Fighting chess in Montevideo Zonal

Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile. These are the countries participating in beautiful Montevideo, Uruguay. At theTorre de las Telecomunicaciones to be more precise, between the 13th and the 19th of this month.

Zonal 2.5 has 2 qualification spots for the upcoming World Cup, plus money prizes. Nine-round swiss, time control is 90 minutes plus 30 minutes to finish (+30′ per move).

The men’s tournament (‘Open’ is FIDE’s politically correct way of describing it) has 54 participants; the women’s tournament (no fuss here) has 14 participants.

To be continued in another post