Federico Perez Ponsa

Federico Perez Ponsa (born 22 October 1993 in Buenos Aires) is a chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2011.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Perez and the second or maternal family name is Ponsa.

Federico Perez Ponsa
CountryArgentina
Born (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TitleGrandmaster (2011)
FIDE rating2553 (May 2022) [1]
Peak rating2589 (January 2017)

Chess career

He became Grand Master in 2011, in the Grafica Yael tournament when he was 17 years old.[3]

He represented Argentina in three Chess Olympiads.

  • 2014 in Tromso, Norway. (+2 = 3 -2) 3/6
  • 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan (+4 = 3 -2) 5.5/9
  • 2018 in Batumi, Georgia (+1 = 3 -2) 2.5/6

In December 2014, he won with 7.5/9 the San Luis International Open.[4]

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.[5]

In August 2016, he won the Mercosur Masters with 6.5/9 held at Club Villa Martelli.[6]

In September 2017, he became a Buenos Aires Champion with 8/9 at Club Torre Blanca.[7] In October of that year, he finished 2nd in the Argentinian Championship held in Morón.[8]

In April 2018, he won Legislatura Cup with 8/9 in Buenos Aires.[9] In November, he won with 7/9 of the 25th Open Pro-AM Copa Clarín at Villa Martelli.[10]

His current FIDE Rating is 2562 (February 2019) and He became a top 100 player in Blitz (2646) and Rapid (2655) FIDE Ratings.[11]

Other activities

Federico Perez Ponsa is a semi-professional Age of Empires II player under nickname Fedex. He was, among others, the member of Argentina B at the 2020 2v2 Age of Empires II World Cup.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Federico Perez Ponsa rating card at FIDE
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - II Magistral Grafica Yael-Torre Blanca". chess-results.com.
  4. "Federico Pérez Ponsa: "Es el triunfo más importante de mi carrera"". LA NACION (in Spanish). 9 December 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. "Pérez Ponsa, campeón del Magistral – Club Obras Sanitarias".
  6. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - XX Magistral de la Republica Argentina Copa Mercosur". chess-results.com.
  7. "Federico Perez Ponsa Campeon Metropolitano Superior". 10 August 2017.
  8. "Perez Ponsa es el Subcampeón Argentino 2017 – Club Obras Sanitarias".
  9. "Federico Pérez Ponsa fue el mejor entre 300". 16 April 2018.
  10. "Perez Ponsa el rey del 25° Abierto PROAM Copa Clarín". 12 November 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. "Perez Ponsa, Federico". ratings.fide.com.
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