Wednesday, 07 April 2010 04:08 |
The 4th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de La Laguna is taking place on 5-11th April in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife.
Many players from the recently concluded La Roda Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez, including the winner GM Andre Diamant, his compatriot IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian, and Peruvian family Cori, and from the Pedro Lezcano Montalvo Memorial, including the champion GM Aleksa Strikovic, as well as GM Bojan Kurajica and GM Dragan Barlov, are continuing to tour open tournaments around Spain.
Ciudad de La Laguna Open is being played over nine rounds of Swiss pairing system, with the Fischer time control of 90 min + 30 sec increment. The generous prize fund totals 15.000 EUR, with 3.000 EUR reserved for the winner. 122 people signed to participate, top seeded is Cuban champion GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista (photo).
There were no surprises in the first two rounds, but already from Wednesday there will be many Grandmaster match-ups.
Round 3 top pairings: GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro - IM Cori Jorge, IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag - GM Miton Kamil, GM Gleizerov Evgeny - GM Herraiz Hidalgo Herminio, GM Barlov Dragan - GM Korneev Oleg, GM Rivas Pastor Manuel - GM Diamant Andre, WIM Cori T Deysi - GM Strikovic Aleksa, GM Hernandez Carmenates Holden - IM Cabrera Trujillo Jorge, IM Tatai Stefano - GM Kurajica Bojan, GM Ulibin Mikhail - Clemente Llamero Roberto, Draghici Flutur Gavril - GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri, GM Heberla Bartlomiej - Catarineu Navines Federico, GM Pogorelov Ruslan - Alonso Contreras Mario Elias, Acosta Sosa Juan Manuel - GM Todorcevic Miodrag etc
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