Asunción, IP Agency.-The XIII Pan American School Chess Championship held last week at the facilities of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) concluded successfully.
The National Team placed third in the general classification, after the representatives of Peru and Canada, winning two Gold medals, one Silver and two Bronze medals, according to authorities of the event that hosted Paraguay for the first time.
It was held from October 13 to 19 with the presence of nearly 300 chess players from 20 countries on the Continent, organized by the Paraguayan Chess Federation (FEPARAJ) and the Chess Confederation of America (CCA); counting on the support, in addition to the COP, of the National Sports Secretariat.
It had a record participation in international chess events of 140 Paraguayan children from all corners of the country, who competed in all categories separated by both age and gender from Under 7 to Under 17, both in Absolute and Women’s.
In the general medal table, Peru ranked first with a total of 11 medals (3 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze) followed by Canada with 6 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and two bronze); while Paraguay occupied third place with 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver and two bronze)
Paraguay occupied the podium in 5 categories, two absolute (male) and three female, and a dozen athletes fought until the last date for the first positions in all categories. In this order of things, Edgar Espinoza (h) won the bronze medal in the absolute sub 7 Category; Iván Torales easily took first place, gold medal in the absolute under 13 category. For her part, WCM Renata Mayeregger did the same in the female under 17 category, winning gold and first place.
For its part, in the female under 15, WCM Fiorella Mayeregger placed second in her category, winning the silver medal, and in the female under 13, Jimena Sofía Lugo Martínez, placed third on the podium, taking the medal with her. bronze
It is important to remember that given the size of the event, all categories allowed access to master’s titles for either the champions and/or members of the podium. Thus, Iván, Renata and Jimena obtained the right in expectation of becoming FM and WFM the first two and WCM the third, once they achieve the minimum ELO to win said titles.
According to FIDE rules, Ivancito, as it is known in the chess environment, must reach 2,100 ELO points (he currently has 1,726 points to which must be added the 136 points obtained in this Pan American Games.
For her part, Renata, who already holds the WCM title and 1,833 ELO points, from Team Paraguay achieves third place in Continental Chess School and reaches 1,900 ELO points to win the new title. In this tournament she managed to add close to 50 points, which places her on the verge of a new title for Paraguay. Finally, Jimena with 1593 ELO points and nearly 50 more earned in this Pan American, must reach 1800 to be a new WCM from Paraguay. The tribune.
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