Five Cubans leave with a perfect performance after the first two rounds of the National and International Mexican Open Chess Championship, which is being held these days in the city of Querétaro.
The Villa Clara residents Ermes Espinosa, Elier Miranda and Diasmany Otero, as well as the capital’s Omar Almeida and Dylan Berdayes, emerged victorious in their first games, and exhibit two points, along with 19 other players who march arm in arm at the top.
According to the digital site Jit, Ermes climbed to fourth place, by tiebreaker, after defeating local Kenneth Frey on Wednesday night. For his next duel he will have Macedonian Nikola Mitkov on the other side of the board, also included in the advanced batch.
On the other hand, the Mexican Juan Octavio Ruiz was the most recent victim of Elier, located in fifth place, waiting for the host Javier Benítez, in his next match.
A duel between acquaintances will star Dylan (place ten) and Otero (13), with a high probability that peace will prevail. The man from the capital previously defeated the American Nicholas Ladan and Otero defeated Alín Martínez, from Mexico.
Almeida extended his good debut by submitting the Aztec Julián Estrada. He will look for another point in the third round, against Luis Carlos Torre, also a home exponent.
The leadership of the international group is held by the Grand Master of Peruvian origin, who now competes for Mexico, José Eduardo Martínez, thanks to the tiebreaker system. To maintain that privilege he must prevail in his turn game against his countryman Julio César Díaz.
In the expert section, Cubans Oleiny Linares and Roxángel Obregón compete, who started with a win and a draw, respectively, against local rivals. The woman from Santiago defeated Felipe de Jesús Torres, while the woman from Villa Clara shared honors with Christian Velázquez. (Sports Editorial)
