Sam Shankland is the American Continental Chess Champion

Sam Shankland is the winner of the 2025 edition of the American Continental Chess Championship. Shankland collected 8,5/11, the same points as eight other players, but won the title on a better tiebreak. The silver medal is for Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, the bronze is for Alexandr Fier. Replay the games here

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Sam Shankland @SamShankland 🇺🇸 is the American Continental Chess Champion for 2025. Congratulations🏆https://t.co/QwbS9qDi25

— Chessdom (@chessdom) June 1, 2025

American Continental Champion! pic.twitter.com/Hen7QV9nVm

— Sam Shankland (@SamShankland) May 31, 2025

Final standings

1	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2666	8.5	76.5
2	GM	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2611	8.5	76
3	GM	Fier, Alexandr	BRA	2556	8.5	75
4	GM	Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel	COL	2516	8.5	74.5
5	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2597	8.5	72.5
6	GM	Supi, Luis Paulo	BRA	2566	8.5	71.5
7	GM	Avila Pavas, Santiago	COL	2469	8.5	70.5
8	GM	Bachmann, Axel	PAR	2570	8	75
9	IM	Rojas Salas, Steven	PER	2343	8	74.5
10	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2660	8	73.5
11	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2582	8	71.5
12	IM	Villanueva, Mario	ARG	2454	8	70.5
13	GM	Hardaway, Brewington	USA	2502	8	68
14	GM	Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto	CUB	2546	7.5	75.5
15	GM	Hong, Andrew	USA	2579	7.5	74
16	IM	Schnaider, Ilan	ARG	2388	7.5	72
17	IM	Di Berardino, Diego Rafael	BRA	2448	7.5	70
18	GM	Shabalov, Alexander	USA	2483	7.5	69.5
19	GM	Lima, Darcy	BRA	2380	7.5	69
20	GM	Mareco, Sandro	ARG	2585	7.5	68.5
21	IM	Liascovich, Lucas	ARG	2417	7.5	67.5
22	IM	Ticona Rocabado, Licael Roderick	BOL	2359	7.5	67.5
23	IM	Panjwani, Raja	CAN	2446	7.5	65
24	GM	Hungaski, Robert	USA	2477	7	71
25	IM	Coro, Lucas	ARG	2434	7	70.5
26	IM	Campos Gomez, Manuel	COL	2355	7	69
27	IM	Lopez Silva, Hugo	CHI	2380	7	68
28	FM	Caceres Benitez, Arturo Eduardo	PAR	2313	7	67
29	FM	Silva, Kaua Marques	BRA	2254	7	66.5
30	FM	Lopez Rayo, Santiago	COL	2282	7	66
31		Reyes Zavaleta, Cristhian Yamil	PER	2073	7	65
32	GM	Tristan, Leonardo	ARG	2536	7	64.5
33	FM	Proudian, Armen	BRA	2410	7	64.5
34		Asprelli, Gaspar	ARG	2279	7	64.5
35		Ocampos, Ian	ARG	2219	7	64.5
36	GM	Garcia Pantoja, Roberto	COL	2531	7	64
37	GM	Salinas Herrera, Pablo	CHI	2447	7	64
38	FM	Villarreal, Agustin	ARG	2272	7	63
39	IM	Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose	VEN	2392	7	62.5
40	FM	Diaz Rosas, Julio Cesar	MEX	2373	7	61.5
41	FM	Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	BRA	2276	7	60.5
42	FM	Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian Ricardo	PER	2299	7	59.5
43	FM	Lima, Stefan Moisei Vieira	BRA	2241	7	56.5
44	FM	Pires, Marcos Vinicius Torsani	BRA	2204	6.5	70
45	IM	Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe	BRA	2370	6.5	69.5
46	GM	Diamant, Andre	BRA	2487	6.5	68
47	FM	Tomiello, Lucas Costamilan	BRA	2308	6.5	68
48	GM	Matsuura, Everaldo	BRA	2354	6.5	67.5
49	FM	Ribeiro, Matheus Mendes Domingues	BRA	2294	6.5	65
50	FM	Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel	CHI	2349	6.5	65
51	CM	Mayta Aiza, Maveric	BOL	2184	6.5	65
52	IM	Baules Rodriguez, Jorge Luis	PAN	2257	6.5	65
53		Mayeregger, Arnold	PAR	2122	6.5	64
54		Borges, Guilherme Deola	BRA	2141	6.5	63.5
55	FM	Sanhueza, Cristian	ARG	2182	6.5	63.5
56	IM	Valdes Escobar, Alvaro	CHI	2317	6.5	63
57	IM	Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu	BRA	2359	6.5	63
58	CM	Montevilla Cahuasa, Jonathan I.	BOL	2022	6.5	63
59	IM	Pierrot, Facundo	ARG	2253	6.5	63
60	FM	Johnson, Joshua	TTO	2267	6.5	61.5
61	FM	Tomiello, Mateus Costamilan	BRA	2199	6.5	61.5
62	FM	Melian, Juan Sebastian	PAR	2358	6.5	61
63	FM	Toniutti, Ezio	ARG	2215	6.5	58.5
64	FM	Requejo Cotrina, Oswaldo Valentin	PER	2184	6.5	58.5
65		Silva, Caio Henrique Angelico	BRA	2261	6.5	58.5
66	CM	Buganca, Luiz Henrique Da Silva	BRA	2114	6	68
67	GM	Quintiliano, Renato R.	BRA	2511	6	64.5
68	CM	Molina Sumoza, Jesus Alberto	VEN	2025	6	64.5
69	FM	Spata, German	ARG	2376	6	63.5
70	FM	Rodrigues, Edgar	BRA	2245	6	63.5
71		Piccoli, Lucas Fonseca	BRA	2284	6	63.5
72		Muniz, Francisco Allysson Da S.	BRA	2197	6	63
73	FM	Terao, Juliana Sayumi	BRA	2229	6	63
74	CM	Jardim, Frederico Rodrigues	BRA	2173	6	63
75		Acosta, Franco Emanuel	ARG	2075	6	62.5
76		Palacio, Igor Da Paz	BRA	2165	6	62.5
77	FM	Giron Chavez, David Emanuel	GUA	2108	6	62
78	FM	Bauza, Alejandro	URU	2119	6	62
79	WIM	Contreras Huaman, Fiorella	PER	2341	6	61.5
80	FM	Alboredo, Julia	BRA	2165	6	61
81	CM	Jodorcovsky, Alejandro David	PAR	2022	6	59.5
82	WGM	Heredia Serrano, Carla	ECU	2114	6	59.5
83	CM	Jodorcovsky Werjivker, Paulo	PAR	2117	6	58.5
84	FM	Larrea, Manuel	URU	2246	6	58
85		Nemeth Junior, Henrique	BRA	2189	6	58
86		Da Silva Borges, Rodrigo	BRA	2146	6	57
87		Brandao, Renan Alves	BRA	2032	6	56.5
88		Lira, Suan Bruno Fernandes	BRA	2163	6	56.5
89		Fiaes, Mario Henrique Andrade	BRA	2106	6	56
90	CM	Cantero, Rodolfo	PAR	2179	6	56
91		Raimundo, Airton Carlos Nunes	BRA	1975	6	55
92		Aguinaga, Maximiliano	ARG	2226	6	55
93	FM	Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z.	BRA	2184	6	54.5
94		Almeida Junior, Alvaro Alves De	BRA	2179	6	51.5
95		Starke, Bruno Orlando	BRA	2143	5.5	62.5
96		Luz, Arthur Nader	BRA	2184	5.5	61
97	IM	Lujan, Carolina	ARG	2259	5.5	60.5
98		Becker, Rogerio Sperb	BRA	2111	5.5	60
99		Mariani, Daniel Brandao	BRA	2002	5.5	59
100	CM	Garmendia Vega, Gabriel	CHI	2100	5.5	59
101	CM	Zallio, Luciano De Souza	BRA	2243	5.5	59
102	FM	Gauche, Charles	BRA	2112	5.5	59
103	WIM	Brizzi, Milagros Tatiana	ARG	2152	5.5	58.5
104		Arias Diaz, Miguel Angel	CHI	2176	5.5	58
105		Calcada, Henrique Galvan	BRA	1896	5.5	56.5
106	FM	Martins, Vinicius Tine	BRA	2257	5.5	56.5
107		Azevedo Junior, Jose Ferreira	BRA	2102	5.5	56.5
108	CM	Dauer, Andre Leonardo	BRA	2138	5.5	56
109		Donoso Simonetti, Alvaro Matias	MEX	1935	5.5	56
110	FM	Souza Neves, Andrey M.	BRA	2138	5.5	55.5
111	FM	Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela	BRA	2142	5.5	55
112		Carcamo, Matias	ARG	2077	5.5	54.5
113		Cordeiro, Marco Aurelio Zaror	BRA	2048	5.5	54
114	IM	Piasetski, Leon	CAN	2153	5.5	53
115		Guimaraes, Marcelo Cunha	BRA	2064	5.5	52.5
116	WFM	Sanchez Tobar, Francisca Valenti	CHI	1964	5.5	52
117		Da Luz, Felipe Garcia	BRA	1961	5.5	47.5
118	IM	Perez Gormaz, Matias	CHI	2408	5	65
119		De Oliveira, Yuri Garcia	BRA	2001	5	62.5
120		El Zwei, Aiman Mohamed	BRA	1980	5	60.5
121		Souza, Rafael Cabral De	BRA	2122	5	59
122		Carrasco Jacome, Bryan	ECU	2141	5	58.5
123		Prata, Paulo Roberto Santos	BRA	2091	5	58.5
124	FM	Markzon, Gregory	USA	2056	5	58
125		Barrera Caicedo, Hubert	VEN	1910	5	58
126	FM	Izquierdo, Daniel	URU	2053	5	57.5
127		Gonzalez Culi, Diego	CHI	2099	5	56.5
128		Calcada, Lucas Galvan	BRA	1967	5	55.5
129	WFM	Oviedo Acosta, Paula	PAR	1920	5	55
130		Cella, Glaucio Dalla Cortt	BRA	1936	5	54.5
131		Prado Oliveira, Fellipe	BRA	1863	5	54
132		Pirola, Claudionor Alcides Lima	BRA	2157	5	53.5
133	FM	Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa	BRA	1959	5	53.5
134	FM	Torales G., Ivan Alejandro B.	PAR	2089	5	53
135		De Oliveira, Jairo Quintiliano	BRA	1942	5	53
136	WCM	Morales Flores, Monserrat	CHI	1919	5	53
137		Silverio, Vitor Luis De Jesus	BRA	2166	5	52.5
138		Kaneda, Eric Kazuichi	BRA	1949	5	52.5
139	WFM	Montiel Caceres, Helen	PAR	1980	5	50.5
140		Pironti, Francisco Ferrari	BRA	2100	5	50.5
141	WIM	Cordero, Daniela	BOL	1923	5	50
142		Serafim Junior, Arnor	BRA	1804	5	49
143		Bail, Ellen Larissa	BRA	1964	5	47.5
144		Arias Diaz, Javier Alonso	CHI	1962	4.5	59.5
145		Montevilla C., Elias Alejandro	BOL	1769	4.5	56.5
146	IM	Do Valle Cardoso, Lucas	BRA	2411	4.5	55
147		Pimenta, Jeronimo Marques	BRA	1946	4.5	55
148	WCM	Bosco, Giuliana	ARG	1998	4.5	54.5
149		Gonzalez, Augusto	PAR	1937	4.5	53.5
150		Pereira Vera, Henry Alberto	COL	1913	4.5	53
151	WFM	Medeiros, Thauane Ferreira	BRA	1972	4.5	52.5
152	WFM	Hernandez Bermudez, Manuela	COL	1947	4.5	52
153		Bulhoes, Benicio Rocha	BRA	1918	4.5	51.5
154		Caceres Benitez, Fernando Israel	PAR	1929	4.5	51.5
155		Pavoni, Felipe Stevanin	BRA	1868	4.5	51.5
156	WIM	Librelato, Kathie Goulart	BRA	2138	4.5	51
157		Medero Mino, Leon	ARG	1843	4.5	51
158	WCM	Mayeregger Gonzalez, Fiorella Allegra	PAR	1867	4.5	50.5
159		Silva, Adriano Da	BRA	1924	4.5	50.5
160		Simao, Diogo Roger De Sousa	BRA	1934	4.5	50
161		De Fassio, Davi Dos Santos	BRA	1796	4.5	50
162	WCM	Mayeregger Gonzalez, Renata Valentina	PAR	1905	4.5	49
163		Gomes, Maria Eduarda Papini	BRA	1858	4.5	48
164		Deretti, Lucas Jurk	BRA	1862	4.5	48
165		Luz, Jhonatan Rodrigues Da	BRA	1858	4.5	47.5
166		Mariani, Kim Paul	BRA	1828	4.5	46.5
167		Navarro Canete, Facundo Javier	PAR	1811	4.5	46
168		Ramos, Beny Irwing Pankiewicz	BRA	1773	4.5	44
169		Cezar Junior, William Carlos	BRA	2048	4	52
170	WFM	Silva, Juliana Figueira Theophilo	BRA	1919	4	51.5
171		Brand, Lethicia Soethe	BRA	1799	4	51
172		Cezar, Ricardo De Almeida	BRA	1962	4	50.5
173		Nunes Jr, Sidney	BRA	2034	4	49.5
174		Da Silva, Joao Carlos Orguim	BRA	1809	4	48
175		Pessoa, Marcio De Souza	BRA	1912	4	48
176		Diaz Bermudez, Pedro Teofilo	PER	1764	4	47.5
177	WFM	Nunes, Agatha Hurba	BRA	1947	4	47
178		De Andrade, Arthur Batuli	BRA	1646	4	45.5
179		Conor, Gilberto Bordignon	BRA	1813	4	44.5
180		Vaz, Osvaldo Jose	BRA	1749	4	44.5
181		Roselli, Danilo Palomares	BRA	1885	4	44
182		Gomes, Marco Tulio Caldeira	BRA	1752	4	44
183		Bucci, Andrea Vidigal	BRA	1791	4	42.5
184		Almeida, Luis Eduardo Dos Reis	BRA	1873	4	42
185		Barandiaran, Gabriel	URU	1841	4	42
186	FM	Casalaspro, Mathias Andre	BRA	2319	3.5	50.5
187		Eger, Laura Luisa	BRA	1896	3.5	50.5
188		Britez, G Jorge A	PAR	1764	3.5	50
189		Mereles Riquelme, Mauricio	PAR	1615	3.5	48.5
190		Pereira, Wilson Roberto De M.	BRA	1869	3.5	46.5
191		Moura, Bernardo Lalane Mascarenha	BRA	1854	3.5	45.5
192		Salomon Casali, Oliver	PAR	1677	3.5	45.5
193		Zottis, Pietro	BRA	1757	3.5	44
194		Souza Neto, Hilton Vilarim De	BRA	1881	3.5	44
195		Paredes Almada, Andres Joaquin	PAR	1670	3.5	43
196		Galeano Rolin, Mateo Josias	PAR	1502	3.5	42.5
197		Boghi, Victor Almeida	BRA	1786	3.5	41
198		Moccero, Eduardo	URU	1804	3.5	41
199		Vieira, Erico Vinicius Duarte	BRA	1753	3.5	40.5
200		Janke, Ligia	BRA	1649	3.5	38.5
201		Franco, Rebeca Todon	BRA	0	3.5	33.5
202		Spieker, Otavio Schmidt	BRA	1678	3	44
203		Lugo Martinez, Jimena Sofia	PAR	1734	3	43.5
204		Pereira Fo, Hildebrando Apolonio	BRA	1620	3	42.5
205		Ramirez Bentos, Ana Paula	PAR	1500	3	40
206		Solaeche G., Axel Jose	PAR	1566	3	39
207		Ribeiro, Renan Rego	BRA	0	3	39
208		Vieira, Luana Saddi	BRA	1716	3	38
209		Medero, Hildo Rodrigo	ARG	1553	3	37.5
210		Vaz, Vania Dora Madona	BRA	1471	3	35
211		Pontes, Luiz Felizola Lima	BRA	2070	2.5	44.5
212		Orlandi Neto, Aristides	BRA	1704	2.5	40
213		Guimaraes, Felipe Pavanato	BRA	1523	2.5	38
214		Noguera Delgado, Gael Eduardo	PAR	1484	2.5	34.5
215		Shirabe, Gustavo Tsuyoshi Hasegaw	BRA	0	2	39.5
216		Dos Santos, Gabriel Conte	BRA	1543	2	38.5
217		Ferreira, Henrique Camara	BRA	2188	2	30.5
218		Shirabe, Felipe Toshiyuki Hasegaw	BRA	0	1.5	36.5
219		Rezende, Guilherme Vilela	BRA	2082	0	0
220		Davalos Gimenez, Santino Mariano	PAR	1656	0	0
221		Torres Caballero, Sofia Anabela	PAR	1649	0	0
222		Brozon Arevalos, Agata Nair	PAR	1409	0	0
223		Samudio Santacruz, Sabrina Sahari	PAR	1407	0	0
224		Rodriguez Ahmed, Amara Catalina	PAR	0	0	0