Moscow, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Great Master (GM) Maritza Arribas will compete at the World Women Chess Championship of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from November 11 to December 2, organizers confirmed today.
Arribas will take part for the sixth time in a world tournament and will debut before the International Master Bela Khotenashvili, from Georgia.
The Cuban player is at the 52nd place among those pre-qualified, with 2,273 point ELO and will contend against the player at the 13th position with 2,504 points ELO.
According to organizers, Khotenashvili is one of 42 chess players holding a title from the International Chess Federation without regard to gender.
Meanwhile, the Cuban GM Leinier Domínguez will seek his second victory today for the Sestao Natyrgas Energy team in the Spanish Clubs Tournament, in a match against his counterpart from Georgia, Mikheil Mchedlishvili.
Dominguez, with ELO average of 2,726 points, will face an opponent with 2,639.
Yesterday, Dominguez scored a major victory over the Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov (2,710) to shore up his team’s victory 5-1 over the Linex-Magic.
Source: http://www.plenglish.com
Nice win Dominguez.