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Continental Championships Uruguay
From: http://www.chessdom.com/gm-sandro-ma...ntal-champion/
GM Sandro Mareco from Argentina is the crowned American Continental champion.
He started with a perfect 3/3 score and lost in the next round against IM Yago De Moura Santiago from Brazil. However, the champion won four games and drew the rest to finish with 8,5/11 points. The decisive encounter was in the penultimate round when Mareco defeated GM Jorge Cori from Peru with Black pieces.
GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez from Cuba remained second with 8,5 points but a worse tiebreak score, while the third place was shared in an eight-way tie.
The first four players should have qualified for FIDE World Cup, stage of the World Championship circle.
Grandmasters Cori, Granda Zuniga and Mareco have already qualified, and so had Quesada Perez, finishing second.
Thus, six Grandmasters with 8 points decided the final three spots in 5-round Playoffs with tempo of play 15′ + 5″. The qualifiers are: Federico Perez Ponsa (Argentina), Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela) and Anton Kovalyov (Canada).
Continental Championships
TieBreak Round 1
Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Alonso, Salvador 1-0
Kovalyov, Anton – Flores, Diego 1/2-1/2
Perez, Federico – Gonzalez, Yuri 1-0
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 1, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Flores, Diego
A39 English, Ultra Symmetrical, Main Line
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Be6 10.Bxc5 Qa5 11.Ba3 Rfd8 12.Qb3 Qa6 13.Nb5 Rac8 14.Rad1 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Na5 16.Qa4 Nxc4 17.Qxa6 bxa6 18.Nbd4 Bd5 19.Bxe7 Nxb2 20.Rb1 Na4 21.a3 Be4 22.Re1 Nd5 23.Bd6 Nac3 24.e3 Nb5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Nd4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 a6 28.Rd1 Nb6 29.Rd3 Nc4 30.Bb4 Rd8 31.Kf1 a5 32.Be1 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rd5 34.Ke2 f6 35.Rb3 Kf7 36.f3 Ke6 37.g4 f5 38.h4 fxg4 39.fxg4 Rxd4 40.Rxb5 Rxg4 41.h5 g5 42.Rb7 Re4+ 43.Kf2 Rf4+ 44.Kg3 Rf7 45.Rb5 h6 46.Rc5 Nxa3 47.Rc6+ Kf5 48.Bxa5 Rd7 49.Rc3 Nb1 50.Rf3+ Ke4 51.Rf6 Rd5 52.Bb4 Rb5 53.Bf8 Rf5 54.Re6+ Kd5 55.Rd6+ Ke5 56.Rd8 Rf7 57.Bxh6 Rh7 58.Bxg5 Rxh5 59.Bf4+ Ke4 60.Kg4 Rd5 61.Rxd5 1/2-1/2
TieBreak Round 2
Alonso, Salvador – Perez, Federico 0-1
Flores, Diego – Gonzalez, Yuri 0-1
Kovalyov, Anton – Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1/2-1/2
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 2, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Iturrizaga, Eduardo
A34 English, Symmetrical
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e4 d6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Be2 Nxd4 1/2-1/2
TieBreak Round 3
Gonzalez, Yuri – Alonso, Salvador 1-0
Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Flores, Diego 1/2-1/2
Perez, Federico – Kovalyov, Anton 1/2-1/2
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 3, May 24, 2015
Perez, Federico – Kovalyov, Anton
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Qc7 8.Nb3 Ng6 9.f4 Be7 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Rb8 12.Qe1 O-O 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.Rd1 Nb4 15.Nd4 f6 16.Rd2 Bc5 17.Qg3 Bb7 18.Bh5 Ne7 19.Rfd1 Rbd8 20.Bg4 Bc8 21.Nce2 Nbc6 22.c3 Na5 23.b4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc4 25.Bc1 d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Bxc8 Qxc8 28.Qf3 Nd6 29.Ng3 f5 30.R4d3 Ne4 31.Be3 Qc7 32.Nh5 Rf7 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 Nc5 35.R3d2 Ne4 36.Rd3 Nc5 37.R3d2 Ne4 1/2-1/2
TieBreak Round 4
Flores, Diego – Alonso, Salvador 1/2-1/2
Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Perez, Federico 1/2-1/2
Kovalyov, Anton – Gonzalez, Yuri 1-0
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 4, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Gonzalez, Yuri
A13 English, Neo-Catalan
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.d3 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Rd1 a5 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Ne2 Nc5 16.Ne5 Bb7 17.d4 Nxa4 18.b3 Nb6 19.Rxa5 Nbd5 20.exd5 Qxa5 21.dxe6 Qb6 22.exf7+ Kh8 23.Qf5 Rcd8 24.Qh3 1-0
TieBreak Round 5
Alonso, Salvador – Kovalyov, Anton 1/2-1/2
Gonzalez, Yuri – Iturrizaga, Eduardo 0-1
Perez, Federico – Flores, Diego 1/2-1/2
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 5, May 24, 2015
Alonso, Salvador – Kovalyov, Anton
E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.e3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be4 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc6 15.O-O Qe6 16.c4 Bd6 17.Rfd1 Bc7 18.Rd2 Rd8 19.Rad1 Na5 20.Rc2 O-O 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Rfe8 23.Qe2 d5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.Rd2 Qe6 27.Qd1 Qb3 28.Qc1 Qe6 29.Qd1 Qb3 30.Qf1 Qc4 31.Qb1 Qe6 32.Qb5 Nc4 33.Rd1 Rf8 34.a4 Ne5 35.Nxe5 fxe5 36.e4 h6 37.a5 Rc8 38.Rd5 1/2-1/2
It looks like Black has a winning game with 38…c4 but I suppose a draw was sufficient to place in the top three.
Final Standing
Iturrizaga 3.5
Perez 3.5
Kovalyov 3.0
Flores 2.0
Gonzalez 2.0
Alonso 1.0
Continental Championships Uruguay
From: http://www.chessdom.com/gm-sandro-ma...ntal-champion/
GM Sandro Mareco from Argentina is the crowned American Continental champion.
He started with a perfect 3/3 score and lost in the next round against IM Yago De Moura Santiago from Brazil. However, the champion won four games and drew the rest to finish with 8,5/11 points. The decisive encounter was in the penultimate round when Mareco defeated GM Jorge Cori from Peru with Black pieces.
GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez from Cuba remained second with 8,5 points but a worse tiebreak score, while the third place was shared in an eight-way tie.
The first four players should have qualified for FIDE World Cup, stage of the World Championship circle.
Grandmasters Cori, Granda Zuniga and Mareco have already qualified, and so had Quesada Perez, finishing second.
Thus, six Grandmasters with 8 points decided the final three spots in 5-round Playoffs with tempo of play 15′ + 5″. The qualifiers are: Federico Perez Ponsa (Argentina), Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela) and Anton Kovalyov (Canada).
Continental Championships
TieBreak Round 1
Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Alonso, Salvador 1-0
Kovalyov, Anton – Flores, Diego 1/2-1/2
Perez, Federico – Gonzalez, Yuri 1-0
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 1, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Flores, Diego
A39 English, Ultra Symmetrical, Main Line
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Be6 10.Bxc5 Qa5 11.Ba3 Rfd8 12.Qb3 Qa6 13.Nb5 Rac8 14.Rad1 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Na5 16.Qa4 Nxc4 17.Qxa6 bxa6 18.Nbd4 Bd5 19.Bxe7 Nxb2 20.Rb1 Na4 21.a3 Be4 22.Re1 Nd5 23.Bd6 Nac3 24.e3 Nb5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Nd4 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 a6 28.Rd1 Nb6 29.Rd3 Nc4 30.Bb4 Rd8 31.Kf1 a5 32.Be1 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rd5 34.Ke2 f6 35.Rb3 Kf7 36.f3 Ke6 37.g4 f5 38.h4 fxg4 39.fxg4 Rxd4 40.Rxb5 Rxg4 41.h5 g5 42.Rb7 Re4+ 43.Kf2 Rf4+ 44.Kg3 Rf7 45.Rb5 h6 46.Rc5 Nxa3 47.Rc6+ Kf5 48.Bxa5 Rd7 49.Rc3 Nb1 50.Rf3+ Ke4 51.Rf6 Rd5 52.Bb4 Rb5 53.Bf8 Rf5 54.Re6+ Kd5 55.Rd6+ Ke5 56.Rd8 Rf7 57.Bxh6 Rh7 58.Bxg5 Rxh5 59.Bf4+ Ke4 60.Kg4 Rd5 61.Rxd5 1/2-1/2
TieBreak Round 2
Alonso, Salvador – Perez, Federico 0-1
Flores, Diego – Gonzalez, Yuri 0-1
Kovalyov, Anton – Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1/2-1/2
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 2, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Iturrizaga, Eduardo
A34 English, Symmetrical
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e4 d6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Be2 Nxd4 1/2-1/2
TieBreak Round 3
Gonzalez, Yuri – Alonso, Salvador 1-0
Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Flores, Diego 1/2-1/2
Perez, Federico – Kovalyov, Anton 1/2-1/2
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 3, May 24, 2015
Perez, Federico – Kovalyov, Anton
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Qc7 8.Nb3 Ng6 9.f4 Be7 10.a4 b6 11.Be3 Rb8 12.Qe1 O-O 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.Rd1 Nb4 15.Nd4 f6 16.Rd2 Bc5 17.Qg3 Bb7 18.Bh5 Ne7 19.Rfd1 Rbd8 20.Bg4 Bc8 21.Nce2 Nbc6 22.c3 Na5 23.b4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc4 25.Bc1 d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Bxc8 Qxc8 28.Qf3 Nd6 29.Ng3 f5 30.R4d3 Ne4 31.Be3 Qc7 32.Nh5 Rf7 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 Nc5 35.R3d2 Ne4 36.Rd3 Nc5 37.R3d2 Ne4 1/2-1/2
TieBreak Round 4
Flores, Diego – Alonso, Salvador 1/2-1/2
Iturrizaga, Eduardo – Perez, Federico 1/2-1/2
Kovalyov, Anton – Gonzalez, Yuri 1-0
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 4, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Gonzalez, Yuri
A13 English, Neo-Catalan
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.d3 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Rd1 a5 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Ne2 Nc5 16.Ne5 Bb7 17.d4 Nxa4 18.b3 Nb6 19.Rxa5 Nbd5 20.exd5 Qxa5 21.dxe6 Qb6 22.exf7+ Kh8 23.Qf5 Rcd8 24.Qh3 1-0
TieBreak Round 5
Alonso, Salvador – Kovalyov, Anton 1/2-1/2
Gonzalez, Yuri – Iturrizaga, Eduardo 0-1
Perez, Federico – Flores, Diego 1/2-1/2
American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
TieBreak Round 5, May 24, 2015
Alonso, Salvador – Kovalyov, Anton
E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian System
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.e3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be4 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc6 15.O-O Qe6 16.c4 Bd6 17.Rfd1 Bc7 18.Rd2 Rd8 19.Rad1 Na5 20.Rc2 O-O 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Rfe8 23.Qe2 d5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.Rd2 Qe6 27.Qd1 Qb3 28.Qc1 Qe6 29.Qd1 Qb3 30.Qf1 Qc4 31.Qb1 Qe6 32.Qb5 Nc4 33.Rd1 Rf8 34.a4 Ne5 35.Nxe5 fxe5 36.e4 h6 37.a5 Rc8 38.Rd5 1/2-1/2
It looks like Black has a winning game with 38…c4 but I suppose a draw was sufficient to place in the top three.
Final Standing
Iturrizaga 3.5
Perez 3.5
Kovalyov 3.0
Flores 2.0
Gonzalez 2.0
Alonso 1.0
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