Lucas Coro He entered the Chess Stadium of Laprida y el Río on October 19 as the ninth favorite of the XXXI International Open ProAm Clarín Cup-Ciudad de Vicente López and on Sunday the 27th it was like champion of one of the most important tournaments of the year in Argentina.
The young international master with 2,359 ELO points was crowned undefeated with 7 points in 9 intense rounds, favored by the best tiebreaker system against three other rivals, and added 33 units to his ranking.
Choir had a solid tour for the tournament, with five wins and four draws. Among his triumphs, those he achieved against the FIDE master stand out. Ariel Tokman (2399) and the international master Cristian Dolezal (2362).
Likewise, he called with white against the grandmasters Diego Valerga (2432) y Ariel Sorin (2317), and with black against the international master Pablo Acosta (2448) and, on the final day, against Lucas Cumpe (2286).
Acosta and the great teachers finished with the same score as Coro Federico Pérez Ponsa (2540) y Leonardo Tristan (2536), the three best seeds in a tournament that featured 131 players (30 titled) from 9 countries.
Coro, representative of the Villa Martelli Chess Circle, faces in this way the ideal preparation for the final of the Argentine Championshipin which he will compete at the end of November alongside several of the best in the country, such as the grandmasters Sandro Mareco, Fernando Peralta, Diego Flores, Leandro KrysaPérez Ponsa and Valerga.
And it will be there too Faustino Orothe youngest international teacher in history, on his return to Argentina.
Meanwhile, starting on November 21, the Argentine Women’s Championship will be held at the Ciudad de Vicente López Museum.