Cordova’s powerful performance

4th Alajuela Open in Costa Rica

The winner of this open tournament, which finished last week, is 16-year old IM Emilio Cordova of Peru. His rating is 2519 and he had 2 GM norms before this event.

Final standings:

1 IM Cordova, Emilio 2519 PER 8
2 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 2645 NED 7½
3 GM Sagalchik, Gennadij 2424 USA 7½

4 IM Perez, Luis Manuel 2495 CUB 7
5 GM Vera, Reynaldo 2493 CUB 7
6 GM Mitkov, Nikola 2556 MKD 7
7 IM Leyva, Hector 2380 ESA 7
8 IM Arias, Mauricio 2310 CRC 7
9 FM Arias, Lemmys A 2342 ESA 7
10 Ruiz, Sebastian 2195 CRC 7

11 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 2592 ISR 6½
12 GM Georgiev, Vladimir 2531 MKD 6½

Full standings can be seen here: http://www.internacionaldealajuela.com/tabla_pareo_abierto/ronda9.html