Joaquín Fiorito (14) drew at the Río Negro Chess Open with GM Sandro Mareco, number one in the country. Faustino Oro (8) watches them. Photo www.facebook.com/benjamin.mela.7
Logic suggests that if a strong chess Open is played in Argentina, with the presence of the best players based in the country, the number one wins. And that’s just the way it is: Sandro Mareco, back in the world top 100, raised the main trophy. Logic suggests that number two would be great as well. And also: Alan Pichot, another top 100 in the May rankings, was third in the tiebreak, as he missed the first two games because he was a day late. Logic dictates that it is expected that seven of the ten best rankings will occupy top ten final. But Rio Negro International Open will be remembered as the great contest where the young people gave historical nails. surprises? hmm, see …
Sa The prize is 600 thousand pesos, six grandmasters and nine absolute international masters, from last Wednesday to Sunday nine rounds were played, with four grueling double days, which will be one of the best Open of the year in the country. But the best. Suffice it to say that in June the next Superior Argentine Championship will deliver 315 thousand pesos and a few days later the Villa la Angostura International Open will distribute 500 thousand.
Mareco confirmed his current rise as champion of the Ibero-American and Mexico Open, and won undefeated with 8 points in 9 rounds, followed by MI Maximilian Perez and Pichot, in half units.
Joaquin Fiorito drew GM Sandro Mareco in Rio Negro. Photo www.facebook.com/benjamin.mela.7
The synthesis that trampled on the new generation in Cipolletti is one of the two draws of the champion is in the fourth round, black, against Joaquin Fiorito (14 years). And Pichot’s only draws on the board are, too, black, against Francis Fiorito (Eleven).
The Fiorito brothers, children of Fabián, an international teacher and coach, are the current Argentine Under 14 and Under 12 champions. Joaquín was the teenager who finished higher (12th) in Río Negro with 6.5 points and his only boards were with Mareco, who recognized MI Benjamin Mela | on his Facebook: “I got lost in him, but I escaped”. The teenager agreed: “At one point I was better and could win, but I’m happy both ways.” What did Papa Fabian say? “I’ll jump one of my legs, huh.”
Francisco Fiorito (11 years old) drew Alan Pichot in Cipolletti. Photo www.facebook.com/benjamin.mela.7
Meanwhile, Francisco finished with 6 points and lost only to the Spanish grandmaster David Larino Nieto and with MI Paul Acosta. What did he say about the tables with Pichot in the sixth round? “There’s nothing wrong. I thought at one point I would beat him because he had two bishops against a rook in the endgame.” Nothing bad? Just calm down son, ha.
A talented 8 year old
Faustino Oro (8 years old) defeated Florencia Fernández, five -time national champion, in the Río Negro. Photo www.facebook.com/benjamin.mela.7
Of course, if kids are talking about bumps, what to say about what did Faustino GoldArgentine Sub 8 champion. He finished 5.5 and just two losses, with the “small” detail that he won in the sixth round against Maria Florence Fernandez… the brand new five-time champion of Argentina!
His stature and his angelic face under his mirror might hide his talent on the blackboard, but only until he moved the pieces. “I want to be world champion,” he warned.
Fernández also suffered another blow when he lost in the penultimate round with Luciano Carrizothe Argentine Under 14 runner-up finished with 5.5 points, as well Candela Francisco Guecamburu (15 years). The U16 national champion was pleased to have a difficult time in the tournament in games against Pichot and grandmaster Diego Flores, seven -time champion in Argentina.
Candela Francisco Guecamburu, in his game with grandmaster Alan Pichot, number two in Argentine chess. Photo www.facebook.com/benjamin.mela.7
Tobias Moreno Perez He was another of the protagonists of the Open: with 6.5 points, he finished 13th. The U16 national champion only lost to Acosta and in the third round he played an extraordinary game to beat the Uruguayan grandmaster with a white. Andres Rodriguez, recent winner of the Mar del Plata Open. He also made draws in MI Alexander Needleman and includes FM German Spataand he was the best ELO Sub 2200 in the championship.
Ilan Schnaider, the former number one in the Under 8 world ranking and star of a Clarín Special, is 11 years old. In Cipolletti he added 6 points, he only lost to grandmasters Flores and Lariño Nieto, and was drawn with MI Needleman and Kevin Paveto.
Y Agustin VillarrealArgentine Sub-20 runner-up, finished with 6 units after beating MI Mario Leskovar and on FM Christian Sanhueza. A clear detail of his present: he played with seven highest -ranked rivals and only lost in the last round with MI Ernesto Real de Azua.
Young people are asking for clues in Argentine chess. It’s a matter of constantly encouraging learning and organizing strong contests to measure yourself against the best, challenge yourself and learn from their games. How they took advantage of this tournament organized by the Secretary of State for Culture from Rio Negro, led by Ariel Ávalos.
Perhaps the foreign appearance of the Spanish Lariño Nieto was the synthesis when he told Mela: “There are some angry kids who are very good. One gave Alan trouble, another Mareco and a smaller one beat Flor. They are serious. ”
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Source: Clarin
