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The ninth edition of the International Chess Tournament "Narciso Yepes Memorial" began on Tuesday with the participation of 51 chess players from 13 countries, of which 25 are titled players: 11 Grand Masters, 9 International Masters and FIDE Masters 5.
One of the highlights this year is the large number of participants from the Autonomous Community of Murcia, a total of 17, of which 10 are members of the Chess Club Lorca.
In the first round, the heavy favorite for ranking and tournament champion Lorca, Ukrainian Sergey Fedorchuk a 2671 international ELO points, had a tough start to a promising chess Andalusian over 2200 ELO points, which managed to resolve in Just over three hours.
The other favorites also was victorious in his first game.
Another major attractions of Yepes, is the presence of International Master chess Murcia totanero and better all the time, Jose Carlos Ibarra, who struggled in his first game.
Lorca players had a very difficult start to titled players and with the exception of Alfredo Giaccio, Argentina, and Lorca resident for several years, all succumbed.
Giaccio is International Master and has two Grandmaster norms, so a good result in Yepes you would get the third and final rule will take to achieve the maximum existing title in chess Grand Master.
The competition runs from Tuesday through Saturday and consists of 9 rounds.
Each game will be played under the system of one hour and thirty minutes per player plus an additional thirty seconds per move made.
The second round begins at 17: hours.
Source: Club de Ajedrez de Lorca
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