The Cuban Carlos Daniel Albornoz appears among the eight players with a perfect performance in the International Open Tournament of Chess from Menorca, Spain, agreed to nine rounds by the Swiss system.
The man from Camagüey, who has been the island’s national champion twice, defeated this Wednesday the Indian Roud Padmini and the teacher from that country Pallathur Venkatachalam, current Asian champion, according to a note published by the sports portal Hit.
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With these results, he reached three points, is momentarily in seventh position and will face the Turkish Burak Firat in the fourth round, another who exhibits the highest possible score.
Specify the medium that for the best tiebreaker, the highest position in the classification is occupied by the Dutch Jorden Van Foreest, rival in the next turn of the Indian Pranav Venkatesh.
The main favorite and defender of the crown, the also Indian Dommaraju Gukesh, anchors in 19th place with 2.5 stripes after losing the perfect step with a draw against his countryman Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla Bala.
In the contest that takes place on the Balearic island, the cuban chess player Ernesto Fernández Guillén, who suffered a setback in the second round against the Dutchman Ewoud De Groote.
In a row he recovered and achieved a victory over the Englishman Thomas Villiers, a performance that he will try to repeat against the German Michael Schenderowitsch in his next presentation, the report added.
The tournament brings together more than 200 players and will come to a halt at the end of the fifth round for the celebration of a Blitz tournament, which must be played by most of those who participate in the classic games contest.
Albonoz had recently participated in the La Roda International Tournament, also on Spanish soil, where the finished in sixth position after accumulating six points out of a possible nine thanks to six wins, a couple of draws and a setback.
