Main Group

The Group A will be a Category XI tournament the players are:

Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2623
Delgado Ramírez, Neuris g CUB 2595
Morovic Fernández, Iván g CHI 2561
Bachmann, Axel g PAR 2553
Mareco, Sandro m ARG 2525
Zambrana, Oswaldo g BOL 2481
Cubas, José Fernando m PAR 2481
Wohl, Aleksandar H. m AUS 2458
Díaz Hollemaert, Nahuel m ARG 2456
Kropff, Ricardo m PAR 2306

Chess Lecture by GM Oscar Panno

Vivid chess legend Argentinean Grand Master Oscar Panno will give a chess lecture on May 22nd at 3.00 p.m.

Panno was Junior World Champion, former Candidate to the World Championship, and was part of the strongest tam of Argentina, when the South American country arrived second in 3 Chess Olympiads, in the fifties.

Asunción (photo by Fernando Allen)

Venue and Schedule

The venue will be the same that last year, La Pérgola Jardín Restaurant (Avenida Perú 240) http://www.lapergola.com.py/
The drawing of lots will be held on May 19th at 6.00 p.m.
The games will be played at 3.00 p.m. from May 20th to May 29th
The May 22nd will be a free day, but there will also a Blitz tournament, beginning at 7.00 p.m.
The closing ceremony will be held on May 29th at 7.30 p.m.

Parallel tournaments

There is also an IM tournament, the winner of this group will classify for the main group of the IV Magistral Ciudad de Asunción. The provisional list of players is:

Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2434
Rosselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2386
Brito, Luismar f BRA 2335
Larrea, Manuel f URU 2333
Peralta, Eduardo f PAR 2282
Ferreira, Oscar f PAR 2282
Valiente, Cristóbal m PAR 2258
Zacarías, M Rubén f PAR 2213

A classificatory tournament will be played to for the remaining 2 places.
An Open tournament will also be held, 9 round Swiss System, the winner will play the B tournament of the next edition.
A Blitz tournament open to all participants will be played on the free day, on May 22nd.

Sponsorship

The main sponsor is again Benito Roggio e Hijos S. A.

Official Web

The official web is: http://www.ajedrezciudaddeasuncion.com.py/
The organizer is Eng. Julio Ingolotti, Secretary-General of the Feparaj
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GM Zenón Franco Ocampos
Press Chief