The 2016 Peruvian Men’s and Women’s Chess Championship took place from February 10-14, at the National Stadium of Peruvian capital Lima.
Both events were played in a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with time control 90′ + 30″.
Men’s championship finished with a four-way tie for the first place between Fernando Fernandez, GM Emilio Cordova, IM Deivy Vera Siguenas and GM Jorge Cori, after the whole group scored 7.5/9 points. However, the untitled player Fernandez had the best tie-break score and took the gold.
WFM Ingrid Y Aliaga Fernandez, WIM Mishe Caballero Quijano Mitzy and Melanie Dongo shared the first place among women with 7/9 points and qualified for the Continental Championship.
Peruvian Men’s Championship 2016/ Peruvian Women’s Championship 2016
Men’s Section final standings (top 10):
1 Fernandez Fernando PER 2362 7.5
2 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2610 7.5
3 IM Vera Siguenas Deivy PER 2482 7.5
4 GM Cori Jorge PER 2600 7.5
5 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2430 6.5
6 Principe Gerson PER 2270 6.5
7 Alarco Alvaro PER 2108 6.5
8 Palacios Efrain PER 2178 6.5
9 IM Pacheco Marco PER 2377 6
10 FM Terry Renato PER 2447 6