"Despite the documented evidence of chess historian H.J.R. Murray, I have always thought that chess was invented by a goddess." George Koltanowski, from Women in Chess, Players of the Modern Game
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
South America Under-20 Chess Championships
(Photo of the top three finishers from male and female sections, from the official website)
Report from Chessdom: This event was held April 8 - 13, 2009, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Girls section had only nine participants. The new champion is Carla Heredia of Ecuador with 6.5 points (8 games), a full point ahead of the silver medalist WFM Gabriela Vargas (Paraguay) and third placed Paulina Orejuela (Ecuador).
Here are the chess femmes' complete final standings from Chess-Results.com:
Clasificación Final tras 9 rondas
Rk. 0 Nombre FED Elo Pts. Des 1 Des 2 Des 3
1 Heredia Serrano Carla ECU 2097 6,5 22,00 5 2,5
2 WFM Vargas Gabriela PAR 2090 5,5 21,25 5 3,5
3 Orejuela Chango Paulina ECU 1883 5,5 17,50 4 1,5
4 WFM Feliciano Vanessa BRA 2112 4,5 12,75 4 0,5
5 Romero Echeverria Abigail ECU 2057 4,0 14,50 3 2,0
6 WCM Borda Carla BOL 2022 3,0 11,50 2 2,0
7 WCM Estrada Lucia BOL 1887 3,0 9,50 2 1,0
8 Cordero Daniela BOL 1969 3,0 9,00 2 1,0
9 Mendoza Samanta BOL 1827 1,0 3,00 0 0,0
Only nine chess femmes entered this event from an entire continent! My hope is that as this event matures more chess femmes will enter each year. I note three chess femmes entered from Ecuador. One of my nephews is married to a beautiful young lady, Osayo, from Ecuador; most of her immediate family lives there.
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