Yaniela Forgas, a chess player from Santiago de Cuba, current queen of national chess, added her second win at the World Chess Olympiad hosted by the Indian city of Chennai, and helped keep the Cuban women’s team undefeated, this time representing def. by Moldova So after the first two rounds of this universal event, our line-up finds itself in the tiebreak at step number fourteen.
Defending the fourth board this time, the Indomitable made Alina Mihailova bend the king to add a unit to the Cuban crop, which also included successes from Yerisbel Miranda and her native Maritza Arribas, who made her debut in the competition as third board of the squad gave .
The sweep could not be completed due to the resistance Lisandra Ordaz encountered on board one, as she was forced to sign the truce with Valentina Verbin after 50 moves of a Ruy López opening in which she played black pieces.
On the men’s side, our representatives overwhelmed Nigeria with victories from Yasser Quesada, Carlos Daniel Albornoz, Luis Ernesto Quesada and Omar Almeida, a result that pays seventh place thanks to a tiebreak achieved by the Cuban team.
This Sunday’s panorama will undoubtedly be more challenging for the Cuban delegation, since the men will have a board by the Ukrainian flag-bearers, who will have five players who have an Elo rating of more than 2,600, among which Anton Korobov (2,692) stands out the Ladies meet Australia’s representation, a formation accredited with two grandmasters in their ranks; all according to a journalistic note by colleague Eyleen Ríos López.
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Jose Raul Castillo Arguelles