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  • Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
  • 11 / 08 / 2011


 

Today, November 7 is the conclusion of the Latin American Cup II held in chess

Montevideo, Uruguay. The first three places were taken by Alexandr Fier (Brazil),

Diego Flores (Argentina) and Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba).

 

Fier (Elo 2573) and Flores (2602) ended with 7.5 units of nine possible, but

The first tiebreaker proclaimed monarch better and Bruzón (2689) was third with seven,

although the three, all Grand Masters (GM) closed undefeated.

 

According to chess-results.com site the Antillean got five hits and saw escape

leadership options matched to agree in his last two outings, when he faced

men of less level.

 

They were the GM Federico Perez (2484), of Argentina, and Andres Rodriguez (2481) of

Uruguay, in the end the fifth and seventh, respectively, both in possession of seven stripes,

more than half Cuban GM Holden Hernández (2564).

 

Such accumulated responded to four wins and five draws, and left the twelfth step.

 

She was best-placed Peruvian Deysi Cori, world junior champion, who with six

stripes finished in 30th place.

 


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