The American Continental Chess Championship 2014 took place on 18-26th October 2014 at the Hotel Pipa Atlântico – Convention Center on Praia da Pipa in Brazil.
The event was an 11-round Swiss Open with a prize fund in the amount of 20,000 USD.
The first place was split in a six-way tie by GM Granda Zuniga Julio (Peru), GM Shankland Samuel L (USA), GM Shabalov Alexander (USA), GM Leitao Rafael (Brazil), GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo (Cuba) and IM Pichot Alan(Argentine) on 8,5/11 points each. Nevertheless, Granda Zuniga prevailed on a better tie-break score and took the gold. You can see the full standings below.
However, only top four (4) finishers qualify for the FIDE World Cup 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The six winners played an additional round-robin rapid tournament in-between to decide the qualifiers.
Ortiz Suarez emerged a clear winner with 3.5/5 points, followed by Granda Zuniga and Leitao on 3 points each and Shankland with 2.5/5.
Pichot and Shabalov obtained the smallest amount of points – 1.5/5, and didn’t qualify for the World Cup 2015. You can replay the games below with engine analysis.
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Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2674 8,5
2 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2633 8,5
3 GM Shabalov Alexander USA 2499 8,5
4 GM Leitao Rafael BRA 2636 8,5
5 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2611 8,5
6 IM Pichot Alan ARG 2473 8,5
7 GM Alonso Salvador ARG 2505 8
8 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2558 8
9 GM Matsuura Everaldo BRA 2486 8
10 GM Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto MEX 2531 8
11 GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce BRA 2514 8
12 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2679 7,5
13 GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris PAR 2607 7,5
14 GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2577 7,5
15 IM Santiago Yago De Moura BRA 2397 7,5
16 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2557 7,5
17 GM Perez Ponsa Federico ARG 2536 7,5
18 IM Gonzalez Acosta Bernal CRC 2478 7,5
19 IM Krysa Leandro ARG 2446 7,5
20 FM Terry Renato PER 2454 7,5
21 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2411 7,5
22 IM Henriquez Villagra Cristobal CHI 2470 7,5
23 FM Perez Gormaz Matias CHI 2327 7,5
24 WIM Feliciano Ebert Vanessa BRA 2252 7,5
25 FM Teixeira Ricardo Da Silva BRA 2220 7,5
26 GM Kaidanov Gregory S USA 2569 7
27 IM Valdes Escobar Alvaro CHI 2378 7
28 FM Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduar PER 2440 7
29 FM Paveto Kevin ARG 2426 7
30 IM Barbosa Evandro Amorim BRA 2449 7
31 FM Cuellar Diego PER 2302 7
32 FM Quintiliano Pinto Renato R. BRA 2378 7
33 IM Castro Oscar H. COL 2359 7
34 NM Sztokbant Bernardo Vainzoff BRA 2271 7
35 IM Roselli Mailhe Bernardo URU 2404 7
36 FM Acosta Pablo Ismael ARG 2300 7
37 Souza Rafael Cabral De BRA 2138 7
38 IM Macedo Maximo Iack BRA 2336 7
39 WIM Terao Juliana Sayumi BRA 2229 7
40 FM Brito Luismar BRA 2261 7
41 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2645 6,5
42 IM Leiva Giuseppe PER 2409 6,5
43 GM Cubas Jose Fernando PAR 2474 6,5
44 FM Llorens Sepulveda Marcelo CHI 2275 6,5
45 IM Molina Roberto Junio Brito BRA 2425 6,5
46 IM Ruiz C Joshua D COL 2396 6,5
47 CM Mafra Kaiser Luiz BRA 2148 6,5
48 FM Sega Carlos Alberto BRA 2218 6,5
49 CM Jodorcovsky Werjivker Paulo PAR 2170 6,5
50 Alarcon Bahamondes Roberto CHI 2276 6,5
Tough luck for Shabalov.