Commendable performance by Isam Ortiz in World Olympiad
- Written by Flabio Gutiérrez Delgado
- Published in Sports
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The Holguín Grand Master (GM) Isam Ortiz Suárez, had a commendable performance in the recently concluded World Chess Olympiad held in the city of Chennai, India, by totaling 4.5 points out of a possible seven.
Ortiz Suárez contributed to the outstanding performance of the Cuban delegation in the event, which finished in 19th place among more than 180 nations and improved the discreet performance of our country in the previous World Olympiad held in Batumi, Georgia in 2018.
Three wins, the same number of draws and one setback, was the performance of the GM in the game, which allowed him to add 5.4 points to his Elo coefficient, which are still 2526 lines until the ranking of the International Federation of this sport is updated.
The men's team finished the world tournament with a balance of six wins, two losses and three draws, while the women's team finished with a balance of seven wins, three setbacks and a draw.
Ortiz defeated Aung Kyaw from Andorra, International Master (IM) Francisco Neves (Portugal) and in the last round he defeated Canadian GM Razvan Preotu.
He agreed to a draw with GM Volodymyr Onyshchuk (Ukraine), GM Tamas Banusz (Hungary) and GM Oscar de la Riva (Andorra), however he bowed his king to the Indian GM R. Praggnanandhaa.
“I started a bit slow, however, as the competition went on I improved my rhythm and I only lost one game against one of the greatest promises in world chess,” Ortiz Suárez said from India.
"Until now, the other commitment that I have officially confirmed is a closed tournament to take place in Canada, in the month of November," concluded the GM.
The open fight was won by the young team from Uzbekistan, with an average age of 20 years, while in the women contest the representation of Ukraine took the laurels in the game. The rookies from India B overtook India A and took third place.
