Argentine masters Ruben Felgaer and Carolina Lujan took first place at the Zonal Championships for men and women of Zone 2.5 that was held on 19th – 25th April 2013 at the Sala Interactiva de la Torre de las Telecomunicaciones de Antel in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The celebration was completely Argentine because together with Felgaer – who finished on 7.5/9 – and Lujan – also undefeated and with 8.5 points -, Sandro Mareco obtained the coveted second spot on the World Cup. He did it by winning a tie-break for second place.
En the men’s category, Felgaer finished on top after drawing with his compatriot Sandro Mareco in the last round. Second place was shared between Rodrigo Vasquez (Chile), Axel Bachmann (Paraguay), Claudio Coppola (Uruguay) and Mareco himself.
A round-robin event was organized to determine who would get the ticket to Tromso. Mareco won this mini-event, while Bachmann and Vasquez – who finished second and third – received a spot on the Continental to be played in Bolivia next week.
Full report by Carlos Ilardo in Spanish
Final Standings – Men’s tournament:
1 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | ARG | 2585 | 7.0 |
2 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | CHI | 2547 | 6.5 |
3 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2580 | 6.5 |
4 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2529 | 6.5 |
5 | NM | Coppola Claudio | URU | 2173 | 6.5 |
6 | GM | Alonso Salvador | ARG | 2521 | 6.0 |
7 | FM | Larrea Manuel | URU | 2308 | 6.0 |
8 | FM | Vazquez Guillermo | PAR | 2351 | 6.0 |
9 | NM | Lopez Azambuja Nicolas | URU | 2173 | 6.0 |
10 | FM | Zacarias M Ruben D | PAR | 2186 | 6.0 |
11 | NM | Arcos Facio Mateo | URU | 2185 | 6.0 |
12 | GM | Flores Diego | ARG | 2600 | 5.5 |
13 | FM | Salinas Herrera Pablo | CHI | 2401 | 5.5 |
14 | Almiron Antonio | PAR | 2194 | 5.5 | |
15 | GM | Rodriguez Vila Andres | URU | 2503 | 5.5 |
16 | FM | Granara Barreto Sebastian | URU | 2099 | 5.5 |
17 | Rodriguez Izarrualde Gaston | URU | 2053 | 5.5 | |
18 | FM | Izquierdo Daniel | URU | 2219 | 5.0 |
19 | Jodorcovsky Werjivker Paulo | PAR | 2165 | 5.0 | |
20 | Carbone Diego | URU | 2074 | 5.0 | |
21 | Caceres Recalde Fernando | ARG | 2235 | 5.0 | |
22 | Mesias Rojas Rabindranath | CHI | 2213 | 5.0 | |
23 | NM | Michailov Matias | URU | 2158 | 5.0 |
24 | NM | Muniz Rafael | URU | 2279 | 4.5 |
25 | FM | Latorre Matias | PAR | 2274 | 4.5 |
26 | Lanzilotta Marcelo | URU | 1980 | 4.5 | |
27 | NM | El Ters Antouan | URU | 2236 | 4.5 |
28 | Pinero Ismael | URU | 1883 | 4.5 | |
29 | Daneri Martin | ARG | 2135 | 4.5 | |
30 | Magaldi Nelson | URU | 2084 | 4.5 | |
31 | FM | Ibar Marcelo | ARG | 2196 | 4.5 |
32 | Muzzi Eduardo | URU | 2022 | 4.5 | |
33 | NM | Saralegui Mario | URU | 2146 | 4.5 |
34 | Hiriart Guillermo | URU | 2049 | 4.5 | |
35 | NM | Arias Bouzada Jorge | URU | 2131 | 4.5 |
36 | Garcia Axel | URU | 1790 | 4.5 | |
37 | NM | Bustelo Tabare | URU | 2079 | 4.0 |
38 | Lallana Daniel | ARG | 1985 | 4.0 | |
39 | Ibanez Juan Rodrigo | URU | 2009 | 4.0 | |
40 | Izquierdo Sebastian | URU | 2035 | 4.0 | |
41 | Ruggiero Alvaro | URU | 1983 | 4.0 | |
42 | D Andrea Leonardo | URU | 1921 | 3.5 | |
43 | Ibanez Marcelo | URU | 1879 | 3.5 | |
44 | Davila Texeira Mario | URU | 1879 | 3.5 | |
45 | Augoustis Funti Alexis | URU | 1948 | 3.5 | |
46 | Campiglia Guido | URU | 1871 | 3.5 | |
47 | Solari Pablo | URU | 1703 | 3.5 | |
48 | Milan Julio | URU | 1704 | 3.5 | |
49 | Iduate Guillermo | URU | 1855 | 3.5 | |
50 | Marrero Javier | URU | 1881 | 3.5 | |
51 | Nakle Gonzalo | URU | 1728 | 3.0 | |
52 | Varalla Gonzalo | URU | 0 | 3.0 | |
53 | Nacelle Daniel | URU | 0 | 2.5 | |
54 | Torres Acosta Raul | URU | 0 | 2.5 | |
55 | Tramutolo Gustavo | URU | 1626 | 2.5 | |
56 | Cuneo Jose | URU | 0 | 2.0 | |
57 | Cedres Jorge | URU | 0 | 2.0 | |
58 | Bengochea Ricardo | URU | 0 | 1.5 | |
59 | Lorenzini Martin | ARG | 2488 | 0.0 | |
Final Standings – Women’s tournament:
1 | IM | Lujan Carolina | ARG | 2366 | 8.5 |
2 | Martinez Ayelen | ARG | 2094 | 7.0 | |
3 | WIM | Zuriel Marisa | ARG | 2212 | 7.0 |
4 | Fernandez Maria Florencia | ARG | 2180 | 6.0 | |
5 | WIM | Colombo Camila | URU | 2073 | 5.5 |
6 | WCM | de Leon Patricia | URU | 1842 | 5.0 |
7 | Perez Dalila | PAR | 1763 | 4.0 | |
8 | WCM | Besso Guadalupe | ARG | 1737 | 4.0 |
9 | WCM | Avalos Leticia | PAR | 1725 | 4.0 |
10 | Cortes Arias Mariela | CHI | 1833 | 4.0 | |
11 | WNM | Silva Natalia | URU | 1891 | 4.0 |
12 | Costa Anaclara | URU | 1649 | 3.5 | |
13 | Larrea Daniela | URU | 1700 | 3.5 | |
14 | de Leon Veronica | URU | 1645 | 2.5 | |
15 | De San Vicente Sabrina | URU | 1725 | 2.0 | |
16 | Perez Cecilia Manuela | URU | 1521 | 1.5 | |
