Villaclare\u00f1os Ermes Espinosa and Elier Miranda dawned today with Cuba’s best performances in the Panama 2023 Ibero-American Absolute Chess Championship, which is led by Chile’s Cristobal Henriquez with successes in his four appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ermes and Elier have 3.5 units and occupy positions four and five, in that order. With similar accumulated and better tiebreakers are Peru’s Diego Sa\u00fal Flores (second place), Argentina’s Sandro Mareco (third) and Spain’s Jos\u00e9 Fernando Cuenca (sixth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his most recent foray, Ermes made peace with Mareco, while the current champion of the Island defeated Ecuador’s Anderson Esmeraldas. In the same round, Henriquez defeated Cuba’s Omar Almeida, who remained in eighth place with three scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cubans Dylan Berdayes, Michel Alejandro D\u00edaz and Yoilant Rodr\u00edguez also have three points, which guarantee them the 10th, 25th and 30th places, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several of the best exponents of the island are also participating in the competition, among them Lisandra Ordaz, the best performer so far with 2.5 points and ranked 44th among the 190 aspirants to the throne. Rox\u00e1ngel Obreg\u00f3n (67th place), Yoana Gonz\u00e1lez (70th) and Maritza Arribas (80th) have two points each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today is the fifth round with interesting duels, such as those between Elier and Flores, Ermes against Cuenca and Henr\u00edquez against Mareco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tournament of classical games was scheduled for nine rounds until next December 2, but as part of the general program a Blitz tournament was included with actions this Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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