The Chile Chess Federation held its final 2014-2015 championship stage from 21-28th February at the Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Bellavista, in Santiago.
The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with 24 participants.
IM Cristóbal Henríquez and FM Pablo Salinas shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. In the dramatic rapid tie-break Henríquez won by 1,5-0,5 to be crowned new national champion.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 FM SALINAS HERRERA Pablo Patrici 2440 Pontificia Universidad Catolic 7
2 IM HENRIQUEZ VILLAGRA Cristobal 2463 Instituto Nacional 7
3 VALENZUELA GOMEZ Fernando 2261 Club Ivan Morovic 6
4 FM TORRES BRAVO Cristobal Renato 2348 Club Capablanca San Bernardo 6
5 ABARCA GONZALEZ Nicolas 2332 La Florida Calf 5.5
6 FM MONTERO MARTINEZ Cristhian 2173 Club De Ajedrez Chile 5.5
7 FM PEREZ GORMAZ Matias 2349 Usach 5.5
8 FM OLIVARES OLIVARES Claudio 2294 La Florida Calf 5
9 SQUELLA LAVIN Carlos Felipe 2207 Los Angeles – Circulo De Ajedr 5
10 MESIAS ROJAS Rabindranath 2168 Club Circulo Ajedrez Antofagas 4.5