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.
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 |
