Chilean Chess Championship 2024 kicked off in Santiago

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The Chilean Chess Championship 2024 commenced in the capital of Chile, Santiago. The event is taking place from 19-26 February, with 11 rounds swiss system, and the prize fund of 3.500.000 Chilean pesos (~ 3,600 USD).

After four played rounds, Franco Ignacio Gasic Merino (2228) emerged as the sole leader of the event scoring perfect 4/4 points. He is followed by a group of 8 players scoring 3.5 points, including the top-seeded GM Cristobal Henriquez VIllagra (2591). Rankings after four played rounds can be found below

The Winner of the event will become Chilean Chess Champion for 2024, and qualifies for the National Team at the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. Detailed information about the event can be found on the Official website. Results, pairings and rankings are available here.

Chilean Chess Championship 2024 – Rankings after four played rounds:

Rk.		Name	Rtg	Pts.
1		Gasic Merino, Franco Ignacio	2228	4
2		Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel	2285	3.5
3	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	2591	3.5
4	IM	Perez Gormaz, Matias	2388	3.5
5	IM	Lopez Silva, Hugo Andres	2396	3.5
6	FM	Tapia Fuentes, Jaime	2183	3.5
7	CM	Jaque Gutierrez, Matias	2177	3.5
8	FM	Olivares Olivares, Claudio	2274	3.5
9	CM	Carrasco Miranda, Andres Alejandro	2234	3.5
10		Castro Salgado, Pablo Alonso	2120	3
11		Orellana Canelo, Alvaro Andres	1872	3
12	FM	Torres Bravo, Cristobal Renato	2336	3
13		Perez Rojas, Jorge	2023	3
14	FM	Avalos Parra, Joao	2178	3
15	GM	Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio	2483	3
16		Alvarado Muñoz, Sebastian Ignacio	2042	3
17	CM	Lenoir Ibacache, Gabriel	2225	3
18	FM	Amigo Quintana, Antu	2040	3
19		Alarcon Careaga, Gustavo	2139	3
20		Chavez Dinamarca, Bastian	1981	3
21	FM	Hernandez Riera, Jose De	2147	3
22		Contreras Suazo, Ricardo Ignacio	1937	3
23		Palma Araya, David	1863	3
24		Vasquez Toledo, Cristian	2234	3
25	CM	Escudero Donoso, Felipe	2025	2.5
26	FM	Montero Martinez, Cristhian	2054	2.5
27	FM	Vargas Maliqueo, Ivan Patricio	1911	2.5
28		Chacon Salinas, Cesar Rodrigo	2004	2.5
29	FM	Caceres Vasquez, Sergio	2073	2.5
30	WFM	Sanchez Tobar, Francisca Valentina	1836	2.5
31		Miranda Camus, Joaquin	2050	2.5
32		Bustos Perez, Luis Damian	1602	2.5
33		Meneses Riveros, Lucas Samir	1539	2.5
34		Navarro Molina, Elias	1652	2.5
35		Palma Neira, Eliseo Maximiliano	1991	2.5
36		Vergara Barreda, Iñaki Imanol	1905	2
37	WCM	Morales Flores, Monserrat	1941	2
38		Guerrero Cataldo, Juan Andres	1980	2
39	FM	Muñoz Ramos, Christopher Matias	1963	2
40		Sepulveda Inzunza, Ignacio Paul	1792	2
41		Tapia Wenderoth, Vicente	2021	2
42		Saavedra Ise, Jeder Fernando	1866	2
43		Ojeda Meneses, Pablo	1802	2
44		Betanzo Poo, Franco Cristobal	1664	2
45		Troncoso Carrasco, Jose Jacinto	2013	2
46		Bulgarini Torres, Marco	1820	2
47		Caceres Nuñez, Sebastian Andres	1811	2
48		Gonzalez Culi, Diego	2099	2
49		Aldana Carmona, Vicente Ismael	1409	2
50		Gasic Merino, Martin Andrei	1592	2
51		Flores Sutherland, Hernan	1441	2
52		Mercandino Sepulveda, Aldo	1659	2
53		Ramirez Camilla, Agustin	1671	2
54	FM	Cuevas Araya, Walter	2066	2
55		Bruna Poblete, Emilio	1533	2
56		Contreras Suazo, Rocio Antonella	1662	2
57		Campos Zambrano, Alexis Andres	1602	2
58		Gutierrez Araya, Andres Eduardo	1660	2
59		Andaur Vega, Claudio Alejandro	1892	2
60		Jimenez Jimenez, Abednego	1514	2
61		Perez Rojas, Felipe	1642	2
62		Vecchi Moncada, Erwin Francisco	1621	2
63		Arevalo Shuttleton, Felipe	1857	2
64		Caurapan Montero, Eduardo Ignacio	1858	1.5
65		Mondaca Gonzalez, Alfredo	1751	1.5
66		Arias Diaz, Miguel Angel	1972	1.5
67		Arias Diaz, Javier Alonso	1771	1.5
68		Izquierdo Garces, Rosario	1590	1.5
69		Cartes Esquivel, Oscar David	1696	1.5
70	CM	Ballesteros Cardenas, Leonardo Alberto	2104	1.5
71		Cordero Alchahueñi, Jorge Marcelo	1595	1.5
72		Lobos Astorga, Mario	1563	1.5
73		Perez Miranda, Tomas	1557	1.5
74		Palape Palacios, Gustavo	1621	1.5
75		Zenteno Castro, Pedro Esteban	1968	1.5
76		Myers Cumsille, Cash Amaru	1584	1.5
77	AIM	Vasquez Novoa, Juan Carlos	1871	1.5
78		Lecaros Lyon, Santiago	1297	1
79		Ortiz Viveros, Daniel Andres	1387	1
80		Leiva Mendoza, Matias	1431	1
81		Greau Carreño, Rodrigo Alberto	1854	1
82		Aguilera Alvarez, Lucas Ignacio	0	1
83		Miranda Camus, Gonzalo Alonso	1848	1
84		Allende Muñoz, Daniel Alonso	1427	1
85		Salazar Hernandez, Benjamin	1481	1
86		Castillo Grado, Augusto	1735	1
87		Rivas Martinez, Cristian Alex	1502	1
88		Ramos Valdes, Miguel Leonardo	1440	1
89	CM	Orpinas Konig, Claudio	1884	1
90		De La Maza Menares, Vicente Leon	1400	1
91		Rivadeneira Maturana, Benjamin Arturo	1506	1
92		Rubio Bascur, Sebastian Alfonso	1380	1
93		Martinez Caceres, Felipe	1507	1
94		Saavedra Alvarez, Pablo	1560	1
95		Peña Aguirre, Alejandro	1537	0.5
96		Zamora Zamora, Cristian Alejandro	1433	0.5
97		Montero Bahamonde, Domingo	1502	0.5
98		Vergara Rozas, Jose Francisco	1950	0.5
99		Kittsteiner Araya, Alejandro Werner	1439	0.5
100		Nauto Muñoz, Isaias Ignacio	2051	0
101		Valenzuela Corvalan, Mauricio Osvaldo	1499	0
102		Avalos Herrera, Ian	1629	0