Timur Gareyev becomes XV Continental Champion of the Americas

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The XV Continental Chess Championship of the Americas 2022 took place from May 1-11, 2022 at the Best Western Hotel Terraza, San Salvador, El Salvador. 117 players from 10 countries competed in 11 rounds swiss tournament, fighting for the total prize fund of 20.000$ and four qualification spots for the FIDE World Cup.

GM Timur Gareyev convincingly won the 15th American Continental Championship, scoring unbeaten 9.5/11 points. Gareyev was a point and a half ahead of the runner-ups and with an impressive rating performance of 2736, he secured the spot for the next FIDE World Cup. The American Grandmaster is known for beating the world Blindfold chess record after holding a 48-board simul in Las Vegas, on December 4, 2016.

Seven players tied for the second place with the same score of 8/11 points and the tiebreaks criteria decided the prize distribution and the rest of the three qualifiers for the World Cup tournament. IM Christopher Woojin Yoo claimed second place, GM Yasser Quesada Perez was third and GM Gregory Kaidanov came fourth grabbing the last available spot.

Final rankings – 15th Continental Chess Championship of the Americas 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Gareyev Timur	USA	2565	9.5	2480	75	80
2	IM	Yoo Christopher Woojin	USA	2535	8	2466	76	80
3	GM	Quesada Perez Yasser	CUB	2560	8	2456	74	80
4	GM	Kaidanov Gregory	USA	2556	8	2378	73	79
5	FM	Proudian Armen	BRA	2418	8	2350	70	75
6	IM	Figueredo Losada Leonel	MEX	2337	8	2338	70	74
7	IM	Sarkar Justin	USA	2325	8	2332	69	73
8	GM	Salinas Herrera Pablo	CHI	2534	8	2331	74	79
9	GM	Pichot Alan	ARG	2652	7.5	2395	72	77
10	GM	Hungaski Robert	USA	2521	7.5	2318	72	78
11	IM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2399	7.5	2232	71	76
12	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro Thalia	USA	2193	7.5	2217	64	68
13		Morales Carlos	ESA	1969	7.5	2157	61	63
14	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	USA	2665	7	2463	76	81
15	GM	Morovic Fernandez Ivan	CHI	2495	7	2344	69	74
16	FM	Diaz Rosas Julio Cesar	MEX	2351	7	2328	70	76
17	GM	Krysa Leandro	ARG	2525	7	2298	70	73
18	IM	Giron Jorge Ernesto	ESA	2257	7	2296	68	72
19	IM	Valdes Romero Leonardo	CRC	2403	7	2279	67	73
20	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	BRA	2569	7	2259	67	72
21	CM	Cabezas Solano David Alejandro	CRC	2084	7	2227	66	70
22	FM	Noboa Silva Kevin	ECU	2323	7	2127	65	68
23	FM	Diaz Villagran Robert	CHI	2347	7	2114	63	68
24	FM	Chinchilla Miranda Eugenio	CRC	2221	7	2074	57	60
25		Ibarra Carlos Roberto	ESA	1739	6.5	2194	62	66
26	IM	Lorenzana Wilson Estuardo	GUA	2170	6.5	2184	62	67
27	IM	Jimenez Garcia Emmanuel	CRC	2422	6.5	2180	67	72
28	IM	Burgos Figueroa Carlos E.	ESA	2153	6.5	2146	65	68
29		Ramirez Osio Julio Adrian	MEX	2143	6.5	2099	63	66
30		Montes Orozco Miguel Angel	MEX	2166	6.5	2024	64	69
31	IM	Arias Lemnys A.	ESA	2270	6.5	2012	63	68
32	FM	Garcia Fuentes Sergio Miguel	GUA	2105	6.5	2009	55	58
33	FM	Do Valle Cardoso Lucas	BRA	2242	6.5	1938	60	64
34		Barrera Meza Carlos	CHI	2143	6.5	1925	59	62
35	CM	Arias Gaviria Mario Alexis	PER	2181	6	2247	68	72
36	CM	Aspiazu Sibri Marlon	ECU	1949	6	2214	62	66
37	FM	Chavez Ricardo Ernesto	ESA	2184	6	2174	62	66
38	FM	Del Castilho Martyn	BAR	2289	6	2170	65	69
39	WIM	Hernandez Alvarez Tania Regla	CRC	2022	6	2157	66	69
40	IM	Munoz Sanchez Miguel	ECU	2226	6	2149	65	70
41	FM	Montero Martinez Cristhian	CHI	1946	6	2095	64	66
42	FM	Caceres Vasquez Sergio	CHI	2044	6	2086	58	62
43	FM	Guevara Sanchez Erick Marvin	ESA	2090	6	2068	58	61
44	IM	Juarez Flores Carlos A.	GUA	2367	6	2061	62	66
45	FM	Hernandez Jimenez Alexander Andres	VEN	2137	6	2037	60	64
46	WFM	Diaz Charpentier Kristel Meliss	CRC	1947	6	2003	56	59
47		Avendano Porras Rodrigo	CRC	1795	6	1991	58	61
48	FM	Gutierrez Renzo	PER	2286	6	1990	59	63
49	IM	Leon Calderon Jonathan	ECU	2126	6	1965	59	63
50		Melendez Manuel A.	ESA	1955	6	1953	55	58
51	FM	Markzon Gregory	USA	2013	6	1896	57	61
52	WFM	Garcia Angie	ESA	1902	6	1887	56	60
53	FM	Ramirez Madrid Gerardo Alfonso	CRC	1998	6	1850	54	57
54		Zilleruelo Irizarry Diego	PUR	2056	5.5	2198	63	67
55		Chaves Sanchez Gabriel A	CRC	2142	5.5	2141	63	68
56	CM	Garcia Almaguer Juan Manuel	MEX	2102	5.5	2115	60	64
57		Perez Salazar Armando	ESA	1978	5.5	2077	60	63
58	WIM	Rodriguez Arrieta Maria Elena	CRC	1831	5.5	2043	58	61
59	WIM	Ortez Andrea	ESA	1886	5.5	2040	60	63
60	FM	Arvelo Leo Gian Carlo	DOM	2229	5.5	2017	59	64
61		Mira Felix	ESA	1897	5.5	1936	58	62
62		Sanchez Garcia Oscar Ernesto	MEX	1739	5.5	1840	52	56
63		Perez Francisco	ESA	1481	5.5	1797	52	55
64	AGM	Zometa Miguel	ESA	1865	5.5	1783	50	54
65		Palencia Alvarado Julio Roberto	GUA	1758	5.5	1763	47	51
66		Gomez Morales Juan Sebastian	COL	1655	5	2044	63	65
67		Holliman Bob	USA	1908	5	2040	59	63
68		Barahona Dalila Yamileth	ESA	1685	5	2014	56	60
69	FM	Pilarte Rene	NCA	2090	5	1985	62	66
70		Villalta Camilo	ESA	1684	5	1951	54	58
71		Encinas Varela David	MEX	1908	5	1890	53	57
72		Gonzalez Mojica Renan Arturo	COL	2021	5	1883	55	59
73	WCM	Figueroa Julissa	BAR	1663	5	1881	50	53
74	WCM	Vasquez Vasquez Marielos	ESA	1624	5	1877	52	55
75	WCM	Herrera Marjorie	ESA	1774	5	1825	56	60
76		Mayorga Araya Sofia	CRC	1696	5	1821	51	55
77		Hernandez Rodolfo Anibal	ESA	1625	5	1806	52	55
78	AIM	Zavala Galindo Alejandra Beatriz	ESA	1757	5	1798	53	57
79	WFM	Ramirez Gonzalez Maria Jose	CRC	1857	5	1797	53	57
80		Navarrete Guillermo	ESA	1729	5	1796	51	54
81		Fernandez Denis	ESA	1605	5	1728	49	51
82		Alas Rigoberto	ESA	1692	5	1581	47	49
83	FM	Pineda Juan Jose	NCA	1964	4.5	1990	58	61
84		Villalta Diego	ESA	1438	4.5	1855	51	55
85		Rosales Carlos Arturo	HON	1449	4.5	1745	44	46
86		Leal Licon Daniel Isai	MEX	1705	4.5	1671	49	51
87		Guevara Ruiz Santiago Jose	ESA	1631	4.5	1659	45	48
88		Cortez Carlos	ESA	1515	4.5	1589	47	49
89		Pilarte Castro Rene Ozmar	NCA	1497	4.5	1532	42	45
90		Godoy C. Miguel Angel	GUA	1853	4	1923	56	61
91		Ibarra Alex	ESA	1439	4	1901	57	62
92		Serrato Rafael Antonio	COL	1725	4	1825	57	60
93	WFM	Palacios Celina	ESA	1724	4	1815	53	56
94		Bogantes Robleto Karina	CRC	1707	4	1787	48	50
95		Pineda D. Raul Anibal	GUA	1419	4	1776	51	54
96		Martell Arias Saul Enrique	ESA	1272	4	1750	51	54
97		Leal Escamilla Daniel Zinedine	MEX	1415	4	1704	48	50
98		Zabdiel Neftaly Torres Perez	ESA	1639	4	1698	52	53
99	CM	Pilarte Mario	NCA	1858	4	1684	53	57
100		Perez Nayeli	ESA	1162	4	1546	41	42
101		Nuila Katherine	ESA	1354	4	1446	39	41
102		Cantillano Edward	HON	1812	3.5	1931	57	60
103	WCM	Hernandez Sofia	ESA	1462	3.5	1722	50	52
104		Martinez Marlon	HON	1711	3.5	1697	52	55
105	ACM	Cabezas Diego	ESA	0	3.5	1674	48	50
106		Guevara Ruiz Marvin Andres	ESA	1639	3.5	1602	47	50
107		Castillo Carlos Emilio	ESA	1407	3.5	1583	45	47
108		Melara Alejandra	ESA	1147	3.5	1480	42	43
109		Rugamas Camila	ESA	1117	3	1559	42	45
110		Rivera Omar	ESA	1471	3	1515	44	47
111		Montoya Katherine	ESA	0	3	1511	42	44
112	ACM	Bolanos Jeremias	ESA	0	3	1421	37	38
113		Lopez De Anda Edgar	USA	1606	2.5	1669	51	53
114		Soriano Isaias	ESA	0	2.5	1419	40	43
115		Mendez Jose	ESA	0	2	1429	39	40
116		Rugamas Allison Daniela	ESA	1037	2	1368	41	43
117	FM	Leon Archibaldo Orlando Andres	PAN	2189	0	0	38	39