The Chile Chess Federation held its final 2014-2015 championship stage from 21-28th February at the Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Bellavista, in Santiago.
The tournament format was 9-round Swiss with 24 participants.
IM Cristóbal Henríquez and FM Pablo Salinas shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. In the dramatic rapid tie-break Henríquez won by 1,5-0,5 to be crowned new national champion.
IM Cristóbal Henríquez and President of AJEFECH Juan Carlos Mundaca
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Final standings:
1 FM SALINAS HERRERA Pablo Patrici 2440 Pontificia Universidad Catolic 7
2 IM HENRIQUEZ VILLAGRA Cristobal 2463 Instituto Nacional 7
3 VALENZUELA GOMEZ Fernando 2261 Club Ivan Morovic 6
4 FM TORRES BRAVO Cristobal Renato 2348 Club Capablanca San Bernardo 6
5 ABARCA GONZALEZ Nicolas 2332 La Florida Calf 5.5
6 FM MONTERO MARTINEZ Cristhian 2173 Club De Ajedrez Chile 5.5
7 FM PEREZ GORMAZ Matias 2349 Usach 5.5
8 FM OLIVARES OLIVARES Claudio 2294 La Florida Calf 5
9 SQUELLA LAVIN Carlos Felipe 2207 Los Angeles – Circulo De Ajedr 5
10 MESIAS ROJAS Rabindranath 2168 Club Circulo Ajedrez Antofagas 4.5
11 ZARZURI JORQUERA Rodrigo 2216 Chillan Sociedad De Empleados 4.5
12 SANCHEZ SANDOVAL Gonzalo 2197 Club Ajedrez Ufro 4.5
13 TAPIA FUENTES Jaime 2210 Usach 4.5
14 SEPULVEDA ROJAS Jorge Moises 2225 Viña Ivan Morovic 4.5
15 FUENTES PARRA Victor Ignacio 1985 Club Concepcion 4.5
16 ROMERO ARAYA Diego Alonso 2235 Universidad De Chile Ingenieri 4.5
17 MARIN PINCHEIRA Carlos 2174 Universidad De Chile – Fen 4
18 ROSALES SCHULZ Robin 2084 Quilpue Ruy Lopez 4
19 FARFAN ORTIZ Victor Julian 2220 Club Ajedrez Concepcion 3.5
20 FM ZAPATA FERRADA Marco Eduardo 2423 Club De Ajedrez Chile 2
21 AGUIRRE CONTRERAS Cristian Ro 2067 La Florida Calf Mun La Pintana 1.5
22 BERNAL HURTADO Constanza 1775 Colegio Simon Bolivar 1
23 RIOSECO PINOCHET Fernan Luis 2231 U. Valparaiso 1
24 IM GARCIA CARDENAS Pablo 2406 Punta Arenas 0