GM Fernando Peralta clinches his 3rd Argentine Chess Champion title

149

GM Fernando Peralta emerged as the Winner of the 97th Argentine Chess Championship leaving three players half a point behind. Peralta clinched his third national title, having previously won the 2006 and 2018 National Chess Championships of Argentina.

GM Fernando Peralta had a clumsy start losing his fourth-round game to GM Diego Flores. Peralta stroke back scoring 5.5 out of seven remaining games to emerge as the sole Winner of the event. GM Alan Pichot, GM Leandro Krysa and GM Sandro Mareco trailed by a half a point, with tiebreak criteria determining the medalists – Pichot won silver and Krysa won bronze medal.

The 97th edition of the Argentine Chess Championship took place from 1st – 10th December in Rio Negro. It was a 12-player round-robin tournament with a total prize fund of $5800 (1.000.000 ARS). The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. 

Official website

Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Peralta Fernando	ARG	2587	8	0	6	39.5
2	GM	Pichot Alan	ARG	2637	7.5	1	6	35.8
3	GM	Krysa Leandro	ARG	2524	7.5	1	5	35.5
4	GM	Mareco Sandro	ARG	2619	7.5	1	4	36.5
5	IM	Acosta Pablo Ismael	ARG	2463	6.5	0	3	32.3
6	FM	Fiorito Joaquin	ARG	2328	5.5	1.5	3	24.3
7	GM	Perez Ponsa Federico	ARG	2538	5.5	1	1	28
8	GM	Flores Diego	ARG	2541	5.5	0.5	4	29.5
9	GM	Valerga Diego	ARG	2438	4	0	2	18.3
10	IM	Paveto Kevin	ARG	2440	3.5	0	1	17.8
11	GM	Sorin Ariel	ARG	2363	3	0	1	12.5
12	FM	Gaitan Juan Manuel	ARG	2358	2	0	0	9.25