FIDE American World Cup Qualification Tournament

The American Qualification tournament for the FIDE World Cup 2021 will take place 22 May – 30 May. As an American Continental Championship, the event consists of two hybrid format stages: preliminary and knock-out.

Live games from the America Continental / More Continental events

The preliminary stage took place 7-9 May with participation of 107 players rated under 2500. Top ranked players qualified for the knock-out event open to all USA flagged players rated 2500 or higher.

The knock-out stage starts on May 22nd with 114 players fighting for the 8 spots for the upcoming FIDE World Cup 2021. The event will be played Online from the designated USA “Tournament Hall” at the St. Louis Chess Club.

The very strong line-up is led by GM Mareco Sandro (Argentina), GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris and GM Akobian Varuzhan.

List of participants:

1	GM	Mareco Sandro	ARG	2629
2	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	PAR	2622
3	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	USA	2614
4	GM	Henriquez Villagra Cristobal	CHI	2600
5	GM	Bachmann Axel	PAR	2599
6	GM	Flores Diego	ARG	2599
7	GM	Bacallao Alonso Yusnel	CUB	2590
8	GM	Fier Alexandr	BRA	2569
9	GM	Ramirez Alejandro	USA	2567
10	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	USA	2555
11	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	BRA	2554
12	GM	Perez Ponsa Federico	ARG	2554
13	GM	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	CUB	2545
14	GM	Quesada Perez Luis Ernesto	CUB	2545
15	GM	Tang Andrew	USA	2538
16	GM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2536
17	GM	Almeida Quintana Omar	CUB	2535
18	GM	Tristan Leonardo	ARG	2535
19	GM	Krysa Leandro	ARG	2527
20	IM	Vazquez Guillermo	PAR	2527
21	GM	Lima Darcy	BRA	2522
22	GM	Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley	CUB	2520
23	GM	Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	CUB	2518
24	GM	Hungaski Robert	USA	2514
25	GM	Salinas Herrera Pablo	CHI	2514
26	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2514
27	GM	Morovic Fernandez Ivan	CHI	2510
28	GM	Aguero Jimenez Luis Lazaro	CUB	2503
29	IM	Fernandez De La Vara Arnaldo	CUB	2485
30	GM	Rodriguez Vila Andres	URU	2484
31	IM	Bitelmajer Martin	ARG	2475
32	GM	Cubas Jose Fernando	PAR	2469
33	GM	Arenas David	COL	2461
34	GM	Hoffman Alejandro	URU	2459
35	IM	Diaz Perez Michel Alejandro	CUB	2459
36	IM	Martinez Ramirez Lennis	CUB	2459
37	GM	Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando	MEX	2447
38	IM	Berdayes Ason Dylan Isidro	CUB	2445
39	IM	Valenzuela Fuentealba Luis	CHI	2444
40	GM	Zambrana Oswaldo	BOL	2438
41	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	BRA	2434
42	IM	Roselli Mailhe Bernardo	URU	2434
43	IM	Sanchez Sebastian Felipe	COL	2434
44	IM	Plotkin Mark	CAN	2430
45	GM	Zapata Alonso	COL	2421
46	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	CUB	2411
47	GM	Slipak Sergio	ARG	2402
48	IM	Valdes Romero Leonardo	CRC	2402
49	IM	Jimenez Garcia Emmanuel	CRC	2397
50	IM	Gemy Jose Daniel	BOL	2380
51	IM	Lopez Gonzalez Abel Fabian	CUB	2379
52	IM	Umetsubo Cesar Hidemitsu	BRA	2379
53	IM	Avila Pavas Santiago	COL	2373
54	IM	Della Morte German	ARG	2368
55	FM	Plotkin Victor	CAN	2367
56	IM	Panesso Rivera Henry	COL	2366
57	FM	Almiron Antonio	PAR	2366
58	IM	Mieles Palau Daniel	ECU	2364
59	IM	Husbands Orlando	BAR	2348
60	IM	Duran Vega Sergio	CRC	2340
61	IM	Duarte Leonardo	ARG	2330
62	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2324
63	FM	Del Castilho Martyn	BAR	2304
64		Escobar Medina Andres F	COL	2298
65	IM	Arias Santana Mauricio	CRC	2291
66	FM	Spata German	ARG	2290
67	FM	Cofre Archibold Nestor	MEX	2279
68	FM	Gedajlovic Max	CAN	2270
69	WIM	Miranda Llanes Yerisbel	CUB	2262
70	IM	Cueto Jonny	BOL	2241
71	FM	Carbone Diego	URU	2234
72	FM	Chinchilla Miranda Eugenio	CRC	2218
73	IM	Villegas Franco	ARG	2210
74		Bellissimo Joseph F.	CAN	2203
75	WIM	Castrillon Gomez Melissa	COL	2201
76	CM	Vazquez Facundo	URU	2199
77	FM	Muniz Rafael	URU	2194
78	FM	Blackman Justin	BAR	2192
79		Chaves Sanchez Gabriel A	CRC	2190
80		Chinchilla Alejandro Jose	HON	2178
81	FM	Curi Gabriel	URU	2154
82	FM	Johnson Joshua	TTO	2131
83	FM	Smith Shreyas	JAM	2126
84		Lage Pedro Ferreira	BRA	2123
85		Carcamo Matias	ARG	2103
86		Jaque Gutierrez Matias	CHI	2094
87	WIM	Chirivi C Jenny Astrid	COL	2083
88	FM	Mollo Jhoan	BOL	2073
89		Vera Pavel	BOL	2042
90	WIM	Hernandez Alvarez Tania Regla	CRC	2041
91	CM	Fiori Hector	ARG	2015
92	WFM	Munoz Monroy Cinthya Carolina	COL	1969
93	WFM	Carreras Mendiolea Paulina Adriana	MEX	1906
94		Diaz Charpentier Kristel Meliss	CRC	1898
95		Reyes Mendoza Tomas	CHI	1879
96		Moncada Correa Sara	COL	1869
97		Lee Hayden	TTO	1852
98	WFM	Mena Ailen Oriana	AHO	1829
99	WCM	Clarke Adani	JAM	1811
100	WFM	Ramirez Gonzalez Maria Jose	CRC	1794
101		Amigo Quintana Antu	CHI	1788
102	CM	Sears Frank	TTO	1787
103		Lyn Christopher	JAM	1767
104		Jordan Valence	JAM	1760
105		Soares Andre	JAM	1736
106		Mckennis Darren	JAM	1735
107	WCM	Blackman Katrina	BAR	1701
108	WCM	Figueroa Julissa	BAR	1658
109		Tracey Shaun M	CAY	1627
110		Shaw Jaden	JAM	1614
111		Richards Shaheem	JAM	1451
112		La Touche Cyprian	BAR	1419
113		Lashley Keon	BAR	1059
114		Shaw Clifford	CAY	0

The time control will be 120 minutes for the whole game with a 30 second increment from move 1.

The LIVE games from the FIDE American World Cup Qualification Tournament will be daily on chessdom.com