Former World Blitz Champion Dominguez Confirmed for SPICE Cup

The #1 Cuban Player and former World Blitz Champion, GM Leinier Dominguez (2719), has confirmed his participation in the 2011 SPICE Cup A Group.



Also confirmed so far are:



GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2715

GM Alexander Onischuk (USA) 2675

GM Georg Meier (GER) 2656



The 2011 SPICE Cup A group will take place on October 15-25, 2011. It will once again be held on the beautiful campus of Texas Tech University.

Dominguez remains undefeated in Baku

Cuban Chess Players Remain Undefeated in Baku

Monday, 08 August 2011 16:11 Source: Prensa Latina



Guantanamo (Solvision).- Cuban chess players, Lazaro Bruzon and Leinier Dominguez, on Monday remained undefeated in the Baku Open 2011 chess tournament. On Sunday, Bruzon, 2,673 ELO points, won for the second time in the tourney, after defeating Ukranian Natalia Zhukova in the second date of competitions.



According to the tie-break system, Bruzon places seventh in the qualification chart, which is headed by Spanish Francisco Vallejo (2,724), who defeated Georgian Tornike Sanikidze (2,525) on Sunday.



Dominguez (2,719) tied with Azerbaijani Sarhan Guliev (2,500) and places 15th , in a group where 11 players totaled 1,5 points.



Following Vallejo, the qualification round leaders include Azerbaijani Anar Allahverdiev (2,421), Russians Aleksey Dreev (2,711) and Dmitry Andreikin (2,696), Israeli Emil Sutovsky (2,700), and Belorussian Sergei Zhigalko (2,689).



Source: http://www.solvision.co.cu