FM Facundo Vazquez wins Uruguay Chess Championship Semifinals 2024

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The Uruguay Chess Championship Semifinals 2024 were played from 9-13 February in Urugay’s largest city and capital, Montevideo. The event was played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with seven qualification spots for the Uruguay National Chess Championship 2024.

The tournament gathered 70 entries, and the top-seeded FM Facundo Vazquez lived up to the expectations, winning the event with score of 6/7 points. 20-year-old Facundo Vasquez went unbeaten in the tournament, and earned 6.6 ELO points. GM Alejandro Hoffman and IM Claudio Coppola tied for silver, scoring 5.5 points each, but Hoffman came second thanks to better tiebreaks, while Coppola clinched bronze medal. Final rankings can be found below

Final rankings – Uruguay Chess Championship Semifinals 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	FM	Vazquez, Facundo	URU	2374	6
2	GM	Hoffman, Alejandro	URU	2361	5.5
3	IM	Coppola, Claudio	URU	2272	5.5
4	FM	Larrea, Manuel	URU	2260	5
5	FM	Carbone, Diego	URU	2275	5
6		Caitano, Martin Joel	URU	2097	5
7		Soto, Nicolas	URU	1991	5
8		Genta, Alejandro	URU	2054	5
9		Elena, Eduardo	URU	1925	5
10	NM	Dominguez, Facundo	URU	2113	5
11	FM	Granara Barreto, Sebastian	URU	2103	4.5
12	FM	Izquierdo, Daniel	URU	2021	4.5
13	FM	Curi, Gabriel	URU	2093	4.5
14		Kulik, Nicolas	URU	1862	4.5
15		Benitez, Andres	URU	1960	4.5
16		Ressia, Lorenzo	URU	1959	4.5
17	NM	Saralegui, Mario	URU	1994	4
18	NM	Guerrero, Alvaro	URU	1962	4
19		Fabra, Nahiara	URU	1554	4
20		Soto, Joaquin	URU	1872	4
21		Leon Barreto, Rafael	URU	1726	4
22		Varela, Mateo	URU	1614	4
23		Amaral, Francisco	URU	1768	4
24		Izquierdo, Sebastian	URU	1948	3.5
25		Romero, Juan	URU	1821	3.5
26		Salguero, Rafael	URU	1914	3.5
27		Manteiga, Franco	URU	1957	3.5
28	NM	Cukerman, Diego	URU	2110	3.5
29		Rodriguez Farias, Eduardo	URU	1836	3.5
30	CM	Ruggiero, Alvaro	URU	1827	3.5
31		Alvarez, Mateo	URU	1882	3.5
32		Errazola, Mauricio	URU	1702	3.5
33		Esteve, Federico	URU	1952	3.5
34		Gorin, Fernando	URU	1704	3.5
35		Martello, Benjamin	URU	1858	3.5
36		Yakes, Nikolai	URU	1394	3.5
37		Cuello Toledo, Guzman	URU	1836	3
38		Colosi, Felipe	URU	1652	3
39		Almandos, Carlos	URU	1800	3
40		Kouyoumdjian, Renzo	URU	1517	3
41		Rodriguez Buela, Martin	URU	1898	3
42		Davila Texeira, Mario	URU	1786	3
43		Steiner, Matias	URU	1801	3
44		Flores Pedreira, Guillermo	URU	1643	3
45		Shih Ferreira, Yin Chieh	URU	1470	3
46		Chamlian, Aram	URU	1727	2.5
47		Campora, Edgardo	URU	1692	2.5
48		Blixen, Federico	URU	1615	2.5
49		Aroztegui, Julian	URU	1620	2.5
50		Blanco, Rudemar Ernesto	URU	1517	2.5
51		Fernandez Rodriguez, Antonio	URU	1790	2.5
52	WFM	Quevedo, Andreina	URU	1762	2.5
53		Gonzalez Valenzuela, Federico	URU	1624	2.5
54		Muniz, Facundo	URU	1311	2.5
55		Moreno Garcia, David	URU	1258	2.5
56	WCM	Donatti, Sofia	URU	1746	2
57	NM	Garcia Silveira, Luis	URU	2097	2
58		Miller, Ariel	URU	1716	2
59		Kaciusis, Daniel	URU	1554	2
60		Tonelli, Julian	URU	1506	2
61		Gimenez, Thiago	URU	1501	2
62		Pascale, Santiago	URU	1507	2
63		Rouiller, Cristopher	URU	1588	2
64		Arriola, Adrian	URU	1710	2
65		Pena, Santiago	URU	1671	1.5
66		Machado, Frank	URU	0	1.5
67		Nakle, Gonzalo	URU	1557	1
68		Aires Pineiro, Washington	URU	1502	1
69		Llabres, Miguel	URU	1561	1
70		Iriondo Zamit, Matias	URU	1846	0.5