For the eighth round this Saturday, the Cuban Grand Master (GM) Yasser Quesada (2568) will be measured with black pieces with GM Lance Henderson de la Fuente (2490) at the first table, and GM Luis Ernesto Quesada (2549) he will play White against International Master Jordi Fluvia (2451).
On the third board, GM Isan Ortiz (2,526) will face GM Oscar de La Riva (2,424) and on the fourth table, GM Omar Almeida (2,523) commanding clear figures will have José María Ribera (2,228) as his rival.
In other meetings of Latin American countries, Chile faces Romania, Peru competes with India 3, Brazil goes against Ukraine, Colombia faces Israel, Argentina collides with Estonia.
Venezuela competes with Georgia, Paraguay with Guatemala, Uruguay against Panama, Mexico against South Korea, Ecuador plays with Angola, Bolivia against Madagascar, Nicaragua against the Dominican Republic and Jamaica against Nigeria.
In other highlights of the Saturday billboard, at the Four Points Sheraton Convention Center in the town of Mahabalipuram, Armenia meets India, the United States is the rival of India 2, Uzbekistan plays Germany, Azerbaijan collides with Kazakhstan, Hungary with the Netherlands and France against Iran.
Armenia leads the open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad with 13 units, followed by Uzbekistan and India 2 in third place, both with 12 points but tied according to the Sonneborn-Berger coefficient.
In the women’s section, India’s top team leads with 14 points followed by Ukraine and Armenia in third place.
For Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil plays France, Cuba against Austria, Colombia against Canada, Argentina against Algeria and Ecuador against Lithuania.
Meanwhile, India meets Ukraine, Armenia meets Georgia, Poland meets India 3, Azerbaijan meets Romania, Slovakia meets Kazakhstan, and other matchups feature Greece vs. Bulgaria and Hungary vs. Mongolia.
OPEN SECTION CLASSIFICATION:
1. Armenian 13
2. Uzbekistan 12
3. India 2 12
4. India 1 12
5. US 12
6. Germany 12
7. Kazakhstan 12
8. France 11
9. Iran 11
10. Netherlands 11
11. Azerbaijan 11
12. Hungary 11
13. Brazil 11
14. Ukraine 10
15. Czech Republic 10
16. Turkey 10
17. Italy 10
18. Greece 10
19. India 3 10
20. Cuban 10
WOMEN’S SECTION CLASSIFICATION:
1. India 14
2. Ukraine 12
3. Armenian 12
4.Georgia 12
5. Poland 11
6. Azerbaijan 11
7. Bulgarian 11
8. Mongolian 11
9. Greece 11
10. Kazakhstan 11
11. India 3 11
12. Romania 11
13. Slovakia 11
14. Spain 10
15. Hungary 10
16. Israel 10
17. Germany 10
18. United States 10
19. Indonesian 10
20. Peru 10
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