MATANZAS, Cuba, Feb 11 (acn) Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez, best player of Latin America, will fight for the crown of the Cuban Men's National Chess Championship in addition to the also GM Yunieski Quesada, third seed of the tournament that started last Tuesday in this city.
Dominguez, 2775 ELO points in rapid games, reached the final phase of the tournament after defeating the local Yusnel Bacallao ( 2499).
In the other match of the day, Quesada (2587) beat Lesly Martinez (2583) in Blitz games, after tying in rapid games.
Cuba 's best chess player for more than a decade, said that participating in the domestic championship after four years is very positive because serves as training toward the nearby Mind Games to be held in China later this month.
On the discussion of the scepter, Quesada said that facing Dominguez will be interesting due to his quality and added that it would be the first time they face each other in this chess mode.
The champions of the tournament is Isam Ortiz who won the title in succession in 2013, 2014 and 2015, competitions that were not attended by Leinier Dominguez, fourth best player in the Americas.
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