The 5th Iberoamerican Individual Chess Championship took place on 22-30rd July 2014 in Linares, a city located in the Andalusian Province of Jaen, Spain.

The 9-round Swiss event was topped by the first seeded player GM Axel Bachmann (Paraguay). The winner collected 7,5 points, leaving the runner-up GM Jorge Cori(Peru) half a point behind.

GM Oleg Korneev (Spain) and Colombian IM Alder Escobar Forero shared third place on 6,5 points each, but Korneev prevailed on superior tie-break score and took the bronze.

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Final standings:

1 GM BACHMANN Axel PAR 2652 Paraguay 7,5
2 GM CORI Jorge PER 2608 Peru 7
3 GM KORNEEV Oleg ESP 2594 España 6,5
4 IM ESCOBAR FORERO Alder COL 2460 Colombia 6,5
5 GM MILOS Gilberto BRA 2583 Brasil 6
6 IM GONZALEZ ACOSTA Bernal CRC 2458 Costa Rica 6
7 FM FERNANDEZ GARCIA Jose Miguel ESP 2353 España 6
8 GM VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier ESP 2603 España 6
9 FM SOS ANDREU Eric ESP 2345 España 6
10 GM ANTON GUIJARRO David ESP 2631 España 6
11 GM ALONSO ROSELL Alvar ESP 2531 España 6
12 GM ORTIZ SUAREZ Isan Reynaldo CUB 2592 Cuba 6
13 GM IBARRA JEREZ Jose Carlos ESP 2521 España 6
14 IM ALMAGRO LLAMAS Pablo ESP 2492 España 6
15 GM HOFFMAN Alejandro ARG 2450 Argentina 6
16 IM PARDO SIMON David ESP 2457 España 6
17 GM LEON HOYOS Manuel MEX 2517 Mexico 6
18 GM MATAMOROS FRANCO Carlos S. ECU 2525 Ecuador 6
19 IM CAMACHO COLLADOS Marcos ESP 2440 España 5,5
20 IM MATNADZE Ana ESP 2389 España 5,5
21 IM REINALDO CASTINEIRA Roi ESP 2486 España 5,5
22 GM ALSINA LEAL Daniel ESP 2550 España 5,5
23 WGM CORI T. Deysi PER 2414 Peru 5,5
24 GM CUBAS Jose Fernando PAR 2455 Paraguay 5
25 IM FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel ESP 2535 España 5
26 IM BAULES Jorge PAN 2317 Panama 5
27 GM DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G ESP 2520 España 5
28 IM ROSELLI MAILHE Bernardo URU 2425 uruguay 5
29 IM ESPINOSA ARANDA Angel ESP 2388 España 5
30 IM BRITO GARCIA Alfredo ESP 2332 España 5

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