Jorge Cori storms through Peru Grand Prix Final 2016 Print
Wednesday, 27 January 2016 22:09
fdpaThe Peruvian Chess Federation organized 2016 Peru Grand Prix Final from January 18th to January 24th, in Lima, the capital city of Peru.

The event was a 12-player single round-robin tournament with time control 90’ + 30” and average Elo rating of 2388.

Peruvian top player GM Jorge Cori emerged a convincing winner with no less than 1.5 points advance in front of the nearest followers. He scored 8.5/11 points to lift the trophy.

The second place was shared by GM Cristian Cruz and IM Deivy Vega Siguenas with 7 points, but Cruz took the silver on a superior tie-break score.

The medalists qualified for the Peruvian Olympic team and will represent their country at the Baku Chess Olympiad 2016.

http://www.ajedrezenperu.org/


Final standings:

1 GM Cori Jorge PER 2596 8.5
2 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2553 7
3 IM Vera Siguenas Deivy PER 2498 7
4 Fernandez Fernando PER 2335 6
5 IM Leiva Giuseppe PER 2384 6
6 Lopez Alberto PER 2184 6
7 FM Terry Renato PER 2465 6
8 Cori Quispe Kevin PER 2348 5
9 FM Escalante Ramirez Brian Sebas PER 2331 5
10 FM Oswaldo Valentin Requejo Cotr PER 2240 4.5
11 IM Cuellar Diego PER 2382 3
12 FM Principe Alexander PER 2339 2