2019 Continental Women's Champion: Maili-Jade Ouellet
The 2019 FIDE Women's North American Continental Championship took place November 20-26, 2019 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. 21 players from 8 countries competed in a 9 round Swiss with the winner qualifying for the 2020 World Cup.
The event was won by Canada's WIM Maili-Jade Ouellet! She scored +6 =3 -0 to finish with 7.5/9, a full 1.5 points ahead of three players at 6/9. Maili-Jade started with 4.5/5, including an upset win over top-seed IM Lisandra Teresa Ordana (Cuba) in round 5, and finished strongly with two draws and two wins in the final two rounds.
With the tournament win, MJ becomes Canada's second Women's Grand Master! She also qualifies for the 2020 Women's World Cup -- the knock-out tournament to determine the FIDE Women's World Champion -- scheduled for September 10 - October 3, 2020, in Minsk, Belarus.
2019 Continental Women's Chess Championship - Final Standings (via chess-results.com)
| Rk. | Title | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | 7.Rd | 8.Rd | 9.Rd | Pts. |
| 1 | WIM | Ouellet Maili-Jade | 2152 | CAN | 19w1 | 8b1 | 6b1 | 5w½ | 3b1 | 2w½ | 4w½ | 9b1 | 12w1 | 7.5 |
| 2 | WIM | Gonzalez Ochoa Yoana | 2160 | CUB | 13b1 | 3w½ | 7b½ | 11w1 | 5b1 | 1b½ | 9w½ | 8w1 | 4b0 | 6 |
| 3 | IM | Ordaz Valdes Lisandra Teresa | 2384 | CUB | 18w1 | 2b½ | 4w1 | 9b½ | 1w0 | 12b1 | 5w½ | 6b½ | 10w1 | 6 |
| 4 | WIM | Perez Rodriguez Jennifer | 2239 | PAR | 11b½ | 14w1 | 3b0 | 10w½ | 15b1 | 6w1 | 1b½ | 5b½ | 2w1 | 6 |
| 5 | WIM | Forgas Moreno Yaniela | 2310 | CUB | 10w1 | 12b1 | 9w½ | 1b½ | 2w0 | 7b1 | 3b½ | 4w½ | 6w½ | 5.5 |
| 6 | WGM | Linares Napoles Oleiny | 2221 | CUB | 17w1 | 20b1 | 1w0 | 12b½ | 9w1 | 4b0 | 11w1 | 3w½ | 5b½ | 5.5 |
| 7 | WGM | Arribas Robaina Maritza | 2201 | CUB | 16w1 | 9b0 | 2w½ | 17b1 | 12w½ | 5w0 | 18b1 | 13b½ | 11w1 | 5.5 |
| 8 | WIM | Miranda Llanes Yerisbel | 2313 | CUB | 14b½ | 1w0 | 15b½ | 19w1 | 16w1 | 9b½ | 10w1 | 2b0 | 13w1 | 5.5 |
| 9 | WIM | Corrales Jimenez Zenia | 2219 | MEX | 15b1 | 7w1 | 5b½ | 3w½ | 6b0 | 8w½ | 2b½ | 1w0 | 17w1 | 5 |
| 10 | CM | Sloan Julia Elizabeth | 2079 | USA | 5b0 | 13w0 | -1 | 4b½ | 18w1 | 14w1 | 8b0 | 16w1 | 3b0 | 4.5 |
| 11 | WFM | Abarca Gonzalez Damaris | 2057 | CHI | 4w½ | 18b½ | 20w1 | 2b0 | 17w1 | 16b½ | 6b0 | 14w1 | 7b0 | 4.5 |
| 12 | WFM | Gutierrez Espinosa Karen | 2142 | CUB | 21b1 | 5w0 | 13b1 | 6w½ | 7b½ | 3w0 | 16b½ | 20w1 | 1b0 | 4.5 |
| 13 | WFM | Parkhurst Casas Miriam | 1936 | MEX | 2w0 | 10b1 | 12w0 | 18b0 | -1 | 19w1 | 17b1 | 7w½ | 8b0 | 4.5 |
| 14 | WFM | Blanco Garcia Liliam Barbara | 2104 | CUB | 8w½ | 4b0 | 18w1 | 16b0 | 20w1 | 10b0 | 21w1 | 11b0 | -1 | 4.5 |
| 15 | WIM | Cosme Contreras Trilce | 2007 | PER | 9w0 | 16b½ | 8w½ | 20b1 | 4w0 | 17b0 | -1 | 19b½ | 21w1 | 4.5 |
| 16 | WFM | Gamboa Alvarado Olga Leticia | 1977 | CRC | 7b0 | 15w½ | 21b1 | 14w1 | 8b0 | 11w½ | 12w½ | 10b0 | 20b½ | 4 |
| 17 | WFM | Cardenas Ballester Maydelin | 2014 | CUB | 6b0 | 21w1 | 19b1 | 7w0 | 11b0 | 15w1 | 13w0 | -1 | 9b0 | 4 |
| 18 | WIM | Hernandez Alvarez Tania Regla | 2115 | CRC | 3b0 | 11w½ | 14b0 | 13w1 | 10b0 | -1 | 7w0 | 21b1 | 19w0 | 3.5 |
| 19 | Ramirez Toledo Ayleen Maribel | 1805 | MEX | 1b0 | -1 | 17w0 | 8b0 | 21w1 | 13b0 | 20b0 | 15w½ | 18b1 | 3.5 | |
| 20 | WCM | Parkhurst Casas Andrea Ju | 1536 | MEX | -1 | 6w0 | 11b0 | 15w0 | 14b0 | 21b0 | 19w1 | 12b0 | 16w½ | 2.5 |
| 21 | WCM | Sanchez Lopez Keren | 1670 | MEX | 12w0 | 17b0 | 16w0 | -1 | 19b0 | 20w1 | 14b0 | 18w0 | 15b0 | 2 |
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