Argentine Championship: Fernando Peralta wins fifth title

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11/11/2023 – Fernando Peralta defended his national title in the 98th Argentine Chess Championship. A native of Lomas de Zamora, he won this event for the fifth time, following his success in 2006, 2018, 2020 and 2022. Peralta defeated Federico Pérez Ponsa in a two-game rapid playoff to take the title. Leonardo Krysa and Pablo Actosta tied for third place, netting 7/11 points each. | Photos: Federación Argentina de Ajedrez
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Fernando Peralta defended his national title in the 98th Argentine Chess Championship (98vo Campeonato Argentino Superior). A native of Lomas de Zamora, he won this event for the fifth time, following his success in 2006, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

The 98th Argentine Championship took place from October 28 to November 7 in Palacio de las Aguas Corrientes. The format remained unchanged: a twelve-player round-robin. But compared to last year’s edition, the 2023 championship was not as strong for obvious reasons. Alan Pichot (the former top-rated Argentinean player) changed federations, while Sandro Mareco (current #1) competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man.

Still, the tournament was a very close race among the top-rated participants that came down to the wire again. Coming into the final round, Fernando Peralta and Federico Pérez Ponsa jointly lead the field, a full point ahead of the chasing pack.

Peralta drew with the black pieces in a hectic game with Leonardo Krysa, while Pérez Ponsa did not manage to break the resistance of the second lowest-rated FM Ariel Tokman on the white side of Caro-Kann.

The deciding round-11 games

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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.N2f3 Nge7 8.Bd3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Nb4 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 h6 14.Rh4 0-0-0 15.Bd2 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Kb8 17.Rf4 Be8 18.Rc1 Qb6 19.Be3 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Kxc8 22.a3 Rg8 23.g3 Be7 24.Bd2 Qc7 25.Bb4 Kb8 26.Nd4 Bxb4 27.axb4 a6 28.Kg2 Ka8 29.Qe3 Kb8 30.Qe1 Qe7 31.Qc3 Qc7 32.Rf3 Qxc3 33.bxc3 Kc7 34.Re3 Kd8 35.Re1 Bd7 36.Kf3 Ke7 37.Ke3 f6 38.Kd2 fxe5 39.Rxe5 Kd6 40.f4 g5 41.c4 gxf4 42.gxf4 b6 43.cxd5 exd5 44.Nf5+ Bxf5 45.Rxf5 Ke6 46.Re5+ Kd6 47.Rf5 Ke6 48.Re5+ Kd6 49.Ke3 Rg4 50.Rf5 Ke6 51.Rf8 a5 52.Rb8 axb4 53.Rxb6+ Kf5 54.Rxb4 Rg3+ 55.Kd4 Rf3 56.Rb6 Rxf4+ 57.Kxd5 Kg5 58.Ke5 Rf5+ 59.Ke4 Rf4+ 60.Ke5 Rf5+ 61.Ke4 Rf4+ 62.Ke3 Rf5 63.d4 Kxh5 64.Ke4 Kg5 65.Rb8 Ra5 66.d5 Kf6 67.Rb6+ Ke7 68.Ke5 Ra1 69.Rb7+ Kd8 70.Ke6 Rg1 71.Rd7+ Ke8 72.Re7+ Kd8 73.Rd7+ Ke8 74.Rh7 Rg6+ 75.Kf5 Ra6 76.Ke5 Kd8 77.Kd4 Rg6 78.Ra7 Rf6 79.Ke5 Rb6 80.d6 Rb1 81.Ke6 Re1+ 82.Kd5 Rd1+ 83.Ke6 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Federico Perez Ponsa2527Ariel Tokman2306½–½ B12Argentine Championship 2023
Leandro Krysa2546Fernando Peralta2580½–½ A14Argentine Championship 2023

Argentine Chess Championship 2023

Tiebreaks

To determine the champion, a two-rapid-game tiebreak was played. Despite having unpleasant positions in both encounters at some point, Fernando Peralta drew the first one and pulled off a win in the second game to clinch the title.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Bd2 Bf6 12.Bc3 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8 Raxd8 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxb7 Rd2 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Rfe1 g5 20.Bd5 c6 21.Be4 Kg7 22.f3 a5 23.Kf2 Rb2 24.Reb1 Rbd2 25.Ke1 a4 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 axb3 29.axb3 c5 30.Kd2 h6 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.h3 Ke7 33.Bd5 f5 34.f4 gxf4+ 35.gxf4 Nd7 36.Kf3 Nf6 37.Bb7 Ne8 38.e4 Nd6 39.Bd5 fxe4+ 40.Bxe4 b5 41.cxb5 Nxb5 42.Ke3 Nd6 43.Bd3 Ke6 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Kg4 Ne8 46.Bb5 Nd6 47.Bd3 Ne8 48.Be2 Kg6 49.Kf3 Nd6 50.Bd3+ Kf6 51.Ke3 Ke6 52.Kf3 Kf6 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Federico Perez Ponsa2527Fernando Peralta2580½–½ E19Argentine Championship 2023 - Tiebreak
Fernando Peralta2580Federico Perez Ponsa25271–0 D35Argentine Championship 2023 - Tiebreak

GM Leonardo Krysa and IM Pablo Ismael Actosta tied for third place, netting 7/11 each, with the former claiming bronze thanks to a slightly better Sonnenborn-Berger score.

Argentine Chess Championship 2023

Final standings

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Peralta, Fernando 8 0,5
2 Perez Ponsa, Federico 8 0,5
3 Krysa, Leandro 7 0,5
4 Acosta, Pablo Ismael 7 0,5
5 Tokman, Ariel 6,5 0
6 Valerga, Diego 6 1
7 Tristan, Leonardo 6 0
8 Villca, Julian 5,5 0
9 Gomez, Carlos David 4,5 0
10 Francisco Guecamburu, Candela Be 3 0
11 Silva, Luca 2,5 0
12 Miranda, Rafael 2 0

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