GM Jorge Cori wins II Magistral IPD in Peru

The 2nd Magistral IPD 2013 took place on 11th-15th February at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería on Lima, Perú.

Peruvian GM Jorge Cori confirmed his status as favorite and won the tournament with 7.5/9 points. IM Giuseppe Leiva recovered from his poor performance at the I Magistral IPD 2013 by finishing on second place with 6/9. The Peruvian trio at the top of the standings was completed by FM Diego Cuéllar, who obtained the same amount of points as the Spaniard IM Horacio Saldaño, but achieved a better score in the tie-breaks.

The event was a 10 player single round-robin. Players from five different countries participated in the competition.  The time control was 90 min + 30 sec increment per move.

The purpose of the organizers was to give the young talents from Peru the chance to get IM norms.

Final Standings:

1	GM	Cori Jorge	PER	2551	7.5
2	IM	Leiva Giuseppe	PER	2376	6.0
3	FM	Cuellar Diego	PER	2289	5.5
4	IM	Saldano Dayer Horacio	ESP	2502	5.5
5	IM	Ruiz C Joshua D	COL	2387	4.5
6		Requejo Oswaldo	PER	2281	4.5
7	FM	Principe Alexander	PER	2264	3.5
8	IM	Estrada Nieto Julian	MEX	2302	3.0
9	FM	Molina Jorge	BOL	2141	2.5
10	WFM	Chumpitaz Ann	PER	2182	2.5