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Hello everyone,
Some more chess Latin America chess news via www.chessdom.com. Grandmaster Lazaro Batista Bruzon has won the 2nd Jahv McGregor de Ajedrez ITT organised from 6th to 11th December at the Centro Comercial Calima Calle 19 in Bogota, Colombia, by the Liga de Ajedrez de Bogota.
Following the tremendous success of the last year’s event, Jahv McGregor, one of the most respected accounting and auditing firms in Latin America, repeated the sponsorship and provided yet another massive chess event in Colombia. The main Magistral tournament had 378 players from 14 countries competing over the 10 rounds of Swiss system and for the prize fund of 16.000 USD.
Grandmasters Lazaro Bruzon, Sergei Tiviakov and Bartlomiej Macieja shared the first place with 8.5 points each. Bruzon takes the trophy home thanks to the best tie-break score. Top standings bellow.
Lazaro Bruzon
U15 tournament had 41 players – Sosa Florez Luis Felipe took a clear first place with 6.5/7 points
U12 event had 47 players – Castillo Barajas Jonhatan and Jimenez Leonardo Andres shared the first place with 6.0/7 each
U10 event had 50 players – Ribero Guillermo Andres is clear first with 6.5/7
U7 event had 30 players – Jimenez Alvarado Jimmy Joseph is the winner with the perfect score of 7.0/7
Magistral tournament top final standings:
1. GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2689 – 8.5
2. GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2650 – 8.5
3. GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2616 – 8.5
4. FM Contreras Henry COL 2240 – 8
5. GM Cordova Emilio PER 2538 – 8
6. IM Shoker Samy EGY 2512 – 8
7. IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2360 – 8
8. GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2553 – 8
9. GM Ramirez Alejandro USA 2595 – 8
10. IM Baules Jorge PAN 2380 – 8
11. GM Zapata Alonso COL 2483 – 7.5
12. FM Rios Cristhian Camilo COL 2388 – 7.5
13. IM Arenas David COL 2433 – 7.5
14. Becerra Juan David COL 2280 – 7.5
15. Pinzon Jairo David COL 2198 – 7.5
16. FM Ruiz C Joshua D COL 2241 – 7.5
17. IM Rios Alejandro COL 2355 – 7.5
18. GM Barrientos Sergio E COL 2517 – 7.5
19. FM Ruiz Alciguel COL 2213 – 7.5
20. Herrera Juan Sebastian COL 2141 – 7.5
21. Corradine Jorge Ricardo COL 2162 – 7.5
22. CM Valle Efrain COL 2176 – 7.5
23. Vargas Pedro COL 0 – 7.5
24. GM Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel CUB 2475 – 7.5
25. FM Martinez Romero Martin COL 2343 – 7
26. FM Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander COL 2294 – 7
27. Nunez V Daniel COL 2212 – 7
28. Hernandez Agamez Gonzalo COL 2136 – 7
29. Florez Luis Angel COL 1919 – 7
30. Franco William COL 2089 – 7
31. Ferreira Morales Jorge Luis COL 1835 – 7
32. Cano Luis Fernando COL 2210 – 7
33. WFM Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea COL 2145 – 7
34. WFM Castrillon Gomez Melissa COL 2210 – 7
35. Uribe Arteaga Daniel COL 2228 – 7
36. FM Zuluaga Cesar COL 2365 – 7
37. Munoz Jhon Edison COL 2238 – 7
38. Torres Juan Camilo COL 2267 – 7
39. Murcia Pineda Richard Javier VEN 0 – 7
40. Suarez Walter Camilo COL 1988 – 7
41. Pardo Sierra Aurelio COL 0 – 7
42. Parra Diego Alexander COL 1851 – 7
43. Chavarro Jeffry COL 1968 – 7
44. Olarte Mateus Juan Vicente COL 1977 – 7
45. IM Mosquera Miguel COL 2396 – 7
46. Rojas Barrero Andres Humberto COL 2249 – 7
Hello everyone,
Some more chess Latin America chess news via www.chessdom.com. Grandmaster Lazaro Batista Bruzon has won the 2nd Jahv McGregor de Ajedrez ITT organised from 6th to 11th December at the Centro Comercial Calima Calle 19 in Bogota, Colombia, by the Liga de Ajedrez de Bogota.
Following the tremendous success of the last year’s event, Jahv McGregor, one of the most respected accounting and auditing firms in Latin America, repeated the sponsorship and provided yet another massive chess event in Colombia. The main Magistral tournament had 378 players from 14 countries competing over the 10 rounds of Swiss system and for the prize fund of 16.000 USD.
Grandmasters Lazaro Bruzon, Sergei Tiviakov and Bartlomiej Macieja shared the first place with 8.5 points each. Bruzon takes the trophy home thanks to the best tie-break score. Top standings bellow.
Lazaro Bruzon
U15 tournament had 41 players – Sosa Florez Luis Felipe took a clear first place with 6.5/7 points
U12 event had 47 players – Castillo Barajas Jonhatan and Jimenez Leonardo Andres shared the first place with 6.0/7 each
U10 event had 50 players – Ribero Guillermo Andres is clear first with 6.5/7
U7 event had 30 players – Jimenez Alvarado Jimmy Joseph is the winner with the perfect score of 7.0/7
Magistral tournament top final standings:
1. GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2689 – 8.5
2. GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2650 – 8.5
3. GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2616 – 8.5
4. FM Contreras Henry COL 2240 – 8
5. GM Cordova Emilio PER 2538 – 8
6. IM Shoker Samy EGY 2512 – 8
7. IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2360 – 8
8. GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2553 – 8
9. GM Ramirez Alejandro USA 2595 – 8
10. IM Baules Jorge PAN 2380 – 8
11. GM Zapata Alonso COL 2483 – 7.5
12. FM Rios Cristhian Camilo COL 2388 – 7.5
13. IM Arenas David COL 2433 – 7.5
14. Becerra Juan David COL 2280 – 7.5
15. Pinzon Jairo David COL 2198 – 7.5
16. FM Ruiz C Joshua D COL 2241 – 7.5
17. IM Rios Alejandro COL 2355 – 7.5
18. GM Barrientos Sergio E COL 2517 – 7.5
19. FM Ruiz Alciguel COL 2213 – 7.5
20. Herrera Juan Sebastian COL 2141 – 7.5
21. Corradine Jorge Ricardo COL 2162 – 7.5
22. CM Valle Efrain COL 2176 – 7.5
23. Vargas Pedro COL 0 – 7.5
24. GM Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel CUB 2475 – 7.5
25. FM Martinez Romero Martin COL 2343 – 7
26. FM Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander COL 2294 – 7
27. Nunez V Daniel COL 2212 – 7
28. Hernandez Agamez Gonzalo COL 2136 – 7
29. Florez Luis Angel COL 1919 – 7
30. Franco William COL 2089 – 7
31. Ferreira Morales Jorge Luis COL 1835 – 7
32. Cano Luis Fernando COL 2210 – 7
33. WFM Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea COL 2145 – 7
34. WFM Castrillon Gomez Melissa COL 2210 – 7
35. Uribe Arteaga Daniel COL 2228 – 7
36. FM Zuluaga Cesar COL 2365 – 7
37. Munoz Jhon Edison COL 2238 – 7
38. Torres Juan Camilo COL 2267 – 7
39. Murcia Pineda Richard Javier VEN 0 – 7
40. Suarez Walter Camilo COL 1988 – 7
41. Pardo Sierra Aurelio COL 0 – 7
42. Parra Diego Alexander COL 1851 – 7
43. Chavarro Jeffry COL 1968 – 7
44. Olarte Mateus Juan Vicente COL 1977 – 7
45. IM Mosquera Miguel COL 2396 – 7
46. Rojas Barrero Andres Humberto COL 2249 – 7
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Tiviakov is such a bad loser. Read http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7768. In this entry he talks really negative about the Bogota tournament (2nd Jahv McGregor) playing conditions (Apparently he is right about the terrible playing conditions). However, he has the guts to directly attack a fellow player, arguably STRONGER than he is (we are talking about Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba, an 2690 rated player), which also shows that Tiviakov is a cry baby and a bad loser. He even includes the transcription of the game that Bruzon lost to Alonso Zapata in 25 moves adding that Bruzon played badly in this tournament and didn't deserve the first place. That he did, and as such was entitled to the extra 1K that Bruzon pocked.
ReplyDeleteI remember a couple of years ago when he participated in the Capablanca memorial in Cuba and playing in the premier group (2nd strength after the elite) he became the punching bag for Cuban players rated in the 2500-2590 range (notice that we are not talking about Dominguez and Bruzon who were in the elite group but of weaker players, the likes of Quesada, Corrales, Almeida, peruvian Cordoba and so forth).
I am always looking forward to his reports after tournaments because of the pictures that he always includes but chess-wise he is mediocre, a bad loser and totally overrated.