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The 18th American Continental took place Fri 23rd to Sat 31st May 2025 in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. The event was won by Sam Shankland on tie-break from Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Alexandr Fier and Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso, these top four qualified for the FIDE World Cup and scored 8.5/11, as did Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, Luis Paulo Supi and Santiago Avila Pavas. Alexandr Fier won the final of the blitz with 7.5/9.

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18th American Continental Foz do Iguacu BRA Fri 23rd May 2025 - Sat 31st May 2025 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Shankland, Sam	GM	USA	2666	8.5	76.5	81.5	60.5
2	3	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	GM	MEX	2611	8.5	76	81	61,75
3	10	Fier, Alexandr	GM	BRA	2556	8.5	75	80	59,25
4	14	Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel	GM	COL	2516	8.5	74.5	80	60,00
5	4	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	GM	CHI	2597	8.5	72.5	78	58,75
6	9	Supi, Luis Paulo	GM	BRA	2566	8.5	71.5	77	58,25
7	20	Avila Pavas, Santiago	GM	COL	2469	8.5	70.5	76	56,75
8	8	Bachmann, Axel	GM	PAR	2570	8	75	79	54,25
9	43	Rojas Salas, Steven	IM	PER	2343	8	74.5	79	55,75
10	2	Oparin, Grigoriy	GM	USA	2660	8	73.5	78.5	54,25
11	6	Jacobson, Brandon	GM	USA	2582	8	71.5	77	53.5
12	21	Villanueva, Mario	IM	ARG	2454	8	70.5	75	52,75
13	16	Hardaway, Brewington	GM	USA	2502	8	68	74	54,25
14	11	Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto	GM	CUB	2546	7.5	75.5	80.5	52,25
15	7	Hong, Andrew	GM	USA	2579	7.5	74	80	52,25
16	31	Schnaider, Ilan	IM	ARG	2388	7.5	72	77.5	49,25
17	22	Di Berardino, Diego Rafael	IM	BRA	2448	7.5	70	75	48,25
18	18	Shabalov, Alexander	GM	USA	2483	7.5	69.5	75.5	49.5
19	32	Lima, Darcy	GM	BRA	2380	7.5	69	74	47,25
20	5	Mareco, Sandro	GM	ARG	2585	7.5	68.5	74	49,00
21	26	Liascovich, Lucas	IM	ARG	2417	7.5	67.5	72.5	47,25
22	37	Ticona Rocabado, Licael Roderick	IM	BOL	2359	7.5	67.5	72	46,00
23	24	Panjwani, Raja	IM	CAN	2446	7.5	65	70	47,25
24	19	Hungaski, Robert	GM	USA	2477	7	71	76.5	44,00
25	25	Coro, Lucas	IM	ARG	2434	7	70.5	75.5	43.5
26	40	Campos Gomez, Manuel	IM	COL	2355	7	69	73.5	42,00
27	33	Lopez Silva, Hugo	IM	CHI	2380	7	68	73	43,75
28	47	Caceres Benitez, Arturo Eduardo	FM	PAR	2313	7	67	71	41.5
29	61	Silva, Kaua Marques	FM	BRA	2254	7	66.5	71.5	41,75
30	52	Lopez Rayo, Santiago	FM	COL	2282	7	66	71	42,00
31	119	Reyes Zavaleta, Cristhian Yamil		PER	2073	7	65	69.5	43,00
32	12	Tristan, Leonardo	GM	ARG	2536	7	64.5	69	41.5
33	28	Proudian, Armen	FM	BRA	2410	7	64.5	69	40,00
34	53	Asprelli, Gaspar		ARG	2279	7	64.5	69	39.5
35	69	Ocampos, Ian		ARG	2219	7	64.5	68.5	40,75
36	13	Garcia Pantoja, Roberto	GM	COL	2531	7	64	69.5	43,00
37	23	Salinas Herrera, Pablo	GM	CHI	2447	7	64	69	40,75
38	55	Villarreal, Agustin	FM	ARG	2272	7	63	67	38,75
39	30	Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose	IM	VEN	2392	7	62.5	69.5	41,00
40	35	Diaz Rosas, Julio Cesar	FM	MEX	2373	7	61.5	68.5	39,00
41	54	Menna Barreto, Felipe Kubiaki	FM	BRA	2276	7	60.5	65	40,00
42	49	Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian Ricardo	FM	PER	2299	7	59.5	64	38,25
43	66	Lima, Stefan Moisei Vieira	FM	BRA	2241	7	56.5	61	37,00
44	71	Pires, Marcos Vinicius Torsani	FM	BRA	2204	6.5	70	74	40.5
45	36	Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe	IM	BRA	2370	6.5	69.5	74	41,25
46	17	Diamant, Andre	GM	BRA	2487	6.5	68	74.5	41,25
47	48	Tomiello, Lucas Costamilan	FM	BRA	2308	6.5	68	73	40,25
48	41	Matsuura, Everaldo	GM	BRA	2354	6.5	67.5	72	40,00
49	50	Ribeiro, Matheus Mendes Domingues	FM	BRA	2294	6.5	65	70	37,75
50	42	Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel	FM	CHI	2349	6.5	65	69.5	38,25
224 players

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American Cont Blitz 2025 Foz do Iguacu BRA Fri 23rd May 2025 - Sat 31st May 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Fier, Alexandr	GM	BRA	2522	7.5	45	49	39.50
2	8	Avila Pavas, Santiago	GM	COL	2436	7	44	47.5	34,00
3	1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	GM	MEX	2705	6.5	47.5	52	36,00
4	5	Salinas Herrera, Pablo	GM	CHI	2506	6	48	52	31,75
5	3	Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto	GM	CUB	2555	6	46	49	30,25
6	10	Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose	IM	VEN	2425	6	40.5	43	26,00
7	2	Garcia Pantoja, Roberto	GM	COL	2560	6	39.5	43	28.50
8	16	Lima, Darcy	GM	BRA	2312	5.5	45.5	49	25,75
9	17	Perez Gormaz, Matias	IM	CHI	2299	5	38.5	41.5	19,00
10	12	Ticona Rocabado, Licael Roderick	IM	BOL	2373	5	38	41.5	20.50
11	14	Baules Rodriguez, Jorge Luis	IM	PAN	2329	5	37	40.5	20.50
12	11	Rojas Salas, Steven	IM	PER	2401	4.5	45	47.5	19,25
13	7	Liascovich, Lucas	IM	ARG	2476	4.5	44.5	47.5	20,25
14	6	Tristan, Leonardo	GM	ARG	2491	4.5	41	43.5	17,75
15	13	Campos Gomez, Manuel	IM	COL	2344	4.5	40.5	44	19,00
16	9	Hungaski, Robert	GM	USA	2425	4.5	37.5	40	17,00
17	15	Carcamo, Matias		ARG	2317	4.5	37	37.5	14,00
18	20	Mayta Aiza, Maveric	CM	BOL	2199	4	39	42.5	17,25
19	19	Muniz, Francisco Allysson Da S.		BRA	2228	4	36	36.5	12.50
20	25	Giron Chavez, David Emanuel	FM	GUA	2129	4	34.5	35	11,75
21	29	Dauer, Andre Leonardo	CM	BRA	1959	4	33.5	34	10.50
22	26	Becker, Rogerio Sperb		BRA	2128	4	31.5	32	11,00
23	27	Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian Ricardo	FM	PER	2097	3.5	38.5	41	13,25
24	28	Reyes Zavaleta, Cristhian Yamil		PER	2035	3.5	33	35.5	12.50
25	23	Caetano, Hugo Zanotti Mendonca		BRA	2161	3.5	32.5	33	8.50
26	22	Molina Sumoza, Jesus Alberto	CM	VEN	2164	3	29.5	30	6,25
27	18	Rodrigues, Edgar	FM	BRA	2297	3	29	29.5	7.50
28	24	Lima, Stefan Moisei Vieira	FM	BRA	2144	3	29	29.5	6,75
29	21	Sanhueza, Cristian	FM	ARG	2177	2.5	32.5	35.5	8,25
30	30	Pavoni, Felipe Stevanin		BRA	1930	0.5	30	33	1.50
30 players

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