The veteran Jesus Grimal, from the Senior group, was the only representative of Holguin with a victory in the Capablanca Chess Memorial, with action in Varadero, Matanzas.
Grimal defeated Costa Rica’s Oscar Villegas with black pieces to reach two units and move up to 13th place. When the tiebreaker system was applied. Cuban International Master (IM) Luis Sieiro continues to dominate with 3.5.
In the Open section, the Holguin player with the best score was Grand Master (GM) Reinier Vázquez. Who reached a draw with IM Jorge Marcos Gómez, which allowed him to reach 2.5 points and move up to 32nd place.
The other three players from Holguin in this key were defeated. IM Ríder Díaz by his counterpart Jorge Roberto Elías, David Alejandro Calzadilla by IM Luis Daniel Rodríguez and Yadel Alejandro Acosta bowed his king against Reymond David Azahares.
After these results, Ríder is in 35th place with 2.5 units, David Alejandro (2.0) in 65th place and Yadel Alejandro (1.0) is in 94th place among the 119 participating players.
In the “Elite”, no matter what happens today, Russian Volodar Murzin will close the first round as the sole leader with 3.0 after his victory over Cuban GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz.
Randy MacFarlane, on the other hand, participates in the Central American event in the U-20 category and in the third round he drew with Tyrese Gill (Trinidad and Tobago). He reached 1.5 points which leaves him in 23rd place among 41 contestants.
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernández
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