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.
This is an open event without a minimum Elo requirement. It will be played under the Swiss system during 9 rounds with a time control of 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increments from the first move.
The first six placed participants will qualify 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.
In case of a tie for a qualifying spot, the following tiebreak criteria will be used:
Individual result
Progressive
Bucholz FIDE Top
Sonnenborn Berger
Bucholz FIDE Median
By raffle
The playing hall during the second round
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Alonso Salvador | 2506 |
| 2 | GM | Valerga Diego | 2499 |
| 3 | IM | Real De Azua Ernesto | 2460 |
| 4 | IM | Liascovich Lucas | 2442 |
| 5 | GM | Slipak Sergio | 2440 |
| 6 | IM | Pierrot Facundo | 2414 |
| 7 | IM | Krysa Leandro | 2411 |
| 8 | IM | Dolezal Cristian | 2410 |
| 9 | FM | Pichot Alan | 2400 |
| 10 | IM | Julia Ernesto | 2379 |
| 11 | IM | Mahia Gustavo | 2377 |
| 12 | IM | De Dovitiis Alejo | 2352 |
| 13 | FM | Fabian Gaston | 2343 |
| 14 | IM | Blit Jacques | 2333 |
| 15 | FM | Calderon Fernandez Gervasio | 2331 |
| 16 | IM | Paglilla Carlos | 2314 |
| 17 | FM | Reides Marcelo | 2314 |
| 18 | FM | Mayorga Nicolas | 2312 |
| 19 | FM | Paveto Kevin | 2298 |
| 20 | IM | Barrionuevo Pablo | 2287 |
| 21 | Sosa Tomas | 2234 | |
| 22 | Caceres Recalde Fernando | 2216 | |
| 23 | Avila Lucas | 2211 | |
| 24 | IM | Malbran Guillermo | 2205 |
| 25 | Tossutti Juan C. | 2187 | |
| 26 | FM | Ibar Marcelo | 2180 |
| 27 | Fiori Hector | 2152 | |
| 28 | Godoy Olazabal Artur | 2141 | |
| 29 | Nogues Alejandro | 2132 | |
| 30 | Molina Pablo Sebastian | 2112 | |
| 31 | WFM | Meza Anahi | 2104 |
| 32 | Lopez Ricardo | 2103 | |
| 33 | FM | Anelli Antonio | 2097 |
| 34 | Paternoste Martin | 2079 | |
| 35 | FM | Bulcourf Carlos | 2060 |
| 36 | CM | Munoz Francisco Javier | 2058 |
| 37 | Nejanky Maisa | 2016 | |
| 38 | Farias Guillermo | 2010 | |
| 39 | Belmonte Diego Jose | 1995 | |
| 40 | Ayala Gustavo | 1972 | |
| 41 | Leal Jorge | 1954 | |
| 42 | Cisneros German | 1948 | |
| 43 | Martin Luis Jacinto | 1847 | |
| 44 | Elias Roberto | 1830 | |
| 45 | Martin Mateo | 1805 | |
| 46 | Onocko Pablo | 1781 | |
| 47 | Hoeschele Hermann | 1757 | |
| 48 | Abate Tomas | 1608 | |
| 49 | Encizo Tomas | 0 | |
| 50 | Inchausti Pablo Ezequiel | 0 | |
| 51 | Sosa Arnaldo Javier | 0 | |
| 52 | Zalazar Diego | 0 |
