The Grand Master (GM) from Villa Clara Elier Miranda was crowned this Sunday in the Men’s National Championship of Chess Holguín 2023, which completed the 11 scheduled rounds.
Elier added eight points after closing with a victory over Havana’s Omar Almeida in 59 plays of a Pirc defense. In addition, he entered history as the seventh player from Villa Clara to win this tournament, as reported by the sports portal Hit.
Six wins, four draws and just one setback (against Lelys Martínez from Santiago), rounded off Miranda’s performance in the defining segment, which he reached thanks to his performance in the semifinal phase.
The podium was completed by Lelys Martínez and Carlos Daniel Albornoz, both with a harvest of 7.5 units, but in that order after applying the tie-break system.
Albornoz said goodbye with a victory over Jerzy Jesús Pérez from Villa Clara, and Luis Ernesto Quesada from Ciego de Avila also had a successful finish, another who reached 7.5 lines, but occupied fourth place by tiebreaker.
The standings closed with positions five through eighth occupied by Henry Soto (6 points), Almeida (5.5), Dylan Berdayes (5.5) from Havana and host Isán Ortiz (5).
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The ninth seat corresponded to Alexei Fernández (4) from Havana, followed by the local Rider Díaz (4), Ermes (3.5) and Jerzy (2).
Before Miranda, Guillermo García (1974 and 1983), Guillermo Estévez (1975), Jesús Nogueiras (1984, 1991 and 2000), Rodney Pérez (1999) and the Yuniesky brothers (2008) and Yasser Quesada (2022) were national champions. ), remember Hit.
