53rd Mar del Plata Chess Open commenced in Argentina

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The 53rd Mar del Plata Chess Open kicked off in Argentina with the participation of nearly 300 players. The event is played from 23-30 March in the Atlantic coast city of Mar del Plata which is specifically known for its rich chess history.

The event is played in 9-swiss rounds, with the time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The prize pool amounts to 2.000.000 Argentine pesos (~2,350 USD).

After three played rounds, as many as 16 players share the top scoring perfect 3/3 points including the four top seeds GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway, 2633), GM Ruben Felgaer (Argentina, 2565), GM Diego Flores (Argentina, 2530), and GM Leonardo Tristan (Argentina, 2521). Rankings after 3 played rounds are shown below

Tournament schedule:

Detailed information about the event can be found on the official website. Live games can be followed here.

Rankings after three played rounds – 53rd Mar del Plata Chess Open:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Tristan, Leonardo	ARG	2521	3
2	GM	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG	2565	3
	GM	Flores, Diego	ARG	2530	3
	FM	Spata, German	ARG	2421	3
	IM	Espinoza Palomino, Willyam	PER	2400	3
	FM	Schnaider, Ilan	ARG	2314	3
	FM	Villarreal, Agustin	ARG	2285	3
	FM	Moreno Perez, Tobias Sebastian	ARG	2246	3
	FM	Perez Candelas, Andres Eloy	VEN	2246	3
		Di Muro, Matias	ARG	2234	3
		Villordo, Matias	ARG	2041	3
12	GM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2633	3
13	IM	Villegas, Franco	ARG	2328	3
14	IM	Acosta, Pablo Ismael	ARG	2463	3
	FM	Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel	CHI	2337	3
16	WIM	Campos, Maria Jose	ARG	2224	3
17	IM	Romero Barreto, Jaime Jose	VEN	2320	2.5
		Caruso, Tomas	ARG	2139	2.5
	CM	Aranda, Juan Manuel	ARG	2102	2.5
20		Vaz Lacuesta, Leonardo	URU	2072	2.5
21	GM	Kiselev, Vitalii	FID	2519	2.5
	IM	Needleman, Alejandro	ARG	2215	2.5
		Unhold, Valentin	ARG	2146	2.5
		Acosta, Franco Emanuel	ARG	2115	2.5
		Arana, Augusto	ARG	1971	2.5
26	GM	Valerga, Diego	ARG	2442	2.5
27	IM	Pierrot, Facundo	ARG	2326	2.5
	IM	Coro, Lucas	ARG	2316	2.5
	FM	Ambrogi, Agustin	ARG	2226	2.5
30		Gioscio, Martin	ARG	2160	2.5
31		Pereyra, Horacio	ARG	2139	2.5
		Urbina Quiroz, Edwin	CRC	2047	2.5
		Hutt, Alejandro Gabriel	ARG	2036	2.5
		Cuello Alcaria, Juan Ignacio	ARG	2001	2.5
35	FM	Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	BRA	2273	2.5
	FM	Suarez, Jose Luis	ARG	1947	2.5
37	FM	Castro Salgado, Pablo	CHI	2164	2.5
38		Pinus, Ruben	ARG	2072	2.5
		Bianchi, Albino	ARG	1999	2.5
40	CM	Herrmann, Roman	ARG	2049	2.5
41		Alvarez, Ernesto	ARG	1988	2.5
42		Contessotto, Enrique	ARG	2046	2.5
43	FM	Pacheco, Daniel	ARG	2224	2.5
		Zamani, Andres	ARG	2024	2.5
45		Carcamo, Matias	ARG	2102	2.5
46		Suarez, Luis Armando	ARG	1995	2.5
47		Petti, Luca Giovanni	ARG	2057	2
48	AIM	Rodriguez, Mathias	ARG	2157	2
	FM	Tovillas, Daniel R.	ARG	2083	2
50		Ocampos, Ian	ARG	2208	2
	FM	Tobares, Leandro	ARG	2174	2
		Navarrete Sandoval, Francisco	CHI	2173	2
	FM	Melian, Juan Sebastian	PAR	2157	2
		Siccardi, Pablo Daniel	ARG	2095	2
		Marey, Mauro	ARG	2057	2
56		Aberbach, Angel	ARG	1909	2
57		Dubrovich, Igor	ARG	2033	2
58	IM	De Dovitiis, Alejo	ARG	2227	2
	WGM	Amura, Claudia	ARG	2207	2
	CM	Jaque Gutierrez, Matias	CHI	2173	2
	FM	Amigo Quintana, Antu	CHI	2057	2
	FM	Montero Martinez, Cristhian	CHI	1993	2
		Sipaila, Jorge	ARG	0	2
64		Mayo, Raul	ARG	2044	2
65		Garrido, Milton	ARG	1651	2
66		Dominguez, Diego	ARG	1926	2
67	FM	Del Castillo, Gustavo	ARG	2211	2
		Alfaro, Hector Luis	ARG	1885	2
69	WFM	Scarsi, Anna Laura	ARG	2045	2
	CM	Meza Astrada, Agustin	ARG	2032	2
	CM	Marson, Juan Miguel	ARG	2029	2
		Fuentes, Agustin	ARG	2021	2
		Arias Diaz, Miguel Angel	CHI	1996	2
		De Lima, Adriano Gaspar	ARG	1983	2
		Echeguren, Martin	ARG	1974	2
		Fischer, Pablo	ARG	1954	2
77		Silva Guajardo, Bastian	CHI	1955	2
78		Ruiz, Juan Ignacio	ARG	2019	2
79		Bazan, Octavio Aaron	ARG	2009	2
80	CM	Fiori, Hector	ARG	2024	2
		Cahuapaza Tarapaca, Leonardo	PER	1960	2
82		Azevedo Junior, Jose Ferreira	BRA	2091	2
83	FM	Sanhueza, Cristian	ARG	2234	2
84	CM	Ibanez, Juan Rodrigo	URU	2099	2
		Pereyra, Gabriel Elias	ARG	1967	2
86		Mavrich, Demian	ARG	2252	2
		Gallego, Gonzalo	ARG	2041	2
		Zarate, Cristian	ARG	2020	2
		Lima, Joaquin	ARG	1989	2
		Vara, Benjamin	ARG	1841	2
		Ripa, Julio Martin	ARG	1785	2
92		Duarte Fernandez, Agustin	ARG	2023	2
93		Del Blanco, Eduardo	ARG	1958	2
94	WCM	Bosco, Giuliana	ARG	1902	2
		Amadeo, Pablo	ARG	1897	2
		Jasper, Nicolas	ARG	1890	2
	CM	Orpinas Konig, Claudio Javier	CHI	1887	2
		Zelaya, Eros	ARG	1876	2
		Monti, Pedro	ARG	1775	2
100	IM	Leskovar, Mario	ARG	2164	2
		Lezcano, Gustavo	ARG	2043	2
102		Walsh, Hector	ARG	1925	2
		Volcoff., Maximiliano	ARG	1908	2
		Moreno, Dario	ARG	1905	2
		Ortiz, Jorge	ARG	1890	2
106		Benitez, Andres	URU	1981	2
		Lopez Maffia, Franco	ARG	1916	2
		Peiretti, Sebastian	ARG	1914	2
	CM	Boabaid, Jorge Alberto Duardes	BRA	1886	2
		Arias Diaz, Javier Alonso	CHI	1872	2
		Vanza, Aldo	ARG	1755	2
112		Merlo, Carlos	ARG	1884	2
113	IM	Mela, Benjamin	ARG	2294	2
		Carrizo, Luciano Ariel	ARG	2176	2
		Quezada, Franco	ARG	2041	2
116		Lopez, Diego	ARG	2016	2
117		Ahumada, Agustin	ARG	1833	1.5
118		Martinez, Valentin Jesus	ARG	1870	1.5
119		Pesce, Carlos	ARG	1912	1.5
120		Picone, Juan Pablo	ARG	1801	1.5
121		Asprelli, Gaspar	ARG	2268	1.5
122		Grandez Arevalo, Miguel Angel	ARG	0	1.5
123	FM	Granara Barreto, Sebastian	URU	2108	1.5
124		Belmonte, Adriel	ARG	1882	1.5
	WCM	Oviedo Acosta, Paula	PAR	1819	1.5
		Arena, Carlos	ARG	1744	1.5
127		Etchevest, Marcelo	ARG	1854	1.5
128		Reda, Mateo	ARG	1872	1.5
129	CM	Muzzi, Eduardo	URU	1936	1.5
130		Mayeregger Gonzalez, Fiorella Allegra	PAR	1742	1.5
131		Habiaga, Raul Adrian	ARG	1991	1.5
132		Deste, Dayan Kuhn	BRA	1966	1.5
		Salvati, Diego	ARG	1937	1.5
134		Giles, Nestor	ARG	1952	1.5
		Monte, Luciano	ARG	1884	1.5
		Olmos, Cesar	ARG	1836	1.5
		Dominguez, Guillermo	ARG	1799	1.5
138		Roffe, Federico	ARG	1798	1.5
		Ruiz, Pablo Horacio	ARG	1764	1.5
140		Trombetta, Gaston	ARG	1942	1.5
	WFM	Gaite, Karen Nerina	ARG	1932	1.5
		Curi, Jeronimo	ARG	1747	1.5
143		Cerimele, Guillermo	ARG	1856	1.5
	WCM	Mayeregger Gonzalez, Renata Valentina	PAR	1727	1.5
		Borghetti, Domingo Jorge	ARG	1587	1.5
146		Iribarren, Francisco	ARG	1873	1.5
147		Arias, Lautaro	ARG	1764	1.5
148		Torres, Federico	ARG	2007	1.5
		Santiso, Daniel	ARG	1914	1.5
		Romera, Horacio Tomas	ARG	1607	1.5
151		Ortega, Agustin	ARG	1831	1.5
152		Benitez, Luis	ARG	1864	1.5
		Medero Mino, Leon	ARG	1664	1.5
		Rey, Antonio	URU	1664	1.5
155		Martinez, Tomas	ARG	1797	1.5
156		Avedisian, Alexander	URU	1918	1.5
157		Fiorenza, Brandon	ARG	1921	1.5
158		Peral, Alexis	ARG	2040	1.5
159		Moreno Mora, Milaydes Lourdes	ARU	1765	1.5
160		Jara Molina, Abril Selene	ARG	1764	1
161		Fuxz, Diego	ARG	1848	1
		Parma, Pamela	ARG	1847	1
		Casas, Nicolas	URU	1845	1
		Dib, Nadir	ARG	1831	1
		Wardak, Dante	ARG	1828	1
166		Trasancos, Agustin	ARG	1934	1
		Dotti, Fernando	ARG	1819	1
		Shon, Mariano	ARG	1813	1
169	WCM	Donda, Jazmin	ARG	1771	1
		Uribe, Ignacio Tomas	ARG	1685	1
171		Tobares Dilascio, Oriana Helena	ARG	1815	1
		Verhulst-Khelif, Cyrille	ARG	1709	1
173		Garcia Quiroga, Maximiliano	ARG	1974	1
		Godoy, Paola	ARG	1810	1
		Toffoletto, Ramiro	ARG	1782	1
		Dos Santos, Weverton Natan Ferrei	BRA	1729	1
177		Postolski, Javier	ARG	1984	1
		Mayeregger, Guadalupe Milagros	ARG	1891	1
		Gomez, Roberto Carlos	ARG	1844	1
180		Palomares, Lujan	ARG	1626	1
181		Montiel Marin, Micaela Agustina	ARG	1852	1
		Anderica, Agustin Antonio	ARG	1793	1
		Dominguez, Leon	ARG	1779	1
		Helou, Lucia	ARG	1754	1
		Menduni Gavarotto, Juliana Agosti	ARG	1752	1
		Luchetti, Ivan	ARG	1738	1
		Larregain, Sabrina Debora	ARG	1685	1
188		Moreno Garcia, Federico	ARG	1560	1
189		Federico, Matias	ARG	1825	1
190		Delicio, Felipe Benjamin	ARG	1818	1
		Segre, Ignacio	ARG	1696	1
		Maccio, Rodolfo	ARG	1662	1
		Jawerbaum, Nicolas	ARG	1639	1
		Loos Fernandez, Tiago	CHI	1609	1
195		Patino, Uriel	ARG	1856	1
196		Bona, Luca Jesus	ARG	1759	1
		Tohme, Jose Luis	ARG	1756	1
198		Maidana, Walter	ARG	1811	1
199		Lopez, Hector	ARG	1748	1
200		Barreira Vesco, Ulises	ARG	1858	1
		Vecchio, Raul Antonio	ARG	1848	1
		Ramos, Matias	URU	1835	1
		Rojas, Sergio Facundo	ARG	1829	1
		San Martin, Daniel	ARG	1804	1
		Quinteros, Omar	ARG	1802	1
		Damiano, Blas Manuel	ARG	1797	1
		Bayinay, Juan Santiago	ARG	1768	1
		Gallo, Miguel	ARG	1766	1
		Fernandez, Antonio Omar	ARG	1680	1
		Stagnaro, Aime	ARG	1648	1
		Maccio, Milo	ARG	1520	1
212		Wainer, Daniel	ARG	2102	1
213		Manes, Pedro	ARG	1689	1
214		Quijano, Arielf	ARG	0	1
215		Zalevsky, Valentin	ARG	1590	1
216		Hernandez, Ruben	ARG	1576	1
217		Capitanio, Facundo	ARG	1539	1
218		Mazza, Guillermo	ARG	1818	1
		Gioscio, Jorge Gabriel	ARG	1800	1
		Pereira, Armando Scharlau	BRA	1779	1
		Rodriguez Caimmi, Facundo	ARG	1636	1
		Marquez, Bruno	ARG	1633	1
223		Parrilla, Juan Jose	ARG	1861	1
		Ciganda, Juan Eduardo	ARG	1800	1
		Beron, Ricardo	ARG	1742	1
		Medero, Hildo Rodrigo	ARG	1464	1
227		Rodriguez, Gustavo Daniel	ARG	1641	1
228		Simbler, Facundo	ARG	1723	1
229	WCM	Donatti, Sofia	URU	1830	1
		Campanini, Hugo Ricardo	ARG	1800	1
		Berdun, Juan	ARG	1720	1
		Gonzalez Martinez, Fabian	URU	1693	1
		Garcia, Ezequiel Dario	ARG	1692	1
		Fernandez Rivero, Juan Rodrigo	ARG	1659	1
		Zaslavsky, Boris	ARG	1527	1
236		Jarmoluk, Jorge E.	ARG	1972	1
		Alquezar, Juan Manuel	ARG	1599	1
		Materia, Guido	ARG	1596	1
239		Magioncalda, Jorge	ARG	1861	0.5
240		Gonetti, Eduardo Osvaldo	ARG	1679	0.5
241		Cugat, Xavier	ARG	1761	0.5
		Miceli, Luciano	ARG	1734	0.5
		Mastromarino, Martin	ARG	1691	0.5
244		Miranda Romo, Daniel	CHI	1848	0.5
245		Barbosa, Francisco	ARG	0	0.5
246		Magarinos, Francisco	ARG	1805	0.5
		Deperi, Leonardo	ARG	1627	0.5
248		Sanchez, Roberto	ARG	1516	0.5
		Cavilla, Julio Cesar	ARG	1503	0.5
250		Terc, Jorge	ARG	1690	0.5
251		Vaschetti, Guillermo	ARG	1660	0.5
		Martin, Maria De Los Angeles	ARG	1477	0.5
253		Scollo, Pilar	ARG	0	0.5
254		Martin, Faundo	ARG	0	0.5
255		Migoni Eleicegui, Simon	ARG	1750	0
256		Fernandez, Jorge Daniel	ARG	1845	0
		Rodriguez, Ramon Jose	ARG	1474	0
258	FM	Peralta, Eduardo	PAR	2218	0
		Maucci, Marcelo	ARG	1831	0
		Caceres Da Rocha Nina, Rafael Leonardo	CHI	1687	0
		Quiroga Ortiz, Isabella	ARG	1620	0
		Cassagne, Ruben Alberto	ARG	1603	0
		Nicosia, Mariano	ARG	1558	0
		Nola, Facundo	ARG	0	0
		Quiroga Ortiz, Helena	ARG	0	0
		Roffe, Gabriel	ARG	0	0
267		Melucci, Nestor Ruben	ARG	1717	0
		Specogna, Marcos Ezequiel	ARG	1632	0
		Blanco Ferrenti, Agustin	ARG	1558	0
		Juarez, Luis	ARG	1510	0
		Duarte Fernandez, Perseo Tobias	ARG	1509	0
		Garcia, Emilio	ARG	1432	0
		Amigo Quintana, Lautaro	CHI	1422	0
274		Jawerbaum, Victor Gabriel	ARG	1594	0
		Quispe, Fernando	ARG	1560	0
		Iniguez, Miguel Angel	ARG	1554	0
277		Rakela Rodriguez, Juan	CHI	1955	0
		Campagnolo, Jorge	ARG	1590	0