The Semifinal to the 88th Absolute Argentine Championship is taking place on 13th – 21st July at the Circulo de Ajedrez de Villa Martelli – Laprida 3837.
The first six placed participants qualified to the Absolute Argentine Championship, which will be played from August 24th to September 6th at Provincia de Chaco with 100.000 pesos in prizes.
Five players shared first place after obtaining 6.5/9 points. The tiebreak scores decided who would get the first prizes. IM Leonardo Krysa was declared first, followed by experienced GM Sergio Slipak and IM Lucas Liascovich.
The main interest of the players was to qualify to the Absolute Championship, so most of the interest was put on who would get the coveted sixth place in the standings. The young FM Kevin Paveto got the pass, leaving out the two rating favorites – GMs Salvador Alonso and Diego Valerga.
The playing hall
This event coincided with the 60th anniversary of the biggest achievement in Argentine chess, Oscar Panno’s victory at the 1953 World Youth Championship. The legendary grandmaster received a plaque given out by the Argentine Chess Federation.
Oscar Panno visiting the tournament
Final Standings:
| 1 | IM | Krysa Leandro | 2411 | 6.5 |
| 2 | GM | Slipak Sergio | 2440 | 6.5 |
| 3 | IM | Liascovich Lucas | 2442 | 6.5 |
| 4 | FM | Reides Marcelo | 2314 | 6.5 |
| 5 | IM | Pierrot Facundo | 2414 | 6.5 |
| 6 | FM | Paveto Kevin | 2298 | 6.0 |
| 7 | GM | Alonso Salvador | 2506 | 6.0 |
| 8 | GM | Valerga Diego | 2499 | 6.0 |
| 9 | FM | Mayorga Nicolas | 2312 | 6.0 |
| 10 | IM | Malbran Guillermo | 2205 | 5.5 |
| 11 | IM | Blit Jacques | 2333 | 5.5 |
| 12 | FM | Fabian Gaston | 2343 | 5.5 |
| 13 | FM | Pichot Alan | 2400 | 5.5 |
| 14 | IM | De Dovitiis Alejo | 2352 | 5.0 |
| 15 | IM | Mahia Gustavo | 2377 | 5.0 |
| 16 | Caceres Recalde Fernando | 2216 | 5.0 | |
| 17 | IM | Real De Azua Ernesto | 2460 | 5.0 |
| 18 | IM | Julia Ernesto | 2379 | 5.0 |
| 19 | IM | Barrionuevo Pablo | 2287 | 5.0 |
| 20 | IM | Dolezal Cristian | 2410 | 5.0 |
| 21 | FM | Calderon Fernandez Gervasio | 2331 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Avila Lucas | 2211 | 5.0 | |
| 23 | FM | Ibar Marcelo | 2180 | 5.0 |
| 24 | Godoy Olazabal Artur | 2141 | 5.0 | |
| 25 | FM | Bulcourf Carlos | 2060 | 5.0 |
| 26 | Sosa Tomas | 2234 | 4.5 | |
| 27 | FM | Anelli Antonio | 2097 | 4.5 |
| 28 | Inchausti Pablo Ezequiel | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 29 | Nejanky Maisa | 2016 | 4.5 | |
| 30 | Martin Mateo | 1805 | 4.5 | |
| 31 | Molina Pablo Sebastian | 2112 | 4.0 | |
| 32 | Fiori Hector | 2152 | 4.0 | |
| 33 | Lopez Ricardo | 2103 | 4.0 | |
| 34 | Belmonte Diego Jose | 1995 | 4.0 | |
| 35 | CM | Munoz Francisco Javier | 2058 | 4.0 |
| 36 | WFM | Meza Anahi | 2104 | 4.0 |
| 37 | Tossutti Juan C. | 2187 | 4.0 | |
| 38 | Farias Guillermo | 2010 | 4.0 | |
| 39 | Abate Tomas | 1608 | 4.0 | |
| 40 | Nogues Alejandro | 2132 | 4.0 | |
| 41 | IM | Paglilla Carlos | 2314 | 3.5 |
| 42 | Onocko Pablo | 1781 | 3.5 | |
| 43 | Martin Luis Jacinto | 1847 | 3.0 | |
| 44 | Cisneros German | 1948 | 3.0 | |
| 45 | Ayala Gustavo | 1972 | 3.0 | |
| 46 | Sosa Arnaldo Javier | 0 | 3.0 | |
| 47 | Leal Jorge | 1954 | 3.0 | |
| 48 | Paternoste Martin | 2079 | 3.0 | |
| 49 | Zalazar Diego | 0 | 3.0 | |
| 50 | Encizo Tomas | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 51 | Hoeschele Hermann | 1757 | 1.5 | |
| 52 | Elias Roberto | 1830 | 0.0 | |
