Flores and Zuriel are 2012 Argentine chess champions

Last night, the 87° campeonato argentino superior absoluto and the 65° campeonato argentino superior femenino finished at the Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa Martelli. The championships were valid for 2012.

GM Diego Flores and WIM Marisa Zuriel finished as winners y both secured a place in the Argentine teams that will participate in the world chess Olympiad that will take place in Norway.

Flores got 8.5 points in 11 rounds, a whole point ahead of five players: Mario Villanueva, Lucas Liascovich, Sebastián Iermito, Ernesto Real de Azua and Martín Lorenzini, all with 7.5.

On the other hand, Zuriel obtained 7.5 points in 9 rounds, widening the gap with her followers to 1.5 points. Ayelén Martínez and Florencia Fernández both finished on 6/9.

Full info at es.chessdom.com

Final Standings – Open Section:

1	GM	Flores Diego	2600	8.5
2	IM	Villanueva Mario	2379	7.5
3	IM	Liascovich Lucas	2410	7.5
4	IM	Iermito Sebastian	2463	7.5
5	IM	Real De Azua Ernesto	2450	7.5
6		Lorenzini Martin	2488	7.5
7	GM	Valerga Diego	2502	7.0
8	GM	Mareco Sandro	2580	7.0
9	IM	Diaz Hollemaert Nahuel	2418	7.0
10	IM	Barrionuevo Pablo	2269	7.0
11	FM	Pichot Alan	2327	6.5
12	IM	Krysa Leandro	2378	6.5
13	GM	Slipak Sergio	2438	6.5
14	GM	Perez Ponsa Federico	2476	6.5
15	IM	Lujan Carolina	2366	6.5
16	IM	Mahia Gustavo	2371	6.5
17	FM	Julia Ernesto	2374	6.5
18	IM	Giardelli Sergio C.	2346	6.5
19	FM	Perez Pietronave Carlos	2203	6.5
20	IM	Dolezal Cristian	2415	6.0
21	FM	Fabian Gaston	2336	6.0
22		Pineiro Dario	2194	6.0
23		Bertaccini Daniel	2176	6.0
24	FM	Cuevas Alex	2298	5.5
25	FM	Perez Maximiliano	2298	5.5
26	IM	Della Morte German	2318	5.5
27		Fiori Hector	2171	5.5
28	IM	Malbran Guillermo	2198	5.5
29		Paternoste Martin	2076	5.5
30		Brea Emanuel	1880	5.5
31		Jorge Hector	0	5.5
32		Leal Jorge	1863	5.5
33		Franco Gaston	2042	5.5
34		Maldonado Marcos	1991	5.0
35		Arguinariz Enrique	2082	5.0
36		Radoszta Armando E.	1998	5.0
37		Mansilla Martin	2071	4.5
38		Ferrara Alexis	2195	4.5
39		Fiori Alberto Nicolas	2128	4.5
40		Lopez Rebert Pablo	2049	4.5
41		Galleto Ricardo	2014	4.5
42		Lopez Sebastian	2013	4.5
43		Nieva Jose Luis	2039	4.5
44		Villarreal Hector	2169	4.5
45		Tomas Falcon Jesus	1896	4.0
46		Montoro Gustavo E.	2050	4.0
47		Mayo Raul	2112	4.0
48	FM	Bulcourf Carlos	2106	4.0
49		Ferrara Enzo	1800	3.5
50		Martin Mateo	0	3.0
51	IM	Bielicki Carlos	2297	2.5
52		Rivero Raul	1892	2.5
53		Sanchez Gabriel	1686	2.0

Final Standings – Women’s section:

1	WIM	Zuriel Marisa	2212	7.5
2		Martinez Ayelen	2094	6.0
3		Fernandez Maria Florencia	2180	6.0
4	WCM	Besso Guadalupe	1737	5.5
5	WFM	Meza Anahi	2109	5.5
6		Guzman Paola	1904	5.5
7		Benedetti Antonella	1982	5.0
8		Nejanky Maisa	2037	4.5
9		Flores Nancy	1950	4.5
10		D Ascanio Florencia	1565	4.5
11		Strgacich Aylen	1742	4.0
12		Durnhofer Andrea	0	4.0
13		Lempke Sabrina	0	3.5
14		Barrionuevo Daniela	1622	3.5
15		Acosta Florencia	0	2.5