HAVANA . – He reached the last round at a disadvantage, but Carlos Daniel Albornoz from Camagüey did his homework well and managed to keep his second consecutive crown in a National Chess Championship.

The Palacio Guillermo García in the city of Santa Clara welcomed him on Wednesday with half a line less than his opponent, the local Yasser Quesada, however he took advantage of the driving of the white pieces and achieved the victory in 33 plays of an opening Catalan.

That was the only way to get the title, with success adding 7.5 units in 11 rounds and leaving second to Yasser, who was in the same seven points with which he was until then the leader of the contest.

“I knew it was going to be a difficult game because I was obliged to win, I prepared something at the opening and it worked out well for me,” he recognized in a conversation with JIT a Albornoz that is not yet 20 years old and is already twice King of Chess at home.

“I am happy, but I am also clear that we must continue to improve, not everything went well, not all games were good,” added the double winner of the Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial in Mexico.

Albornoz now became the first member of the team that will play at the World Olympiad next summer in Moscow by winning the pass that rewards the national champion. He also confirmed that he will soon be in several tournaments of the Catalan Circuit and will return to the Young Master of Switzerland.

With the reverse, Yasser had to settle for the second position and leave for now only in a desire to take home a crown that is not from Villa Clara since 2011.

The Holguín Isán Ortiz agreed fast tables with the local Elier Miranda and took the third place on the podium, owner of six points, and then also located the Camaguey Jorge Elías and the Ciego de Ávila’s Luis Ernesto Quesada, airy at the farewell.

Elías, who celebrated the first rule of MI, won the Holguín Arnaldo Fernández and with a better tiebreaker he closed fourth, while Luis Ernesto bent the capital Omar Almeida to anchor fifth.

The triumph of the Pinar del Río’s chessplayer William Hernández with the villaclareño Ermes Espinosa completed the last date, and the equality signed between Santiago Lelys Martínez and Havana Yuri González, two of the most experienced that this time things did not go well.

Lelys placed sixth with five scores and eleven Yuri with 4.5. From seven to ten Omar, Arnaldo, Ermes and William were located, all held by five points, while the Elier system was closed, with only four stripes and 12th place.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez