| 91 | Zarate Ezequiel | BOL | 1745 | |
| 92 | Dabraccio Guillermo | COL | 1744 | |
| 93 | Lopez Bruno | BOL | 1734 | |
| 94 | Ruiz Samuel | BOL | 1710 | |
| 95 | Bigoria Luis | PER | 1691 | |
| 96 | Quispe Rodriguez Jair Lino Pa | PER | 1647 | |
| 97 | Mollo Jhoan | BOL | 1588 | |
| 98 | Molina Jessica | BOL | 1585 | |
| 99 | Vargas D Crystel | BOL | 1511 | |
| 100 | Arteaga Hugo | BOL | 0 | |
| 101 | Canaviri Percy | BOL | 0 | |
| 102 | Flores Chipana Rodrigo Manuel | PER | 0 | |
| 103 | Flores Jose P. | BOL | 0 | |
| 104 | Lopez A. Richard | BOL | 0 | |
| 105 | Mattes Del Castillo Addy | BOL | 0 | |
| 106 | Quiroga Walter Gonzalo | BOL | 0 |
