Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information: National Championships taking place in Argentina

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National Championships taking place in Argentina Apr 9th 2013, 02:53 The 87° Campeonato Argentino Absoluto de Ajedrez 2012 and the  65° Campeonato Argentino Femenino de Ajedrez 2012 are taking place on 3-14 April at the Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa Martelli, Laprida 3837, Villa Martelli, Vte. López, Bs.As. Both competitions belong to 2012, as the previous President of FADA, Nicolas Barrera, did not manage to complete these events during his mandate. The new leader Mario Petrucci decided to complete the unfinished business in order to normalize the chess scene in Argentina. Full info at es.chessdom.com These tournaments are sponsored by the Organization Marcel Duchamp, which donated approximately 9.000 US dollars to the prize fund. The winners will represent Argentina in the upcoming Chess Olympiad in Tromso. With four rounds completed, GM Diego Flores is the sole leader with a perfect score, followed by GM Diego Valerga; they face each other in the 5th round. A group of 10 players share the third place with 3 points each: Sandro Mareco, Sergio Slipak, Ernesto Juliá, Cristian Dolezal, Alan Pichot, Leandro Krysa, Mario Villanueva, Nahuel Dïaz, Gustavo Mahía y Lucas Liascovich. Full standings below. Open Tournament – Standings after 5 rounds: 1 GM Flores Diego ARG 2600 5.0 2 IM Liascovich Lucas ARG 2410 4.0 3 IM Mahia Gustavo ARG 2371 4.0 4 GM Valerga Diego ARG 2502 3.5 5 GM Slipak Sergio ARG 2438 3.5 6 IM Krysa Leandro ARG 2378 3.5 7 IM Diaz Hollemaert Nahuel ARG 2418 3.5 8 IM Villanueva Mario ARG 2379 3.5 9 FM Fabian Gaston ARG 2336 3.5 10 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2580 3.5 11 IM Lujan Carolina ARG 2366 3.5 12 FM Julia Ernesto ARG 2374 3.5 13 IM Iermito Sebastian ARG 2463 3.5 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

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