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Press release
Last Saturday, the 8th edition of the Ciudad de Montevideo Open came to an end, with Argentine IM Lucas Coro as the champion, scoring 8 out of 9 points to claim outright victory. Lucas, who was very emotional during the award ceremony, highlighted the great atmosphere of the tournament and the excellent organization led by the renowned IA Sabrina de San Vicente and multiple Uruguayan champion IM Bernardo Roselli Mailhe, expressing his hope to return in future editions. FM Facundo Vázquez and IM Claudio Coppola, both from Uruguay, finished in second and third place, respectively.
In the women's category, the champion was WIM Milagros Tatiana Brizzi from Argentina, followed by WFM Anahí Meza, also from Argentina, while WFM Juliana Figueira from Brazil finished in third place.
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In the 60+ category, the best score was achieved by FM Daniel Izquierdo, while second place went to Mario Saralegui. Both players are from Uruguay.
At the end of the award ceremony, a 40-inch television was raffled among the Uruguayan residents who were present, with Juan Cayetano being the winner.
This 8th edition saw the participation of players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Egypt, the United States, Mexico, Russia, Saint Lucia and the Netherlands, in addition to the local players. The event featured 2 GMs, 7 IMs, 1 WIM, 8 FMs, and 3 WFMs, with a total of 99 participants.
The event took place at the facilities of the Conference Center in the Montevideo Municipality, thanks to the support of Silvia Pérez, the Sports Coordinator of the Municipality, who managed to get permissions for the event to take place in the Red and Golden Halls of the venue.
The tournament distributed more than 5,000 dollars in prizes across various categories, thanks to the support and sponsorship of IM Tomas Darcyl and Dr. Ricardo Costianovsky. Additionally, the event received support from the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the Uruguayan Chess Federation, and the Club Banco República.
All games can be replayed on LiveChessbase.com, and further details of the tournament can be found on Chess-Results.
IA Sabrina de San Vicente next to the winners in the open: FM Facundo Vazquez, IM Lucas Coro and IM Claudio Coppola
Mario Saralegui, IA Sabrina de San Vicente and FM Daniel Izquierdo - Saralegui and Izquierdo were the top scorers in the 60+ category
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WFM Anahí Meza, WIM Milagros Tatiana Brizzi and WFM Juliana Figueira Theophilo Silva, winners of the women's category, pictured next to IA Sabrina de San Vicente
2nd Promotional Chess Tournament
Parallel to the Open, 45 players participated in the Promotional Open. After five rounds, Nahuel Ibarburu was crowned champion with a perfect score, finishing tied with Brian Barros, who took second place based on the tiebreak system. Third place went to Evangelina Polito with 4½/5 points.
In the other categories, the winners were Alex Morón as the best Under-8 player; Leandro Laguna as the best Under-10 player; Leonardo Marquisio, Joaquín Ferraro and Felipe Tejera for first, second and third place respectively in the Under-12 category; Julius Werle, Lucio Indart and Martin Montossi were the top three in the Under-14 section; Lautaro Varela, Emiliano Baptista and Ignacio Olivera got the first three spots in the Under-20 category.
In the women's category, the winners were Milagros Costa, Carolin Werle and Lara Escaris. In the 50+ category, Jorge Rodríguez Rearden was the top scorer, while in the 65+ category, the winner was Gustavo Tramutolo. In the non-ranked category, the podium was composed of Joel Azambuja, Carlos Munoz and Eduard Buller.
Several participants received event t-shirts as gifts, which were raffled during the rounds and at the end of the award ceremony.
All results of the Promotional Tournament can be found here.
You can see more photos of the event on the tournament's Instagram profile.
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| Rk. | Name | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM | Coro, Lucas | 2415 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2 | FM | Vazquez, Facundo | 2404 | 7,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | IM | Coppola, Claudio | 2220 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 4 | IM | Villca, Julian | 2413 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | IM | Villegas, Franco | 2325 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 6 | GM | Shoker, Samy | 2446 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 7 | GM | Hoffman, Alejandro | 2368 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | IM | Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo | 2342 | 6,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | Komarov, Leonid | 1956 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 10 | IM | De Dovitiis, Alejo | 2225 | 6 | 0 | |
| 11 | FM | Mussanti, Diego | 2173 | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | FM | Larrea, Manuel | 2265 | 6 | 0 | |
| 13 | De Lima, Adriano Gaspar | 2073 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 14 | FM | Carbone, Diego | 2216 | 6 | 0 | |
| 15 | WIM | Brizzi, Milagros Tatiana | 2150 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 16 | WFM | Meza, Anahi | 2038 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 17 | Miller, Ariel | 1835 | 5,5 | 0 | ||
| 18 | FM | Milat, Marcel | 2190 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 19 | Moreno, Diego | 1921 | 5,5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | CM | Pichuaga, Juan Pablo | 1973 | 5,5 | 0 |
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