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
