HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) The Cuban Leinier Domínguez was announced among potential attendees to the World Chess Cup scheduled for September 10 to October 4 in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
Dominguez appears twelfth among the 40 players supported by their Elo average over 2 750 points.
The leader of Latin America own s 2 725 units in a list headed by the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen (2872), Armenian Levon Aronian (2808) and Italian Fabiano Caruana (2803).
Two years ago the Cuban player did not meet all expectations after losing in the round of 32 against Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and remained away from his achievements in Tripoli 2004, where he reached the quarterfinals.
The contest will bring together 128 players and is governed by the KO system with matches of classical games and tiebreak rapid matches, and will have among its attendees the also Cuban Isam Ortiz, who qualified in the continental tournament last October.
The American continent has secured additionally the participation of Americans Hikaru Nakamura (2775) and Wesley So (2748), the latter recently nationalized.
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