International Master Lucas Liascovich took home the winner’s trophy at the First MAIKOOVA Cup after obtaining 7.5 points and get the title at the strongest Argentine rapid championship of the year. The event counted with the presence of 18 masters (2 GMs, 9 IMs, 1 WIM and 6 FMs) among the 115 participants.
The tournament was played at Ciudad de la Plata on July 28th with the exclusive sponsorship of the Empresa de Desarrollos Inmobiliarios MAIKOOVA S.A, which gave away a prize fund that amounted to 8.000 pesos.
It was a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 12 minutes to finish the game and 3 seconds increments from move. It was played at the beautiful salon Roma, Calle 58 N° 713 e/ 9 y 10 (La Plata).
Lucas Liascovich
Final standings:
| 1 | IM | LIASCOVICH Lucas | ARG | 2442 | 7.5 |
| 2 | IM | PIERROT Facundo | ARG | 2414 | 7.5 |
| 3 | IM | SALDANO DAYER Horacio | ESP | 2472 | 7.5 |
| 4 | GM | GARCIA PALERMO Carlos | ITA | 2460 | 7 |
| 5 | IM | IERMITO Sebastian | ARG | 2473 | 7 |
| 6 | IM | TEMPONE Marcelo | ARG | 2392 | 7 |
| 7 | GM | PEREZ PONSA Federico | ARG | 2488 | 6.5 |
| 8 | SPATA German | ARG | 2270 | 6.5 | |
| 9 | FM | FULGENZI Ernesto | ARG | 2334 | 6.5 |
| 10 | FIORI Hector | ARG | 2152 | 6.5 | |
| 11 | LOHIDOY Bernardo | ARG | 2174 | 6.5 | |
| 12 | IM | VILLANUEVA Mario | ARG | 2396 | 6.5 |
| 13 | GELOSO Claudio | ARG | 2175 | 6.5 | |
| 14 | IM | CLAVERIE Raul | ARG | 2516 | 6 |
| 15 | FM | GAITAN Juan Manuel | ARG | 2228 | 6 |
| 16 | IM | MALBRAN Guillermo | ARG | 2205 | 6 |
| 17 | GIAMPA Alejandro | ARG | 2219 | 6 | |
| 18 | MIRANDA Rafael | ARG | 2085 | 6 | |
| 19 | BULO Paulo | ARG | 2197 | 6 | |
| 20 | BENTANCOR Franco | ARG | 2207 | 6 | |
| 21 | WIM | MAGGIOLO Elisa | ARG | 2034 | 6 |
| 22 | FM | SANCHEZ Fernando | ARG | 2200 | 6 |
| 23 | CIRULLI Diego | ARG | 2056 | 6 | |
| 24 | MANZINI Fernando | ARG | 1844 | 6 | |
| 25 | FM | PICHOT Alan | ARG | 2400 | 5.5 |
| 26 | IM | MAHIA Gustavo | ARG | 2377 | 5.5 |
| 27 | BENEDETTI Julio | ARG | 2200 | 5.5 | |
| 28 | GUZMAN Victor | ARG | 2064 | 5.5 | |
| 29 | PIÑA Ulises | CUB | 2239 | 5.5 | |
| 30 | FM | RAMIREZ Emilio | ARG | 2265 | 5.5 |
| 31 | BARRAGAN Diego | ARG | 0 | 5.5 | |
| 32 | VAQUERO Diego Javier | ARG | 2084 | 5.5 | |
| 33 | PERNAS Agustin | ARG | 1888 | 5.5 | |
| 34 | GUZMAN Paola | ARG | 1889 | 5.5 | |
| 35 | CONDE Adrian | ARG | 2030 | 5.5 | |
| 36 | RYHR Gustavo | ARG | 1940 | 5 | |
| 37 | GATTI Juan Emmanuel | ARG | 0 | 5 | |
| 38 | TRIES Ivan | ARG | 0 | 5 | |
| 39 | BECKERMAN Marcelo | ARG | 2068 | 5 | |
| 40 | FM | CUEVAS Alex | ARG | 2291 | 5 |
| 41 | NASPLEDA Federico | ARG | 2121 | 5 | |
| 42 | ETCHEVEST Marcelo | ARG | 1801 | 5 | |
| 43 | BENEDETTI Antonella | ARG | 1957 | 5 | |
| 44 | ZABALA Ilke | ARG | 0 | 5 | |
| 45 | MALDONADO Gonzalo | ARG | 0 | 5 | |
| 46 | TAUS Alejandro | ARG | 0 | 5 | |
| 47 | ENNIS MARCOS Alan | ARG | 1677 | 5 | |
| 48 | ENCISO Franco | ARG | 1569 | 5 | |
| 49 | GALLETTI Claudio | ARG | 0 | 5 | |
| 50 | FLUXA Ismael | ARG | 1859 | 5 | |
| 51 | STRGACICH Aylen | ARG | 1740 | 5 | |
| 52 | TORRES Sergio | ARG | 2136 | 4.5 | |
| 53 | TOLOSA Daniel | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 54 | CURATOLA Clemente | PAR | 2114 | 4.5 | |
| 55 | BJERRING Rodolfo | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 56 | SAITTA Jorge | ARG | 1863 | 4.5 | |
| 57 | CELADA Alberto | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 58 | VELICH Alejandro | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 59 | GIACAME Juan Manuel | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 60 | DEFEZ Marcos | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 61 | LOREA Mauro | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 62 | FERREYRA Gustavo | ARG | 1778 | 4.5 | |
| 63 | D ADDONA Matias Daniel | ARG | 0 | 4.5 | |
| 64 | TOKATLIAN Gabriel | ARG | 1923 | 4 | |
| 65 | GUZMAN Ezequiel | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 66 | CARDOZO Lucas | ARG | 2026 | 4 | |
| 67 | LOPARDO Nestor | ARG | 1947 | 4 | |
| 68 | MUNIZ Roberto Anibal | ARG | 1709 | 4 | |
| 69 | ROBERTS Franklin | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 70 | TAYLOR Matias | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 71 | TOLOSA Guillermo | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 72 | CARRIQUE Carlos | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 73 | MIRABALLES Matias | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 74 | MARTINEZ Mariano | ARG | 2140 | 4 | |
| 75 | VELIZ Ariel | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 76 | HURTADO Carolina | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 77 | BOTANA Martin | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 78 | LO BUE Octavio | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 79 | D ASCANIO Florencia | ARG | 1577 | 4 | |
| 80 | MARTINEZ Franc | ARG | 0 | 4 | |
| 81 | MURRO Enzo | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 82 | SAVI Layner | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | |
| VALVERDE Andres | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | ||
| 84 | OCHOTORENA Sergio | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 85 | SCIANDA Mariano | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 86 | CORONEL Nestor | ARG | 1703 | 3.5 | |
| MORONI Christian | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | ||
| 88 | CAMPOS Maria Jose | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 89 | NOMDEDEU Patricio | ARG | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 90 | MARTINEZ MALUGE Francisco | ARG | 1907 | 3 | |
| 91 | ACOSTA Nicolas | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 92 | SOTGIU Gonzalo | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 93 | CAMPANINI Hugo Ricardo | ARG | 1904 | 3 | |
| 94 | CAYATA Tomas | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 95 | GARCIA Adrian | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 96 | CADABON Nicolas | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 97 | NONDEDEU Luis | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 98 | MAGGIOLO Lucas | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 99 | PEREZ Luis Alberto | ARG | 0 | 3 | |
| 100 | RUBIO Ivan | ARG | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 101 | DRELLER Marcos | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 102 | DENOFRIO Raimundo | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 103 | ANDRADE Jessica | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 104 | JARMOLINSKI Adam | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 105 | AGOSTINELLI Alan | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 106 | BAGNARELLI Lucas | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 107 | ANDRADE Jeffrey | ARG | 0 | 2 | |
| 108 | DE DOMINCIS Luciano | ARG | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 109 | VATALARO Giancarlo | ARG | 0 | 1 | |
| 110 | BEISEMAN Nicolas | ARG | 0 | 0.5 | |
| 111 | CHAPPUIS Miguel | ARG | 0 | 0.5 | |
| 112 | MASDEU Fernando | ARG | 1922 | 0 | |
| NAVARRO Gustavo | ARG | 0 | 0 | ||
| 114 | ALBARRACIN Gaston | ARG | 0 | 0 | |
