Federico Perez Ponsa


Federico Perez Ponsa is a chess Grandmaster.

Chess career

He became Grand Master in 2011, in the Grafica Yael tournament when he was 17 years old.
He represented Argentina in three Chess Olympiads.
In December 2014, he won with 7.5/9 the San Luis International Open.
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.
In August 2016, he won the Mercosur Masters with 6.5/9 held at Club Villa Martelli.
In September 2017, he became a Buenos Aires Champion with 8/9 at Club Torre Blanca.
In October of that year, he finished 2nd in the Argentinian Championship held in Morón.
In April 2018, he won Legislatura Cup with 8/9 in Buenos Aires.
In November, he won with 7/9 of the 25th Open Pro-AM Copa Clarín at Villa Martelli.
His current FIDE Rating is 2562 and He became a top 100 player in Blitz and Rapid FIDE Ratings.

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