Day 1 of the World Women’s Team Championship saw two rounds played in each pool. Three teams scored back-to-back wins Kazakhstan is the only squad in pool A with 4/4 match points before round 3, while the United States and China are sharing first place with perfect scores in pool B. The pool stage will run until Friday, when four teams per group will move on to the knockout stage. | Photo: Michal Walusza
The 55th edition of the Capablanca Memorial took place on April 19-28 at the historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana. Hans Niemann from the United States dominated the Elite group, scoring 7½ points in the 10-player single round-robin. The Premier group, a women’s tournament, was similarly dominated by Romanian IM Irina Bulmaga, who also collected 7½ points to finish two points clear of her closest chaser. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Grandmaster Maritza Arribas, 11 times Cuban champion, said that her intention is to join the national team that will compete in the 44th World Chess Olympics in Chennai, India, scheduled from June 26 to August 8.
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Carlos Daniel Albornoz y Yasser Quesada firmaron el armisticio por los hombres, mientras Lisandra Ordaz lo hizo en el caso de las mujeres, todos conduciendo las piezas negras; en tanto Yerisbel Miranda estuvo menos acertada y perdió con blancas.
Albornoz (dos mil 573 puntos Elo) se enfrentó en su primera presentación al checo Vojtech Plat (dos mil 525), y Quesada (dos mil 565) tuvo como oponente al argentino Leandro Krysa (dos mil 527).
Por su parte, Ordaz (dos mil 369) se vio las caras con la azerbaiyana Turkan Mamedjarova (dos mil 309) a la vez que Miranda (dos mil 262) cedió ante la kazaja Bibiasara Assaubayeva (dos mil 389).
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