HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 10 (acn) Couple of draws in the two final rounds condemned Cuban Lázaro Bruzón to finish second in the ITT Millonario chess open, in Bogota , Colombia.
The Cuban number two player drew those matches against his compatriot Yuri González and the local Jairo Hernandez, respectively, totaling thus seven points from a possible nine.
Peruvian Emilio Córdova won the scepter with 7.5 points after beating in those two rounds Polish Bartolomiej Macieja and drawing with Cuban Carlos Hevia, in that order.
The latter finished third thanks to 7 units but with lower tiebreaker than Bruzón, according to the specialized site www.chess-results.com.
Paraguayan Axel Bachman ( 6.5) finished fourth, followed with equal amount by Yuri, Macieja, the Cuban Yusnel Bacallao, Jairo and Aramis Alvarez.
The Cuban national monarch Isam Ortiz had a very bad performance when achieving only five points.
The worst is that he lost 12.1 Elo units from his current amount of 2 623.
The following presentation of many of those Cubans, including Bruzón and Isam, will be in Merida, Mexico, on December 17at Carlos de la Torre Master Tournament.
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