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Cuban Leinier Dominguez Ends Seventh in Russian Chess Tournament

Posted by adel on 2005/3/7 16:22:55 (32 reads)
Cuban Great Master (GM) Leinier Dominguez ended in the 7th place Monday in
the international chess tournament in Poikovsky, Russia, dominated by French
player Etienne Bracot.

Dominguez did not play in the last round, after he played his match with
Russian Serguei Rublevsky in advance and ended with 4 points of 9 possible
ones, because of 1 win, 6 ties and 2 defeats.

Dominguez defatted Kazakhstan”s Darmen Sadvakasov, was beaten by Russian
Alexei Dreev and Moldavian Victor Bologan, and divided the point with
Russians Alexander Grischuk, Rublevsky and Svidler, US Onischuk, Armenian
Rafael Vaganian and French Bracot, the champion of the tournament, who ended
with 6 points, tied with Bologan, who lost to the French player because of
his inferior tie-break points.

After them, Grischuk and Dreev, respectively, got the 3rd and 4th places
(5.5 points each at the end of the competition) and Svidler got the 5th
place (5 points).

Vaganian, Leinier and Onischuk were the ones who got the 6th, 7th and 8th
places respectively.

By: Prensa-Latina