The cuban teams lead the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Olympiad of Chess that will end its actions this Tuesday in the city of Chennai, in India.
In the tenth and penultimate round of the contest played this Monday, the Cubans defeated Portugal 3-1 in a duel corresponding to the Open segment.
Success was achieved thanks to the triumphs of Grand Masters (GM) Carlos Daniel Albornoz and Isan Ortiz over International Masters (IM) Andre Souza and José Francisco Veiga, on boards two and three, respectively, according to an office from the agency Latin Press (PL).
Meanwhile, GM Yasser Quesada, from Cuba, and Jorge Ferreira, from Portugal, at the first table, as well as Omar Almeida and the European FIDE Master José Santos, at the fourth board, agreed on the tables and with it the division of the point.
Men’s team wins in the tenth round of the Olympiad #Chess
The Cuban cast expressed their solidarity and support with the people of Matanzas. #ChessOlympiad2022 #Chess https://t.co/SbmmoQfsMB pic.twitter.com/g3xuzsMZrt— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) August 8, 2022
After the most recent outcomes, in the fight for Chess Without distinction of sex, the Uzbekistan and India 2 squads maintain a hug at the top, but located in that order by the tiebreaker system, while the Cubans anchor in seat 24.
With their performance, the island’s chess players are at the forefront of Latin America, ahead of Brazil (30th place), Chile (36), Peru (38), Argentina (42), Paraguay (48), Uruguay (57), Colombia (62) and Mexico (67).
In the women’s match, the Cubans dropped to 28th place after losing 1.5-2.5 to the Slovakian representation, due to the defeats of Yerisbel Miranda and Yaniela Forgas against Eva Repkova and Svetlana Sucikova, in the second and fourth boards respectively.
In turn, Lisandra Ordaz divided the point on the first table with Zuzana Borosova, and the only smile of the Caribbean women was Maritza Arribas, in charge of white pieces on the third desk against Zuzana Hagarova.
Now, the female representation accumulates 13 units and despite its recent disaster, it continues to be the benchmark in the Latin American region, ahead of Chile (32nd place), Peru (35th), Argentina (41st), Costa Rica (42nd), Venezuela ( 43) and Mexico (44), in a fight led by India.
