The event is a 11-round Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increments from the first move.
The first prizes are distributed as follows (in pesos): 1st – 6.000; 2nd – 4.400; 3rd – 3.600; 4th – 3.200, etc.
First seed is GM Diego Flores, followed by GM Sandro Mareco, GM Diego Valerga, last year champion Martin Lorenzini and GM Federico Perez Ponsa.
53 players have signed up to participate; 26 of them are titled.
Full information at the Spanish/Latin version of Chessdom
Participants (top seeds):
| 1 | GM | Flores Diego | ARG | 2600 |
| 2 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2580 |
| 3 | GM | Valerga Diego | ARG | 2502 |
| 4 | Lorenzini Martin | ARG | 2488 | |
| 5 | GM | Perez Ponsa Federico | ARG | 2476 |
| 6 | IM | Iermito Sebastian | ARG | 2463 |
| 7 | IM | Real De Azua Ernesto | ARG | 2450 |
| 8 | GM | Slipak Sergio | ARG | 2438 |
| 9 | IM | Diaz Hollemaert Nahuel | ARG | 2418 |
| 10 | IM | Dolezal Cristian | ARG | 2415 |
| 11 | IM | Liascovich Lucas | ARG | 2410 |
| 12 | IM | Villanueva Mario | ARG | 2379 |
| 13 | IM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2378 |
| 14 | FM | Julia Ernesto | ARG | 2374 |
| 15 | IM | Mahia Gustavo | ARG | 2371 |