GM Timur Gareyev emerged as the winner of the XV Americas Individual Championship, which took place from May 1-11, 2022, at the Best Western Hotel Terraza, San Salvador, El Salvador.
The 11-round Swiss tournament organized by the Chess Confederation of the Americas, the Salvadoran Chess Federation and the National Institute of Sports of El Salvador brought together 11 players from 10 countries battling out for four qualification spots in the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
The Uzbekistan-born American GM Timur Gareyev completed the event undefeated, scored a whopping 9½/11 (+26 rating points) and won the event with a round to spare.
As many as seven players tied for the second place, finishing 1½ points behind the champion. The tie-breaks (average rating of the opponents) favoured IM Christopher Woojin Yoo of the USA (second place), Yasser Quesada Perez of Cuba (third place) and Gregory Kaidanov, also from the USA (fourth place).
The top-4 finishers qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
Final standings:
|
1 |
GM |
Gareyev, Timur |
USA |
2565 |
9½ |
|
2 |
IM |
Yoo, Christopher Woojin |
USA |
2535 |
8 |
|
3 |
GM |
Quesada Perez, Yasser |
CUB |
2560 |
8 |
|
4 |
GM |
Kaidanov, Gregory |
USA |
2556 |
8 |
|
5 |
FM |
Proudian, Armen |
BRA |
2418 |
8 |
|
6 |
IM |
Figueredo Losada, Leonel |
MEX |
2337 |
8 |
|
7 |
IM |
Sarkar, Justin |
USA |
2325 |
8 |
|
8 |
GM |
Salinas Herrera, Pablo |
CHI |
2534 |
8 |
|
9 |
GM |
Pichot, Alan |
ARG |
2652 |
7½ |
|
10 |
GM |
Hungaski, Robert |
USA |
2521 |
7½ |
|
11 |
IM |
Thavandiran, Shiyam |
CAN |
2399 |
7½ |
