Chess, Spanish Championship | Iturrizaga revalidates the title of Spanish chess champion

08/19/2022 at 03:25

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The Spanish-Venezuelan prevailed in Linares after accumulating 7.5 points in 9 rounds

He won 6 games and signed 3 draws to complete an impeccable tournament without a single loss

The Hispanic-Venezuelan Eduardo Iturrizaga Boselli proclaimed for the second time in a row Spain champion of individual chess by winning the 87th edition held in Linares (Jaén) after adding 7.5 points in the 9 rounds played with a balance of 6 wins and 3 draws, for which he finished undefeated.

In the last one, the member of the Spanish team beat the great master Manuel Pérez Candelario with the white pieces and finished first alone in a tournament that brought together 120 players on the 60 boards of the Aníbal hotel. The young Aragonese Pedro Antonio Ginés and the Russian with a Spanish passport Daniil Yuffa were left with no chance of overtaking him by forcing a draw, for which they added 7 points, the same as the Basque based in León Jaime Santos, who defeated the Catalan Marc Carbonell and He finished third overall. Pere Garriga, Andrés Merario, Marc Narciso, Javier Moreno, José Fernando Cuenca and Yingrui Lin finished with 6.5 points.

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