Sunday, October 30, 2011

2nd Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez

The 2nd Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez will be held from 1st to 6th November at the Torre de las Comunicaciones in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The tournament will have 213 players from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Among them are 19 Grandmasters, 14 International Masters and 18 FIDE Masters.

Top seeded is GM Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba, who recently played in good shape at the World Chess Cup. Eduardo Iturrizaga is back in action, after missing the Magistral Casino de Barcelona due to car accident.

Top Argentina players are also competing, while Peru is represented by the Cori siblings. Deysi T Cori is the reigning World Junior Girls Champion.

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