Cuban IMs Obregon Rivero and Quesada Perez tie for the first place at Memorial Marcel Sisniega

The 2nd International Chess Festival “Memorial Marcel Sisniega” took place from November 11th to November 16th, 2015, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 90’ + 30” and 64 players from 9 different countries participated.

Cuban IMs Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero and Yasser Quesada Perez tied for the first place with 7/9 points, leaving GM Emilio Cordova from Peru and GM Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero from Mexico half a point behind.

WIM Zenia Corrales Jimenez emerged the best female player with 5.5 points and 15th place in the final ranking.

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Final standings (top 15):

1 IM Obregon Rivero Juan Carlos CUB 2546 7
2 IM Quesada Perez Yasser CUB 2504 7
3 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2611 6.5
4 GM Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto MEX 2509 6.5
5 GM Becerra Rivero Julio USA 2539 6
6 FM Garcia Guerrero Isaac Antonio MEX 2261 6
7 GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2553 6
8 IM Sanchez Enriquez Oscar Gerard MEX 2343 6
9 GM Gonzalez Renier USA 2483 6
10 GM Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos MEX 2532 6
11 IM Ruiz Sanchez Orlen CUB 2426 6
12 IM Della Morte Pablo ARG 2282 6
13 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2497 5.5
14 FM Rodriguez Rivera Pedro CUB 2335 5.5
15 WIM Corrales Jimenez Zenia CUB 2199 5.5