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Cuban Chess Players among Candidates for World Cup |
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Havana.- Grand Master (GM) Leinier Domínguez, Cuba's best chess player, was included among the candidates to compete for the World Cup.
The list, issued by the International Chess Federation, included the Cuban player in the 12th place with an Elo score of 2,750 points.
The federation noted that 40 players have an Elo score of more than 2,725 points, the limit set to qualify directly for the competition.
The world ranking is led by Norwegian player Magnus Carlsen (2,872), followed by Armenia's Levon Aronian (2,808) and Italy's Fabiano Caruana (2,803).
Cuban national champion Isam Ortiz also qualified for the World Cup at the Continental Tournament of Brazil in October 2014.
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