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FIDE American World Cup Qualification Tournament

The American Qualification tournament for the FIDE World Cup 2021 will take place 22 May – 30 May. As an American Continental Championship, the event consists of two hybrid format stages: preliminary and knock-out.

The preliminary stage took place 7-9 May with participation of 107 players rated under 2500. Top ranked players qualified for the knock-out event open to all USA flagged players rated 2500 or higher.

The knock-out stage starts on May 22nd with 114 players fighting for the 8 spots for the upcoming FIDE World Cup 2021. The event will be played Online from the designated USA “Tournament Hall” at the St. Louis Chess Club.

The very strong line-up is led by GM Mareco Sandro (Argentina), GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris and GM Akobian Varuzhan.

List of participants:


1 GM Mareco Sandro  ARG 2629
2 GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris  PAR 2622
3 GM Akobian Varuzhan  USA 2614
4 GM Henriquez Villagra Cristobal  CHI 2600
5 GM Bachmann Axel  PAR 2599
6 GM Flores Diego  ARG 2599
7 GM Bacallao Alonso Yusnel  CUB 2590
8 GM Fier Alexandr  BRA 2569
9 GM Ramirez Alejandro  USA 2567
10 GM Moradiabadi Elshan  USA 2555
11 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag  BRA 2554
12 GM Perez Ponsa Federico  ARG 2554
13 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo  CUB 2545
14 GM Quesada Perez Luis Ernesto  CUB 2545
15 GM Tang Andrew  USA 2538
16 GM Chandra Akshat  USA 2536
17 GM Almeida Quintana Omar  CUB 2535
18 GM Tristan Leonardo  ARG 2535
19 GM Krysa Leandro  ARG 2527
20 IM Vazquez Guillermo  PAR 2527
21 GM Lima Darcy  BRA 2522
22 GM Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley  CUB 2520
23 GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri  CUB 2518
24 GM Hungaski Robert  USA 2514
25 GM Salinas Herrera Pablo  CHI 2514
26 GM Sambuev Bator  CAN 2514
27 GM Morovic Fernandez Ivan  CHI 2510
28 GM Aguero Jimenez Luis Lazaro  CUB 2503
29 IM Fernandez De La Vara Arnaldo  CUB 2485
30 GM Rodriguez Vila Andres  URU 2484
31 IM Bitelmajer Martin  ARG 2475
32 GM Cubas Jose Fernando  PAR 2469
33 GM Arenas David  COL 2461
34 GM Hoffman Alejandro  URU 2459
35 IM Diaz Perez Michel Alejandro  CUB 2459
36 IM Martinez Ramirez Lennis  CUB 2459
37 GM Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando  MEX 2447
38 IM Berdayes Ason Dylan Isidro  CUB 2445
39 IM Valenzuela Fuentealba Luis  CHI 2444
40 GM Zambrana Oswaldo  BOL 2438
41 IM Molina Roberto Junio Brito  BRA 2434
42 IM Roselli Mailhe Bernardo  URU 2434
43 IM Sanchez Sebastian Felipe  COL 2434
44 IM Plotkin Mark  CAN 2430
45 GM Zapata Alonso  COL 2421
46 IM Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.  CUB 2411
47 GM Slipak Sergio  ARG 2402
48 IM Valdes Romero Leonardo  CRC 2402
49 IM Jimenez Garcia Emmanuel  CRC 2397
50 IM Gemy Jose Daniel  BOL 2380
51 IM Lopez Gonzalez Abel Fabian  CUB 2379
52 IM Umetsubo Cesar Hidemitsu  BRA 2379
53 IM Avila Pavas Santiago  COL 2373
54 IM Della Morte German  ARG 2368
55 FM Plotkin Victor  CAN 2367
56 IM Panesso Rivera Henry  COL 2366
57 FM Almiron Antonio  PAR 2366
58 IM Mieles Palau Daniel  ECU 2364
59 IM Husbands Orlando  BAR 2348
60 IM Duran Vega Sergio  CRC 2340
61 IM Duarte Leonardo  ARG 2330
62 GM Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel  CUB 2324
63 FM Del Castilho Martyn  BAR 2304
64   Escobar Medina Andres F  COL 2298
65 IM Arias Santana Mauricio  CRC 2291
66 FM Spata German  ARG 2290
67 FM Cofre Archibold Nestor  MEX 2279
68 FM Gedajlovic Max  CAN 2270
69 WIM Miranda Llanes Yerisbel  CUB 2262
70 IM Cueto Jonny  BOL 2241
71 FM Carbone Diego  URU 2234
72 FM Chinchilla Miranda Eugenio  CRC 2218
73 IM Villegas Franco  ARG 2210
74   Bellissimo Joseph F.  CAN 2203
75 WIM Castrillon Gomez Melissa  COL 2201
76 CM Vazquez Facundo  URU 2199
77 FM Muniz Rafael  URU 2194
78 FM Blackman Justin  BAR 2192
79   Chaves Sanchez Gabriel A  CRC 2190
80   Chinchilla Alejandro Jose  HON 2178
81 FM Curi Gabriel  URU 2154
82 FM Johnson Joshua  TTO 2131
83 FM Smith Shreyas  JAM 2126
84   Lage Pedro Ferreira  BRA 2123
85   Carcamo Matias  ARG 2103
86   Jaque Gutierrez Matias  CHI 2094
87 WIM Chirivi C Jenny Astrid  COL 2083
88 FM Mollo Jhoan  BOL 2073
89   Vera Pavel  BOL 2042
90 WIM Hernandez Alvarez Tania Regla  CRC 2041
91 CM Fiori Hector  ARG 2015
92 WFM Munoz Monroy Cinthya Carolina  COL 1969
93 WFM Carreras Mendiolea Paulina Adriana  MEX 1906
94   Diaz Charpentier Kristel Meliss  CRC 1898
95   Reyes Mendoza Tomas  CHI 1879
96   Moncada Correa Sara  COL 1869
97   Lee Hayden  TTO 1852
98 WFM Mena Ailen Oriana  AHO 1829
99 WCM Clarke Adani  JAM 1811
100 WFM Ramirez Gonzalez Maria Jose  CRC 1794
101   Amigo Quintana Antu  CHI 1788
102 CM Sears Frank  TTO 1787
103   Lyn Christopher  JAM 1767
104   Jordan Valence  JAM 1760
105   Soares Andre  JAM 1736
106   Mckennis Darren  JAM 1735
107 WCM Blackman Katrina  BAR 1701
108 WCM Figueroa Julissa  BAR 1658
109   Tracey Shaun M  CAY 1627
110   Shaw Jaden  JAM 1614
111   Richards Shaheem  JAM 1451
112   La Touche Cyprian  BAR 1419
113   Lashley Keon  BAR 1059
114   Shaw Clifford  CAY 0

The time control will be 120 minutes for the whole game with a 30 second increment from move 1.

The LIVE games from the FIDE American World Cup Qualification Tournament will be daily on chessdom.com