GM Andres Rodriguez wins Monte Caseros Chess Open

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Here is the latest tournament chess news via www.chessdom.com. Abierto IRT Internacional “Triple Frontera de America” was organized by Juan Antonio Bella on 16-19th February in Monte Caseros, Argentina. The 7-round Swiss tournament gathered 60 players and among them five Grandmasters.


Uruguayan Grandmaster Andres Rodriguez Vila took a clear first place with 6.0 points, half a point clear of Cuban-Colombian GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez and local GM Diego Flores. Andres Rodriguez will next compete in the Festa da Uva in Caxias do Sul in Brazil.

GM Andres Rodriguez Vila

Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It is near the triple border between Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Top Final Standings:
1 GM Rodriguez Vila Andres URU 2492 – 6
2 GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris COL 2575 – 5.5
3 GM Flores Diego ARG 2601 – 5.5
4 GM Slipak Sergio ARG 2447 – 5
5 IM Soppe Guillermo ARG 2424 – 5
6 Menna Barreto Felipe Kubiaki BRA 2238 – 5
7 FM Monier Raul ARG 2401 – 5
8 IM Diaz Hollemaert Nahuel ARG 2441 – 5
9 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2579 – 5
10 FM Peralta Eduardo PAR 2228 – 4.5
11 FM Cejas Jose ARG 2352 – 4.5
12 IM Contin Daniel ITA 2329 – 4.5
13 IM Valiente Cristobal PAR 2261 – 4.5
14 Tossutti Juan C ARG 2187 – 4.5
15 Daneri Martin ARG 2157 – 4.5
16 FM Zacarias M Ruben D PAR 2162 – 4.5
17 Reinoso Carlos Norberto ARG 2122 – 4.5
18 Zanette Edgard Vinicius BRA 2196 – 4.5

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