Federico Perez Ponsa

Federico Perez Ponsa (born October 22, 1993 in Buenos Aires) is a chess Grandmaster.[2]

Federico Perez Ponsa
Full nameFederico Perez Ponsa
CountryArgentina
Born (1993-10-22) October 22, 1993
Buenos Aires , Argentina
TitleGrandmaster (2011)
FIDE rating2554 (June 2020) [1]
Peak rating2589 (January 2017)

Chess career

He became Grand Master in 2011, in the Grafica Yael tournament when he was 17 years old.[3]

He represented Argentina in three Chess Olympiads.

  • 2014 in Tromso, Norway. (+2 = 3 -2) 3/6
  • 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan (+4 = 3 -2) 5.5/9
  • 2018 in Batumi, Georgia (+1 = 3 -2) 2.5/6

In December 2014, he won with 7.5/9 the San Luis International Open.[4]

In May 2015, he qualified in the Continental of the Americas for the Chess World Cup in participated there in September. He tied in the classical games 1–1 against Leinier Domínguez and He was defeated in the tiebreaks. In November, he won the Magistral II Aloas with 6/9 organized in the Palacio de las Aguas Corrientes de Aysa.[5]

In August 2016, he won the Mercosur Masters with 6.5/9 held at Club Villa Martelli.[6]

In September 2017, he became a Buenos Aires Champion with 8/9 at Club Torre Blanca.[7] In October of that year, he finished 2nd in the Argentinian Championship held in Morón.[8]

In April 2018, he won Legislatura Cup with 8/9 in Buenos Aires.[9] In November, he won with 7/9 of the 25th Open Pro-AM Copa Clarín at Villa Martelli.[10]

His current FIDE Rating is 2562 (February 2019) and He became a top 100 player in Blitz (2646) and Rapid (2655) FIDE Ratings.[11]

References
  1. https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=117927
  2. Federico Perez Ponsa rating card at FIDE
  3. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr53424.aspx?lan=2&art=2&fed=ARG&wi=821
  4. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1750798-federico-perez-ponsa-es-el- triumph-more-important-of-my-career
  5. http://www.obrasclub.com.ar/ajedrez/perez-ponsa-campeon-del-magistral/
  6. http://chess-results.com/tnr233212.aspx
  7. https://metroajedrez.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/metropolitano-superior-50-000-en-premios-1-al-13-de-septiembre/
  8. http://www.obrasclub.com.ar/ajedrez/perez-ponsa-es-el-subcampeon-argentino-2017/
  9. https://ajedrezdelsur.com/noticias/federico-perez-ponsa-fue-mejor-300/
  10. https://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/2018/11/12/perez-ponsa-en-rey- del-25-abierto-proam-copa-clarin /
  11. https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=117927

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