HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 26 (acn) Cuban Lazaro Bruzon will face with black pieces Dutch Eric Da Haan at the start of Gibraltar Open chess tournament, which Master group has 253 contestants.
The second player of Cuba ranking (2666 Elo points) is the 18 th seed of the very strong event, which started yesterday in the other groups convened.
The game against De Haan (2313) should be few complicated for the Caribbean, who is number 143rd on a list headed by American Hikaru Nakamura (2787) and Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2785).
Nakamura defends the scepter won a year ago and will face England's Robert Bellin (2350), and Vachier-Lagrave will clash with Israeli Ehud Shachar (2353).
Other stars enrolled in the competition are the former Indian world champion Viswanathan Anand (2784), rival of Hungarian Szidonia Lazarne Vajda (2359), and Chinese Li Chao B (2751), opponent of Dutch Xander Wemmers (2352) .
Cuba will also be represented by Rodney Pérez (2332), who will face English David Howell (2685).
The event will be played in 10 rounds by the Swiss system and is considered one of the most important tournaments of the international calendar.
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