Por: CPA George Pérez-Borrero
Con una inscripción de 86 ajedrecistas, se realizó la cincuentava edición del Torneo Abierto de San Sebastián del Pepino. Se disputó en las instalaciones del Coliseo Luis Aymat.
Al cabo de 5 rondas, resulto en un cuádruple empate la clase abierta con 42 puntos, resultando vencedor del evento por sistema de desempate, el actual Campeón Nacional de Puerto Rico el MF Santiago Velasco, el segundo lugar le correspondió a el ganador del año pasado el joven MN Raúl Vázquez, el MN Roberto Montañez, quedo en tercer lugar y el cuarto puesto lo ocupó el MI Alejandro Montalvo.
El la clase b (u-1800) también resulto en un triple empate con 32 puntos, resultando vencedor el Dr. Julio Guzmán Freire, quien sufrió una derrota contra el MI Alejandro Montalvo ya que intento un sacrificio de su dama la cual MI Alejandro Montalvo describió como, “una movida casi magistral”. Una nota curiosa el Dr. Julio Guzmán Freire participo en la primera edición de este torneo hace cincuenta años. El segundo lugar le correspondió al joven Cagüeño Edwin Díaz y el tercer lugar al joven Jonathan Rosario.
Ajunto la tabla de resultados del evento:
| Initial Rank | Final Rank | Title | Name | Rating | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| Group A - Open Section | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | FM | Velasco Santiago | 2363 | 37w1 | 20s1 | 12w1 | 5s1 | 4w½ | 4.5 | 15 | 1884 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Vazquez Raul | 2207 | 40s1 | 25w1 | 18s1 | 9w1 | 1s½ | 4.5 | 15 | 1841 | 4 | |
| 8 | 3 | Montanez Roberto | 2085 | 42s1 | 27w1 | 35s1 | 3w½ | 7w1 | 4.5 | 14 | 1745 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | MI | Montalvo Rosario Alejandro | 2283 | 39w1 | 26s1 | 14w1 | 8s½ | 22w1 | 4.5 | 14 | 1722 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | Cartagena De Jesus Julio Juan | 1974 | 45w1 | 19s1 | 2w1 | 7s0 | 24w1 | 4 | 13 | 1827 | 4 | |
| 5 | 6 | Davila Juan | 2156 | 41w1 | 28s+ | 34s1 | 1w0 | 17s1 | 4 | 13 | 1696 | 4 | |
| 9 | 7 | FM | Sosa Trani Luis | 2070 | 43w1 | 30s1 | 57w1 | 4s0 | 14w1 | 4 | 13 | 1573 | 4 |
| 10 | 8 | Almedina Ortiz Edgardo J. | 2011 | 44s½ | 53w+ | 24w½ | 26s1 | 18w1 | 4 | 11 | 1488 | 3 | |
| 2 | 9 | MI | Santa Torres Juan Martin | 2345 | 38s1 | 21w1 | 11s0 | 25w1 | 13s½ | 3.5 | 12 | 1727 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 | Rivera Hazim Edwardo Shariff | 2088 | -½ | 44w1 | 36s1 | 11w1 | 8s0 | 3.5 | 12 | 1685 | 3 | |
| 12 | 11 | Soto Flores Jose Noel | 1941 | 46s1 | 29w1 | 1s0 | 34w1 | 21s½ | 3.5 | 12 | 1666 | 3 | |
| 13 | 13 | Añeses Omar | 1907 | 47w1 | 34s0 | 32w1 | 27s1 | 2w½ | 3.5 | 11 | 1625 | 3 | |
| 15 | 15 | Nuñez Walter | 1817 | 49w½ | 59s1 | 31w1 | 22s0 | 36s1 | 3.5 | 11 | 1349 | 3 | |
| 14 | 17 | Morales Gonzalez Marcos | 1825 | 48s1 | 32w1 | 3s0 | 29w1 | 9s0 | 3 | 11 | 1712 | 3 | |
| 16 | 45 | Garcia Aguayo Martin A | 1816 | 50s1 | 35w- | 38s½ | 44w½ | 39w0 | 2 | 7.5 | 1335 | 1 | |
| 6 | 67 | Sotelo Kohama Daniel | 2117 | -½ | 57w- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1045 | 0 | |
| Group B - Under 1800 | |||||||||||||
| 22 | 12 | Guzman Freire Julio | 1680 | -½ | 49s1 | 70w1 | 15w1 | 3s0 | 3.5 | 12 | 1612 | 3 | |
| 21 | 14 | Diaz Montes Edwin | 1709 | 56w+ | 2s0 | 47w1 | 57s1 | 12w½ | 3.5 | 11 | 1523 | 3 | |
| 20 | 16 | Rosario Salas Jonatan | 1713 | 55s1 | 1w0 | 45s1 | 35w½ | 38s1 | 3.5 | 10 | 1516 | 3 | |
| 18 | 18 | Ayala Sanchez Abnel | 1786 | 52s1 | 51w1 | 4w0 | 39s1 | 10s0 | 3 | 11 | 1569 | 3 | |
| 35 | 19 | Tirado Rios Juan | 1476 | 69w1 | 16s+ | 8w0 | 20s½ | 42s½ | 3 | 11 | 1620 | 2 | |
| 24 | 20 | Morales Gonzalez Bolivar | 1658 | -½ | 66s+ | 10s½ | 68w1 | 11s0 | 3 | 10 | 1392 | 2 | |
| 25 | 21 | Allan Medina Josue | 1639 | 58w1 | 4s0 | 48w1 | 2s0 | 55w1 | 3 | 9 | 1561 | 3 | |
| 17 | 22 | Segarra Choe Tammy | 1797 | 51w- | 58s1 | 37w1 | 30s1 | 5w0 | 3 | 9 | 1439 | 3 | |
| 29 | 23 | Camacho Fabre Rafael | 1532 | 63w1 | 12s0 | 62w1 | 14s0 | 32w1 | 3 | 9 | 1360 | 3 | |
| 30 | 24 | Sanchez Rodriguez Wilmairi | 1520 | 64s1 | 9w0 | 71s1 | 17w0 | 60s1 | 3 | 9 | 1294 | 3 | |
| 31 | 25 | Cruz Serrano Victor | 1502 | 65w1 | -½ | 15s0 | 60w½ | 68s1 | 3 | 9 | 1101 | 2 | |
| 39 | 26 | Zilleruelo Irizarry Diego | 1400 | 3s0 | 56w+ | 19w1 | 18w0 | 16s1 | 3 | 8 | 1748 | 3 | |
| 19 | 27 | Caban Campesino James | 1782 | 54w1 | 11w0 | 39s0 | 48s1 | 45w1 | 3 | 8 | 1381 | 3 | |
| 42 | 28 | Delgado Delgado Edwin G | 1287 | 8w0 | -½ | 53s+ | 70s1 | 35w½ | 3 | 7.5 | 1468 | 2 | |
| 28 | 29 | Lugo Illas Alexis | 1547 | 62s1 | 5w- | 68w- | 46w½ | 47s1 | 3 | 7 | 1334 | 2 | |
| 34 | 30 | Barreto Arzola Jonathan | 1477 | 68s1 | 13w1 | 5w0 | 12s0 | 26w½ | 2.5 | 9.5 | 1765 | 2 | |
| 36 | 31 | Madera Soto Roberto E. | 1417 | -½ | 67s1 | 7w0 | 49s1 | 15w0 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 1563 | 2 | |
| 26 | 32 | Malugin Jimenez Larry Wayne | 1622 | 60s1 | 3w0 | 50s1 | 10w0 | 34s½ | 2.5 | 8.5 | 1558 | 2 | |
| 27 | 33 | De Jesus Santiago Stevens | 1591 | 61w1 | 8s0 | 51s1 | 13w0 | 44s½ | 2.5 | 8.5 | 1451 | 2 | |
| 38 | 34 | Gonzalez Lacomba William | 1404 | 2w0 | 61s1 | 16w½ | 52s1 | 20w0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 1574 | 2 | |
| 44 | 35 | Perez Borrero George | 1264 | 10w½ | 7s0 | 59w1 | 16s½ | 27w½ | 2.5 | 7 | 1701 | 1 | |
| 46 | 39 | Quiñones Jose | 1251 | 12w0 | 63s½ | 66w+ | 28s½ | 62w½ | 2.5 | 6.5 | 1081 | 1 | |
| 37 | 40 | Sepulveda Carrero Jaime N | 1405 | 1s0 | 55w1 | 17s0 | 51w½ | 57w1 | 2.5 | 6 | 1480 | 2 | |
| 23 | 42 | Deliz Quinonez Hector Javier | 1660 | 57s0 | 71w1 | 0 | 54s½ | 67w1 | 2.5 | 6 | 1135 | 2 | |
| 40 | 43 | Curet Soto Carlos | 1349 | 4w0 | -½ | 60s½ | 58w½ | 54s1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 1298 | 1 | |
| 32 | 46 | Perez Reisler Jose R | 1500 | 72w1 | 14s0 | 13s0 | 50w1 | 29s0 | 2 | 7 | 1519 | 2 | |
| 45 | 49 | Pereira Velazquez Wilfredo | 1261 | 11s0 | 54s1 | 20w0 | 65w1 | 19s0 | 2 | 6 | 1412 | 2 | |
| 47 | 50 | Hidalgo Jusino Gabriel | 1210 | 13s0 | 64w+ | 21s0 | 69w1 | 28w0 | 2 | 6 | 1375 | 2 | |
| 41 | 63 | Rivera Archilla Emiguel | 1295 | 5s0 | 60w0 | 67w1 | 55s0 | 61w0 | 1 | 3 | 1242 | 1 | |
| 33 | 68 | Contreras Reyes Juan | 1498 | 67w½ | 70s0 | 52w0 | 62s0 | 63w0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1009 | 0 | |
| 43 | 70 | Centeno Melendez Edwin | 1268 | 9s0 | 62w- | 58w- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1308 | 0 | |
| Group C - Under 1200 | |||||||||||||
| 51 | 36 | Aviles Melendez Elliot | 1115 | 17s+ | 18s0 | 27w0 | 37s½ | 70w1 | 2.5 | 7 | 1556 | 2 | |
| 62 | 37 | Hernandez Gonzalez David | 855 | 28w0 | 43s+ | 29s0 | 33w1 | 46s½ | 2.5 | 6.5 | 1419 | 2 | |
| 49 | 38 | Soto Gonzalez Ismael | 1146 | 15s½ | 22w0 | 63s1 | 36w0 | 58s1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 1319 | 2 | |
| 52 | 41 | Otero Valentin Orlando | 1111 | 18w0 | -½ | 33s1 | 38w0 | 59s1 | 2.5 | 6 | 1422 | 2 | |
| 57 | 44 | Vega Adorno Cristobal | 1045 | 23w1 | 6s+ | 9s0 | 21w0 | 37s0 | 2 | 9 | 1792 | 2 | |
| 68 | 47 | Benitez Toledo Christian | 0 | 34w0 | -1 | 28s+ | 24s0 | 31w0 | 2 | 7 | 1477 | 1 | |
| 60 | 48 | Gomez Santiago Jose David | 890 | 26w0 | 41s1 | 40w½ | 31s½ | 30w0 | 2 | 6.5 | 1458 | 1 | |
| 55 | 51 | Acevedo Candelaria Eduardo | 1078 | 20w0 | 37s0 | 64w+ | 41w1 | 25s0 | 2 | 5 | 1313 | 2 | |
| 69 | 52 | Ayala Correa Daniel | 0 | 35s0 | 50w0 | -1 | 47s0 | 48w+ | 2 | 4 | 1238 | 1 | |
| 65 | 53 | Rivera Morales William | 497 | 31s0 | 48w0 | 56s+ | 45s0 | 50w+ | 2 | 4 | 1228 | 2 | |
| 61 | 54 | Romero Nieves Roberto | 885 | 27s0 | 38w0 | 54w0 | -1 | 41s1 | 2 | 3 | 1317 | 1 | |
| 70 | 55 | Davila Nieves Guillermo | 0 | -½ | 33w1 | 22s0 | 42w0 | 51s0 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 1395 | 1 | |
| 59 | 56 | Olavarria Velez Yalila | 1000 | -½ | 15w0 | 44s0 | 71w+ | 52w0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1348 | 1 | |
| 67 | 57 | Fuigueroa Rosario Alex | 0 | 33s½ | 36w0 | 41s0 | 63w1 | 23s0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1310 | 1 | |
| 58 | 58 | Vargas Perez Brenda | 1000 | 25s0 | 17w0 | 43s+ | 40s½ | 49w0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1440 | 1 | |
| 54 | 59 | Sosa Pacheco Luis | 1096 | 19s0 | 45w0 | 61s1 | 23w½ | 40w0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1387 | 1 | |
| 63 | 60 | Rodriguez Labrador Marcos | 681 | 29s0 | 46w½ | 49w0 | 67s0 | 33s1 | 1.5 | 3 | 1325 | 1 | |
| 48 | 61 | Hernandez Rivera Benjamin | 1173 | 14w0 | 65s1 | 25s0 | 19w0 | 69s- | 1 | 4 | 1389 | 1 | |
| 50 | 62 | Lee Borges Javier | 1129 | 16w0 | 69s1 | 26w0 | 32s0 | 65s- | 1 | 4 | 1327 | 1 | |
| 53 | 64 | Carreras Nieves Daniel | 1110 | -½ | 10s- | 42w- | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1649 | 0 | |
| 66 | 65 | Valentin Rodriguez Angel | 381 | -½ | 24w- | 46s- | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1455 | 0 | |
| 71 | 66 | Rosado Jonathan | 0 | -½ | 23s0 | 30w0 | 59s- | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1393 | 0 | |
| 72 | 69 | Pla Rosario Raul | 0 | 32s0 | -½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1500 | 0 | |
| 64 | 71 | Mendez Hernandez Hector | 512 | 30w0 | 47s- | 55s- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1269 | 0 | |
| 56 | 72 | Vazquez Maccarini Danitza | 1074 | 21s- | 39s- | 65w- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1202 | 0 | |
| Group D - Unrated | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | Marquez Cuevas Kevinli | 0 | 2w1 | 6s1 | 3w1 | 7w1 | 8s1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 8.5 | |
| 6 | 2 | Rivera Lucioano Jose | 0 | 13s1 | 9w0 | 1s1 | 12w1 | 7s½ | 3.5 | 17 | 3 | 9.5 | |
| 7 | 3 | Rodriguez Romas Joshuabimelet | 0 | 14w1 | 4s1 | 12w1 | 9s0 | 6w½ | 3.5 | 15 | 3 | 9 | |
| 8 | 4 | Perez Duran Kevin | 0 | 1s0 | 13w1 | 11s1 | 4s1 | 9w0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 8 | |
| 12 | 5 | Rios Rivera Noemi | 0 | 5s1 | 1w1 | 7s0 | 6s0 | 2w1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 8 | |
| 13 | 6 | Pla Rosario Raul | 0 | 6w0 | 8s0 | 10w1 | 5w1 | 3s1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1 | 7 | Valentin Rodriguez Angel | 0 | 8w1 | 12s0 | 6w0 | 3s1 | 4w½ | 2.5 | 14 | 2 | 8.5 | |
| 4 | 8 | Gonzalez Pujols Eduardo | 0 | 11s1 | 7w0 | 5s1 | 8w0 | 1s½ | 2.5 | 13 | 2 | 7.5 | |
| 2 | 9 | Rosa Santiago Anthony | 0 | 9s0 | 3w0 | 14s1 | 11w1 | 12s0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | |
| 5 | 10 | Torres Segarra Edwin | 0 | 12w0 | 10s1 | 4w0 | 13s0 | -1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | |
| 11 | 11 | Hernandez Guzman Michael | 0 | 4w0 | 14s1 | 8w0 | 2s0 | 10s1 | 2 | 9.5 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| 3 | 12 | Cruz Robles Bralan | 0 | 10w½ | 2s1 | 9s0 | 1w0 | 13w0 | 1.5 | 14 | 1 | 7.5 | |
| 10 | 13 | Valentin Rodriguez Lizbeth | 0 | 3s½ | 5w0 | 13s0 | 14w+ | 11w0 | 1.5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |
| 14 | 14 | Hernandez Urrutia | 0 | 7s0 | 11w0 | 2w0 | 10s- | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 5 | |