Cuban GM Dominguez and Bruzon to World Chess Cup
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- 11 / 21 / 2007
Cuban Grand Masters Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon are participating in the World Chess Cup 2007 kicking off November 23 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
As customary, the tournament will be played according to the KO system, with 128 contestants debuting in the eliminatory rounds, then the second round of 64 players, and successive rounds up to the final match for the title.
Dominguez and Bruzon are traveling with their respective coaches, IM Aryam Abreu and Maikel Gongora.
In the first round, Leinier Dominguez (ranking 29 with 2,683 ELO points) will face for the first time Russian Alexei Iljushin (2528); while Lazaro Bruzon (2,607), will play against Croatian GM Zdenko Kozul (2,609).
Cuba's best performance in world cups goes to Dominguez (3 times in world cups) who advanced to the quarter finals in Tripoli 2004 and finished eighth. Bruzon attends for the fourth time and made his best performance in 2005 when he advanced to the third round.
(ACN)
As customary, the tournament will be played according to the KO system, with 128 contestants debuting in the eliminatory rounds, then the second round of 64 players, and successive rounds up to the final match for the title.
Dominguez and Bruzon are traveling with their respective coaches, IM Aryam Abreu and Maikel Gongora.
In the first round, Leinier Dominguez (ranking 29 with 2,683 ELO points) will face for the first time Russian Alexei Iljushin (2528); while Lazaro Bruzon (2,607), will play against Croatian GM Zdenko Kozul (2,609).
Cuba's best performance in world cups goes to Dominguez (3 times in world cups) who advanced to the quarter finals in Tripoli 2004 and finished eighth. Bruzon attends for the fourth time and made his best performance in 2005 when he advanced to the third round.
(ACN)
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