HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 19 (acn) Cuban Lázaro Bruzón remained, tied with five other players, on top of the Carlos Torre Memorial chess tournament, which will hold today its seventh and eighth rounds in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón (2 626 Elo points), he drew in the last round with his compatriot Yuniesky Quesada (2 632) in 31 moves of a Spanish opening, actually ranks fifth by tiebreaker among the leaders who total five units in six games.
The leading sextet is led by Peruvian Cristhian Cruz (2 531), Polish Dariusz Swiercz (2 646) and Russian Aleksandr Shimanov (2 633), and also includes Azeri Vasif Durarbayli (2 608) and Italian Francesco Rambaldi (2 551).
Cruz drew with Shimanov, Swiercz beat local Carlos Gonzalez (2 499), Durarbayli appeared fourth thanks to his win over Belarusian Andrey Gorovets (2 522) and Rambaldi climbed to sixth spot after defeating Aztec Gilberto Hernandez (2 499).
According to the site www.chess-results.com, the also Cubans Ermes Espinosa (2 499), the aforementioned Quesada, Camilo Gómez (2 527), Luis Lázaro Agüero (2 450), Isán Ortiz (2 568) and Yuri González (2 524) appeared in a group of 13 players who escort the leaders, all with 4.5 points.
Today´s most expected games are Swiercez-Cruz, Shimanov-Durarbayli, Bruzón-Rambaldi, Onischuk (USA/4.5)-Espinosa and Quesada-Pavlo Voronstsov (Ukraine/4,5).
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