Nguyen and Citra win gold at the Southeast Asian Games
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam, and WIM Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra of Indonesia won the gold medals (in the open and women’s sections, respectively) at the Southeast Asian Games held from May 10-15, 2022, in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. The open event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, while women competed in a 10-player round-robin. Truong Son beat FM Lye Lik Zang of Malaysia in the final round to score 7/9 and secure the title. IM Ervan Mohamad of Indonesia settled for a draw with GM Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam, finished a half-point behind the champion and tied for the second place with IM Tin Jingyao of Singapore. The silver medal goes to Ervan Mohamad, who defeated Tin Jingyao in the direct encounter (first tiebreak variable). Final standings open: 1 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2641 7 2 IM Ervan Mohamad INA 2367 6½ 3 IM Tin Jingyao SGP 2499 6½ 4 IM Yeoh Li Tian MAS 2523 6 5 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2442 5½ 6 GM Priasmoro Novendra INA 2501 4½ 7 IM Quizon Daniel PHI 2384 4½ 8 GM Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2533 4 9 IM Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2508 3 10 CM Laohawirapap Prin THA 2210 3 WIM Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra of Indonesia (pictured below), her compatriot IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar and Hoang Thi Bao Tram of Vietnam scored 7/9 each and tied for the first place in the women’s tournament. Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia Citra deservedly claimed gold as she defeated both competitors in the direct encounters. Irine Kharisma Sukandar took silver thanks to slightly better Sonneborn-Berger (second tiebreak variable) over Hoang Thi Bao Tram, who had to settle for bronze. Final standings women: 1 WIM Citra Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia INA 2211 7 2 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2392 7 3 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2272 7 4 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung VIE 2340 5½ 5 WIM Fronda Jan Jodilyn PHI 2141 5 6 WGM Frayna Janelle Mae PHI 2221 4½ 7 WGM Gong Qianyun SGP 2348 3½ 8 WFM Tan Li Ting MAS 2087 3 9 WCM Prommuang Araya THA 1628 1½ 10 WIM Azhar Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa MAS 2059 1 Watch games live at vietnamchess.vn/index.php/vi/livegame-seagames31 Official website: asianchess.com/ Photo: official website
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins Superbet Classic Bucharest
After an intense and final day of the Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest, three players tied for first with 5.5/9. However, it was the French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the “Dark Knight”, winning his last round game, catching up with the two former leaders Wesley So and Levon Aronian, and in the end taking them both down in an exciting playoff round-robin. The French grandmaster was ultimately declared the winner of the event, winning 10 GCT points and pocketing over $77,000. Wesley So and Levon Aronian each got 10 GCT points as well, and a check for $67,667. Tying for the fourth place with 4.5/9 were GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Leinier Dominguez and Romanian star GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac who was the only wild card in this event and has had a brilliant tournament. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after an eventful final day that brought him the win of the Bucharest Chess Classic | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Levon Aronian – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ½-½ Although he had the white pieces, GM Levon Aronian chose not to take many risks in today’s game. The players followed the well-known opening path in the Four Knights Game, where Black was pretty much safe throughout the entire game. The pieces were traded to a rook endgame where a draw was agreed by threefold repetition on move 36. Levon Aronian playing it safe in Round 9 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Richard Rapport – Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Richard Rapport and Ian Nepomnichtchi followed the Classical Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense. Somewhere along the way and most likely disheartened by losing from two winning positions in this event, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi found himself in a worse position and could have lost in only 23 moves, should Richard had played 23. b4! Rapport was not in his best form either and returned the favor immediately with 23.Nb5 and, although he kept the pressure, Nepo proved strong enough and held the position to a draw. Ian Nepomniachtchi, pre-game smile | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Bryan Adams Leinier Dominguez – Wesley So ½-½ Leinier Dominguez tried to outplay Wesley So in a slow Italian by doubling So’s pawns on the e-file, but his advantage was only symbolic. As the game progressed, So managed to gradually infiltrate into White’s queenside. He could continue pushing in the final position, but instead chose to play it safe and take his chance in the playoffs. Had he known the result of the playoffs, he may have kept the pressure on Dominguez a little longer. Pre-game handshake between Leinier Dominguez and Wesley So | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Fabiano Caruana ½-½ The wild card of the event, Romanian sensation GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac had an impressive performance in this event scoring fifty percent in such a strong field. In his last round against GM Fabiano Caruana, Deac chose a safe line of the Czech Variation of the Slav Defense against the American. The line chosen led to a position where White was up a pawn, but to Black’s bishop pair, which was a sufficient compensation. The players played a good technical game which ended in a draw in an opposite color bishop ending. “The ‘Old’ meets the ‘New’” – Florin Gheorghiu, the strongest Romanian chess player of all time, shaking hands with Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 The game between the two French players, GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was the longest and the only game that brought a decisive outcome. The players went for a classical variation in the Neo-Grünfeld Defense. The game was balanced for the most part, until the players entered the ending and some inaccurate play by Alireza close to move 40, allowed MVL to take his chance and create the b-passed pawn, which he pushed to win Alireza’s knight. The endgame might not have been immediately winning, but with accurate play, MVL kept his calm and cruised through to victory. It seems that MVL was inspired to return to his petline – the Grünfeld Defense – which brought him the important victory to share the first place and the chance to win the Playoff to be declared the winner of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after the brutally excruciating win against fellow French compatriot Alireza Firouzja | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes The Playoffs With three players sharing first place, it is only normal to give the spectators some extra excitement and more games to enjoy, in the detriment of the players who have to continue fighting for the title, more GCT points and a bigger paycheck. The players played a round-robin tournament among themselves, where the time control was 10min +5 seconds increment per move. Wesley So – Levon Aronian 1-0 The first game was between GM Wesley So and GM Levon Aronian. The players chose the Central Variation of the QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted). After some inaccuracies by Aronian, once the opening was over, So took control of the game and kept expanding his advantage. He didn’t give it up and converted a nice knight endgame to win the first game of the playoffs. Wesley So after a brilliant victory in the playoff against Levon Aronian | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Wesley So 1-0 The next game to be played in the playoffs was between GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and GM Wesley So. If So had won this game he would have clinched the event. The game started as an English Opening and it was balanced for the first part. As soon as the players started burning more and more time, things kept turning in each of their favor on a number of occasions. In the end it was MVL that grabbed advantage, but he didn’t need to find a way to convert, as Wes lost on time. The tragic moment when Wesley So realized he lost on time | Photo: Grand Chess Tour,
FIDE delegation pays visit to Montenegro
Today, May 13, the Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović, Minister of Sports and Youth Vasilije Lalošević, and President of Montenegro Chess Federation Jovan Milović, held a reception with the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich, President of the European Chess Union (ECU) Zurab Azmaiparashvili, and Managing Director of the International Chess Federation Dana Reizniece-Ozola. It was Arkady Dvorkovich’s first visit to Montenegro. The main points of the agenda concerned the organization of FIDE and European events, FIDE’s support for the Mediterranean countries championship, chess in education, and other social initiatives. The Montenegro Federation is very active when it comes to Chess In Schools initiatives, with over 70 schools already involved in chess in school programs for which the Federation has provided methodology, materials and teacher’s training. The results of this work are already noticeable, and the participation in school competitions has gone up from 45 kids to almost 500 in the last edition. Prime Minister Dritan Abazović expressed his will to support both the sporting and social initiatives. The President of Montenegro Chess Federation Jovan Milović said that the visit of FIDE and ECU representatives is a great honour and recognition of the efforts of the Montenegro Chess Federation. He added that the support of the Prime Minister and the Government of Montenegro, as well as the Ministry of Sports and Youth, is an additional motive for them to continue their work, focusing on youth and children, but also the project “Chess in Schools”. Milović emphasized that Montenegro will host two European championships next year. Representatives of Montenegro Chess Federation Veselin Drašković and Mitar Đukanović were also present at the meeting.
FIDE extends simplified procedure for playing under FIDE flag
On March 6, 2022, the FIDE Council approved a simplified procedure for Russian/Belarussian players to perform under the FIDE flag. This procedure was initially planned to stay in place until May 31, 2022. The FIDE Council has now approved extending this measure as follows: 1. The right to play under the FIDE flag is granted until 31 December 2022. After this period, in the absence of other requests, the player will automatically be returned to the previous federation. 2. All players who have previously been transferred to play under the FIDE flag according to the resolution, will continue to perform under the FIDE flag unless they send a request to return to the flag of Russia/Belarus.
2022 GCT Superbet Chess Classic Romania: Day 8 Recap
Day 8 of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania was another eventful day, despite it only providing one decisive result in the encounter between GM’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Leinier Dominguez, which ended in favor of the latter. The most thrilling game of the round was a rollercoaster played by Ian Nepomniachtchi and Levon Aronian, which stirred up the spectators’ emotions. The game turned out in yet another lucky escape by the Armenian American GM Aronian who saved another lost endgame to maintain his co-lead next to GM Wesley So, going into tomorrow’s final round. Wesley So – Alireza Firouzja The game between one of the co-leaders, GM Wesley So and the top-seed of the event, GM Alireza Firouzja was an uneventful one. Desperate for a win, Firouzja chose the KID (King’s Indian Defense), which, as Wesley said in the post-game interview, was not what he expected as he mostly prepared for the Gruenfeld. Being somewhat surprised by Alireza’s opening choice, Wesley went for the Exchange variation in which all the pieces were traded off gradually and the game ended in a draw on move 38. Pre-game handshake – between GM Wesley So and GM Alireza Firouzja | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac The Romanian Bogdan-Daniel Deac possibly took Maxime Vachier-Lagrave by surprise, choosing the Petroff Defense, which proved to be a topical line of choice against 1. e4 in this event. MVL responded with the Classical Attack employing 8.c4, which is one of his main weapons against the Petroff and followed a rare played in a game between GM’s Peter Leko and Vishy Anand back in 2001. Deac misplayed with 12…Na6 and it seemed that MVL was about to seize the initiative, had he played 14. Bf4. Instead, the Frenchman opted for a dubious 14.Nc3, after which Deac found a set of powerful moves (15….b5 and 16…Nc5) which equalized the position at once. The game continued, but it was balanced throughout and soon the players traded pieces down to a draw on move 56. Maxime Vachier Lagrave giving a “death stare” to his opponent GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Fabiano Caruana – Richard Rapport After blundering a rook in yesterday, GM Richard Rapport seemed off to a rough start in today’s game against GM Fabiano Caruana, despite blitzing through most of the opening. Rapport’s decision to offer the queen trade with 13…Qb5 looked somewhat premature and his move 16…a5 weakened the b5 pawn and square, giving White the chance to undermine Black’s queenside with a4. Surprisingly, Caruana never chose to play it and opted for the slower a3 idea instead. It still seemed that White had considerable advantage, but the entire idea of going for the d7 pawn proved hasty according to the engine. Rapport took on b4 and his passed b-pawn gave him sufficient counter-play. Caruana kept pressing for a long time, but Black kept finding resources to stay afloat. The game eventually ended peacefully in a draw on move 51. Fabiano Caruana with Emma Cretescu, a young Romanian chess player, at the start of Round 8 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Leinier Dominguez The game between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Leinier Dominguez had a tragic end for the Azerbaijani GM. In another QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted), where things seemed to be heading toward a draw considering that expected exchanges occurred, Mamedyarov decided to take some risks employing an aggressive plan with g3-f4 in order to kick Black’s nicely placed knight from the e5 square. In return, Dominguez rerouted this piece to f4, which proved annoying for White’s king safety. The position remained balanced despite some the extra complexity. Toward the time control Mamedyarov, possibly unhappy with the way the game was heading, looked for a way to repeat. However, he blundered on move 40, playing 40.Qe4 and continued with a series of bad moves. Finally, it was the move 43. Qg8 by Shakhriyar which proved to be fatal, as after Dominguez’ response 43…Qe5, White immediately resigned. Leinier Dominguez cruising through victory with the black pieces in Round 8 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Ian Nepomniachtchi – Levon Aronian The game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Levon Aronian was the most thrilling, but also quite a heartbreaking to watch, as Nepo let Aronian escape once more in this event. The game started as a Classical Variation in the Italian that followed a game between GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and GM Dmitri Jakovenko from 2019 and it was Aronian who deviated with 16…Be7. It seemed that Black would have an equal position coming out of the opening, should he have played 17…Bg6, but instead, Aronian entered some adventurous line where he found himself in a slightly worse ending with a rook and a pawn for White’s bishop and knight. Aronian did not play it accurately and Nepo managed to coordinate his pieces with his king and keep Black’s rook trapped. From that moment on the game had many moments where it could have gone either in the favor of Nepo, or finish with a draw. After consolidating his advantage, Ian drifted a couple of times, but so did Aronian, as he missed many chances to keep the game drawn. After winning back Black’s extra pawn, Nepo was completely winning and while his endgame technique was not perfect, he seemed to be on the right path to victory. However, he finally gave up on his advantage by playing 75.Ne5?? instead of the tactically winning 75. Nh4+! Aronian found the right defense and held the game to a draw. After this lucky save, Aronian goes into the last round tied for first with fellow American GM Wesley So. Levon Aronian on his way to saving another lost game | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes The 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Round 9 continues on Saturday, May 14th at 5:50AM CDT with live coverage from Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler and Alejandro Ramirez in studio. Grandmaster Cristian Chirila
Call for interest: Fair Play Experts
The Fair Play Commission calls for an expression of interest in joining the Olympic Fair Play Panel (FPP) at the Chess Olympiads in Chennai (28 July – 10 August 2022) as a Fair Play Expert. We are searching for very diverse profiles: telecommunication experts, grandmasters, international arbiters, international organizers, and law experts. Active membership in the Fair Play Commission will be considered a preferential title, and any combination of the above-listed skills will be held in high respect (but will not constitute a preferential title). Please note that, over and above full board conditions, each Fair Play Expert shall receive a fee in accordance with the existing provisions: “The Organizer shall pay each foreign Fair-Play Expert the fee of 1,500 euros (if from the same continent) or 2,000 euros (if not from the same continent) including travel expenses.” FPP members will finally be selected by the Fair Play Commission in consultation with the FIDE Managing Director and the Chair of the Olympic Fair Play Panel. If interested, please send your resume to fairplay@fide.com by 25 May at the latest.
Arkady Dvorkovich presents his team on the way to FIDE elections
Dear Colleagues and Chess Friends, On the way to FIDE Presidential elections, I am happy to present my team: Arkady Dvorkovich – President Viswanathan Anand- Deputy President Zhu Chen – Treasurer Jøran Aulin-Jansson – Vice President Mahir Mammedov – Vice President The official application and programme will be presented in few days time. I am confident that with support of the chess community and professional work of the management, we shall successfully continue to increase the quantity and improve the quality of professional chess events and social projects, attract sponsors and ensure sustainability of the budget, support federations and raise the public interest for our beautiful game. Yours,Arkady Dvorkovich#SayChess
2022 GCT Superbet Chess Classic Romania: Day 7 Recap
The stakes are heating up for Superbet Chess Classic Romania, as the tournament is quickly coming to an end with only two more rounds left to play. Today’s Round 7 brought once again entertaining encounters with key dramatic moments as three of the five games brought decisive outcomes. GM’s Wesley So and Levon Aronian maintain their co-lead in the event, being trailed by half a point by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who won his game today, taking advantage of a tragic blunder by GM Richard Rapport. GM Mamedyarov and GM Firouzja won their first games in the event, taking down GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Leinier Dominguez. Levon Aronian – Fabiano Caruana In their recent encounter at The American Cup, last month, Fabiano Caruana almost lost to Levon Aronian with the Italian, so it is very likely that the latter wanted to avoid the Petroff Defense. In order to ensure another Italian game, Aronian chose 2.Bc4, but it seemed that Caruana was prepared for it playing the solid Nf6 and c6 set up. It never appeared that Aronian had any opportunity to play for the advantage and the players traded all of their pieces to a rook endgame that finished in a three-fold repetition in 26 moves. Mr. Andrei Diaconescu, the CEO of One United Properties, one of the tournament sponsors after making the first move in the game Aronian-Caruana | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Wesley So The game between GM’s Deac and So started with the Classical Line of the QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted). However, this time around, So, was on the Black side of the QGA which he faced in his Round 2 game against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Differently from that game, Wesley tried 13…Bxf3 with the idea to bring his rook into play via a7-c7, instead of MVL’s choice of 13…Qd7. However, this game had the same fate as his Round 2 as it finished in a draw by repetition in just 25 moves. Adrian Mutu, the famous Romanian soccer player, now soccer manager, after he made the first move in the game Deac-So | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Richard Rapport – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave It is hard to write about this game without having sympathy for Richard Rapport. The Hungarian super-GM has been playing his usual creative style, but in this tournament he has made two blunders which cost him dearly. The first one was in Round 3 against Bogdan-Daniel Deac and the second occured in today’s game against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. In a popular line of QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted) which transposed into a well-known variation of the Meran Defense, the players reached a balanced position and it seemed that a draw would be the most likely result. However, on move 28, Rapport left his undefended rook with 28.Nd5?? after which he immediately resigned. It is not clear whether he missed the fact that his rook was hanging or if he forgot about the existence of Black’s bishop on a5 while he was thinking. In case it was the latter, he probably thought that 28…Bxe5 wasn’t possible because of 29.Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31.Rf8#, missing of course 30…Bxd8!. This was an important point in the tournament for MVL which came in the most unexpected fashion. A tough loss for GM Richard Rapport in the most tragic way | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Ian Nepomniachtchi – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov The game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov started as a heavily theoretical line of the Italian Giuoco Piano. Shakh played energetically and it seemed that Nepo had misplayed the opening at some point. Things turned in favor of Ian when Shakhriyar made the dubious choice of 28…Rd3?! trying to go for the material and allowing Nepo to consolidate his position while focusing on some attacking ideas on the king’s side. With a blunder toward time pressure, 35…h6?? Mamedyarov gave Nepo a clear path to victory with 36. Qf2! – an easy choice for the computer, commentators and spectators, but not as logical considering that White would be taking the queen from the long diagonal. However, should the queen have been on f2, it would have helped to actually infiltrate into Black’s territory and have unstoppable mating ideas. This was most certainly the turning point of the game. Nepo’s miss on move 36, prompted a series of blunders which gave Mamedyarov a winning position. The Azeri super GM did not let go of it this time and scored his victory to move up from the bottom of the standings. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on his way to winning his first game in the event | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Alireza Firouzja – Leinier Dominguez The game between GMs Alireza Firouzja and Leinier Dominguez started with a developing theoretical idea of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, on move 12, Firouzja tried an interesting aggressive plan with 12. g4!?, after which a fierce battle ensued. Firouzja developed an attack on the kingside, while Dominguez expanded on the queenside. The position seemed to be more comfortable for Black. However, close to the time control and at a critical moment, Domínguez missed the beautiful and typical 36.Rh7! tactic winning material for Firouzja. The youngster handily converted his advantage after the time control to score his first victory in the event. A smiling GM Alireza Firouzja at the beginning of Round 7 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Please note that Round 9 will take place on Saturday, May 14th at 2:00pm local time, one hour earlier to allow for a potential play-off. The commentary for the final Round 9 will start at 5:50AM CDT. The 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Round 8 continues on Friday, May 13th at 6:50AM CDT with live coverage from Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler and Alejandro Ramirez in studio. Grandmaster Cristian Chirila with Woman Grandmaster Anastasia Karlovich on location. Watch all the action live on GrandChessTour.org Text: WGM Sabina Foisor Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes Superbet Chess Classic Romania Sponsors Further
FIDE Trainer Online Seminar for North and Central America announced
FIDE Trainer’s Commission is pleased to announce an Online Seminar for North and Central America that will run from May 20-22. The seminar is a joint effort of FIDE Trainer’s Commission, FTS & GM Melikset Khachian. Seminar program and schedule (all times PST) Organizers and contacts FTS & GM Melikset Khachian: melikset@hotmail.com Dr. Judit Sztaray: Judit.sztaray@gmail.com Venue Virtual via Zoom – zoom meeting ID and password will be distributed among the registered Seminar participation fee & payment information Registration deadline is May 18, 2022 The fee is $285 (course and exam fees) with payment collected at the time of registration . All major credit and debit cards are accepted. Registration platform: kingregistration.com Please, note, that a fee for the title awarded will be separate and paid directly to FIDE. For more details, please visit trg.fide.com/trg-billing-collection-procedures/ Lecturers FST & GM Melikset Khachian WIM Dr Alexey Root FST & GM John Donaldson Seminar language English closed captioning is available upon prior request Regulations handbook.fide.com/chapter/B07 trg.fide.com/trg-online-seminars/ Please download a copy of the prospectus here Please download the registration form complete it and email to the organisers together with proof of payment.
Argentinean Women’s Championship: Fernandez clinches fifth title
Maria Florencia Fernandez is a new Argentinian Women’s champion. WIM representing UNTREF FAOGBA won the fifth national title in her career, scoring 7½/9. The 73rd edition of the Argentinean Women’s Superior Chess Championship took place at the University of La Punta San Luis from May 1-8. The 9-round Swiss tournament with classical time control brought together 44 players from different parts of the country. Maria Florencia Fernandez started off with five straight victories but suffered defeat in Round 6 at the hands of her main competitor, the top-rated Candela Francisco Guecamburu, who grabbed the lead. Still, it came down to the wire in the end with three players coming into the final round as joint leaders on 6½/8. Fernandez scored a very important victory over Florencia Semprevivo and clinched the title after her main rivals Anapaola Borda Rodas and Candela Francisco Guecamburu drew their last-round game and tied for second place. The Buchholz variable favoured Francisco Guecamburu, who took silver, while Borda Rodas had to settle for bronze. Final standings: 1 WIM FERNANDEZ, Maria Florencia 2195 7½ 2 WFM FRANCISCO GUECAMBURU, Candela 2231 7 3 WFM BORDA RODAS, Anapaola 2141 7 4 WIM ZURIEL, Marisa 2151 6½ 5 WFM CAMPOS, Maria Jose 2174 6½ 6 SEMPREVIVO, Florencia 1946 6 7 WFM NEJANKY, Maisa 1929 6 8 WCM BOSCO, Giuliana 1803 6 9 MAYEREGGER, Guadalupe Milagros 1731 6 10 RAMIREZ, Marysol 1714 5½ Photo credit: federacionargentinadeajedrez.org