2nd Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez

The 2nd Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez will be held from 1st to 6th November at the Torre de las Comunicaciones in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The Championship is organized by the Uruguay Chess Federation and will be played over nine rounds of Accelerated Swiss system.

The tournament will have massive participation, with 213 players from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Among them are 19 Grandmasters, 14 International Masters and 18 FIDE Masters.

Top seeded is GM Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba, who recently played in good shape at the World Chess Cup. Eduardo Iturrizaga is back in action, after missing the Magistral Casino de Barcelona due to car accident.

Top Argentina players are also competing, while Peru is represented by the Cori siblings. Deysi T Cori is the reigning World Junior Girls Champion.

Tournament website

The 1st Latin America Cup was played in 2010 in the ancient city of Cusco, Peru, under the sponsorship of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Winner was Colombian GM Neuris Delgado.

Starting list of players:

1. GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2682
2. GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2640
3. GM Flores Diego ARG 2599
4. GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2597
5. GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2583
6. GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris COL 2569
7. GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2569
8. GM Hernandez Carmenates Holden CUB 2564
9. GM Lemos Damian ARG 2543
10. GM Cubas Jose Fernando PAR 2529
11. GM Rodriguez Vila Andrés URU 2505
12. IM Claverie Raul ARG 2504
13. GM Lima Darcy BRA 2497
14. GM Zambrana Oswaldo BOL 2495
15. GM Perez Ponza Federico ARG 2484
16. GM Alonso Salvador ARG 2481
17. IM Tristan Leonardo ARG 2463
18. GM Cori Jorge PER 2458
19. IM Dos Santos Ramiro ARG 2453
20. IM Real De Azua Ernesto ARG 2452

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