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
