The Cuban chess player Yaniela Forgas completed this Friday all the rules required to become a female Grand Master, by completing a good performance in the strong international tournament City of Gijon, in Spain.
Although it will be necessary to wait for the International Chess Federation (Fide) to make the title official, the current champion of the Island complied with the requirements established by that organization to become the eleventh Antillean chess player to achieve such recognition, according to a note published in the sports portal Hit.
The woman from Santiago accumulated 3.5 points in the nine games played in the Iberian contest, which included the participation of four male Grand Masters (GM) and an average rating of 2,472 units, more than 100 above her personal record (2,343). , add the information.
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With a draw against the local International Master (IM) Pedro Antonio Ginés, the Cuban player said goodbye to the Spanish event, in which she beat the Argentine IM Marcelo Panelo and the Spanish IM Enrique Tejedor, and agreed a draw, in addition, with the GM Cuban Lelys Martínez and IM Alex Garrido, from Spain.
In the tournament Yaniela bowed her king against GM Neurys Delgado (Cuban nationalized in Paraguay), D. Gukesh (India) and Alexandr Fier (Brazil), as well as in her duel with the Spanish Maestro Fide (MF) Enrique Álvarez.
The Cuban national champion had previously achieved three female Grand Master standards, the most recent in the last national championship. However, she needed to add another in an international fair, like the one achieved this time to mint the parchment, highlights Hit.
At 30 years of age and with two other medals in the highest competitions on the island, Yaniela will be one of the members of the Cuban team that will soon participate in the Olympics of Chess of Chennai 2022, in India, an event in which he will defend the fourth board of the Cuban team.
