Julio Granda convincing winner of the American Continental Championship

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Peruvian GM Julio Granda won the American Continental Championship for second year in a row. He won his last round game to finish clear first at the event that took place on 6th – 15th May in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Granda obtained 9.5 out of 11 points and finished a whole point ahead of his nearest follower, Cuban GM Isán Ortiz, who achieved 8.5 points. With 8 points, Argentine GM Diego Flores took clear third place. The big surprise of the event was given by the young Peruvian siblings GM Jorge Cori and WGM Daysi Cori, as they both got important victories in the last round to qualify to the upcoming World Cup.

Full report in Spanish

The final round was filled with suspense, given that the players were fighting to get one of the four qualifying spots. Given that Granda already qualified last year with his first place in Mar del Plata, the biggest struggle was seen on boards.

Two main favorites, Cuban Lázaro Bruzón and Venezuelan Eduardo Iturrizaga, faced the young Peruvian siblings, Jorge and Deysi Cori. The strong Caribbean GMs knew that a win would get them in the desired spots, so they pushed hard to get it. Evidently, the Coris were more relaxed and handled the situation correctly; this attitude helped them get historic victories for their chess careers.

It is worth mentioning the fact that Argentine champion Diego Flores got a revenge from the last edition, when he was left out of the World Cup on tiebreaks.

Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez

Final Standings:

1	GM	Granda Zuniga Julio E	PER	2659	9.5
2	GM	Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo	CUB	2598	8.5
3	GM	Flores Diego	ARG	2586	8
4	GM	Cori Jorge	PER	2546	8
5	WGM	Cori T. Deysi	PER	2430	8
6	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2707	7.5
7	GM	Iturrizaga Eduardo	VEN	2655	7.5
8	GM	Bachmann Axel	PAR	2531	7.5
9	IM	Leiva Giuseppe	PER	2388	7.5
10	IM	Ynojosa Felix Jose	VEN	2371	7.5
11	GM	Zambrana Oswaldo	BOL	2478	7.5
12	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	CHI	2554	7
13	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	BRA	2551	7
14	IM	Gonzalez Bernal	CRC	2461	7
15	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	USA	2585	7
16	IM	Prasca Sosa Rafael	VEN	2426	7
17	IM	Ruiz C Joshua D	COL	2370	7
18	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2381	7
19	IM	Cornejo Max	PER	2380	7
20	IM	Rios Cristhian Camilo	COL	2362	7
21	IM	Sarkar Justin	USA	2437	6.5
22	FM	Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduar	PER	2208	6.5
23	IM	Pacheco Marco	PER	2384	6.5
24	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2468	6.5
25	IM	Cueto Jonny	BOL	2263	6.5
26		Aguilar Andres	ARG	2233	6.5
27	WIM	Chumpitaz Ann	PER	2155	6.5
28	IM	Gemy Jose Daniel	BOL	2320	6.5
29	CM	Ferrufino Boris	BOL	2211	6.5
30	FM	Latorre Matias	PAR	2254	6
31		Martinez Ariel A.	BOL	2203	6
32	FM	Principe Alexander	PER	2261	6
33	FM	Gutierrez Carmelo	PER	2253	6
34	FM	Cuellar Diego	PER	2323	6
35		Mendoza Rodrigo	BOL	2148	6
36		Salazar Carlos	PER	2167	6
37	FM	Campero Ronald	BOL	2211	6
38		Arias Juan Carlos	ARG	2113	6
39	FM	Saavedra Carlos	BOL	2179	6
40		Sanchez Sandoval Gonzalo	CHI	2103	6
41	GM	Cubas Jose Fernando	PAR	2550	5.5
42		Cornejo P Guillermo	PER	2222	5.5
43		Celis Kevin	BOL	2134	5.5
44	IM	Kropff Ricardo	PAR	2224	5.5
45	WFM	Aliaga Fernandez Ingrid Y	PER	2184	5.5
46		Cortes Orihuela Javier	CHI	2032	5.5
47	FM	Lopez Mario Iver	BOL	2197	5.5
48	CM	Arias Pablo	BOL	2050	5.5
49		Arias Juan Cruz	ARG	1933	5.5
50	FM	Molina Jorge	BOL	2144	5.5
51	FM	Sabas Jorge	ARG	2302	5.5
52		Herrera Fernando	ARG	2086	5.5
53		Acosta Mariano	USA	1958	5.5
54		Aguilar Luis Miguel	BOL	1903	5.5
55		Gamboa Anibal	VEN	2126	5.5
56		Ramirez M. Eugenia	BOL	1996	5.5
57		Rojas Barrero Andres Humberto	COL	2227	5
58		Delgadillo Adonay	BOL	2161	5
59		Nunez Marquina Nataly Massiel	PER	1942	5
60		Cruz Pereyra Andresantoni	PER	1947	5
61		Parraga Alejandro	BOL	2163	5
62		Monroy Carrizo Javier	BOL	2053	5
63	CM	Avila Carlos	BOL	1848	5
64	WCM	Borda Carla	BOL	1950	5
65		Aguilar Pedro	BOL	1987	5
66		Lopez Bruno	BOL	1734	5
67		Medrano Mario	BOL	2085	4.5
68		Borda Cesar	BOL	1838	4.5
69		Coro Renan	BOL	1922	4.5
70		Slomka Gustavo	ARG	2055	4.5
71	WIM	Cordero Daniela	BOL	2074	4.5
72		Prado Alexandra	BOL	1790	4.5
73		Rivas Lucas	ARG	1987	4.5
74		Monroy Osvaldo	BOL	1954	4.5
75		Monroy Nathaly	BOL	1791	4.5
76		Caba Edgar	BOL	1861	4.5
77		Lopez Diego	ARG	2171	4
78		Tapia Mauricio	BOL	1907	4
79		Quiroga Duberlin	BOL	2078	4
80	WIM	Estrada Lucia	BOL	2034	4
81		Zarate Ezequiel	BOL	1745	4
82		Canaviri Percy	BOL	0	3.5
83		Medrano Sebastian	BOL	1803	3.5
84		Vidaurre Luis	BOL	1836	3.5
85		Molina Ruben	BOL	2030	3.5
86		Flores Jose P.	BOL	0	3.5
87		Arteaga Hugo	BOL	0	3.5
88		Mattes Del Castillo Addy	BOL	0	3
89		Molina Jessica	BOL	1585	3
90		Quiroga Walter Gonzalo	BOL	0	3
91		Ruiz Samuel	BOL	1710	2.5
92		Mollo Jhoan	BOL	1588	2
93	IM	Juarez Flores Carlos A.	GUA	2404	0
	FM	Espinoza Palomino Willyam	PER	2361	0
		Abarca Gonzalez Nicolas	CHI	2300	0
	FM	Nina Miguel Angel	PER	2284	0
		Estay Torreblanca Oscar	CHI	2249	0
		Farfan Ortiz Victor	CHI	2196	0
		Mamani Joan Franco	PER	2187	0
		Condori Edwin	PER	2163	0
		Dabraccio Guillermo	COL	1744	0
		Bigoria Luis	PER	1691	0
		Quispe Rodriguez Jair Lino Pa	PER	1647	0
		Vargas D Crystel	BOL	1511	0
		Flores Chipana Rodrigo Manuel	PER	0	0
		Lopez A. Richard	BOL	0	0