Cuba’s Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon Advance to Fourth Round of World Chess Cup
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- 09 / 06 / 2011
2011.09.05 - 12:25:35 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu / Cuba’s Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon Advance to Fourth Round of World Chess CupHAVANA, CUBA.- Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon advanced on Monday to the fourth round of the World Chess Cup that is under way in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.
Dominguez, the best Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2,719 points, beat Russian GM Igor Lysyj (2 629) with a final score of 5-4. In their two classical games, the Cuban player won on Saturday but the Russian took revenge on Sunday to force the tie-break rapid games. Then, on Monday, after six consecutive draws, Dominguez downed his rival to advance to the Round of 16.
Meanwhile, after two ties in his classical games against Vietnamese GM Liem Quang Le (2 715), Bruzon managed to prevail 2.5-1.5 with a victory and a draw in their rapid tie-break matches.
Others who advanced to the Round of 16 include GMs Vassily Ivanchuk and Rusland Ponomariov, of Ukraine; Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk, of Russia; Teimour Radjabov and Vugar Gashimov, of Azerbaijan; Gata Kamsky of the United States; Czech David Navara; and Hungarian Judith Polgar, who eliminated top-seeded Russian GM Sergey Karjakin.
A total of 128 players from 46 countries entered the 2011 World Chess Cup final. The first three finishers get tickets to the Candidates tournament in the next World Championship cycle.Translated by: Juan Carlos Caballero Puig
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