GM Andre Diamant (former Brazian Champion, already applied and in the process of attending Texas Tech in the near future) and IM Cuenta are leading XXXVII Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez after 8 rounds ahead of top seeds GMs Granda (2643), Bruzon (2641), Burmakin (2604), etc.
Granda started out with perfect 6-0 but lost to Diamant in round 7. Diamant is performing at 2743 after 8 rounds. Here are the current leaders:
| 1 | GM | Diamant Andre | BRA | 2486 | 7,0 | 39,0 | 43,5 | 33,5 | |||
| 2 | IM | Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando | ESP | 2453 | 7,0 | 37,5 | 41,0 | 31,0 | |||
| 3 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2643 | 6,5 | 42,0 | 46,0 | 33,5 | |||
| 4 | IM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2527 | 6,5 | 39,5 | 43,0 | 29,5 | |||
| 5 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | CUB | 2641 | 6,5 | 39,0 | 43,0 | 31,0 | |||
| 6 | GM | Paunovic Dragan | SRB | 2551 | 6,0 | 40,0 | 44,5 | 30,0 | |||
| 7 | IM | Martinez Martin David | ESP | 2390 | 6,0 | 37,0 | 41,0 | 29,5 | |||
| 8 | FM | Valmana Canto Jaime | ESP | 2354 | 6,0 | 35,0 | 39,0 | 27,0 | |||
| 9 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2604 | 6,0 | 34,5 | 39,0 | 27,5 | |||
| 10 | IM | Monroy Charles | FRA | 2449 | 6,0 | 34,5 | 38,0 | 28,5 | |||
| 11 | Chueca Forcen Alberto | ESP | 2282 | 6,0 | 34,0 | 37,5 | 27,5 | ||||
| 12 | IM | Guerra Bastida Diego | ESP | 2432 | 6,0 | 33,5 | 37,5 | 27,5 | |||
| 13 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | ESP | 2524 | 6,0 | 33,5 | 37,5 | 27,0 | |||
| 14 | IM | Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel | ESP | 2399 | 6,0 | 33,5 | 36,5 | 27,5 | |||
| 15 | FM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2304 | 6,0 | 33,0 | 36,5 | 25,5 | |||
| 16 | FM | Forcen Esteban Daniel | ESP | 2343 | 6,0 | 32,5 | 36,0 | 26,5 | |||
| 17 | Gemy Jose Daniel | BOL | 2215 | 6,0 | 29,0 | 31,0 | 24,5 |
Full results here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr31966.aspx?lan=2
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice. How old is he?
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