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The pairings for the semi-finals are Lazaro Bruzon (2677, CUB) vs Nikola Mitkov (2520, MKD) and Michal Krasenkow (2655, POL) vs. Frank de la Paz (2456, CUB). Apparently Krasenkow and Bruzon have made it to the finals, but the games are not yet available.
The participants of the semi-finals, graphically presented on the tournament
site
The venue: Centro Cultural de Mérida "Olimpo"
The playing hall in the Olympic Cultural Center of Mérida
Frank de la Paz vs Michal Krasenkow in the semi-finals
One of the favourites: GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland
GM Frank de las Paz of Cuba
WGM Martha Fierro
The Clock Tower of the Municipal Palace of Mérida
A large audience stay on until after midnight to watch the games
Vassily Ivanchuk, winner
of the 2004 edition of the Carlos Torre Memorial
Official Carlos
Torre Memorial web site
The site is ambitiously designed with lots of interesting graphical elements,
games, reports, live coverage. There is a massive photo
gallery, with each image meticulously captioned. Naturally the whole site
is in Spanish. There is BabelFish translator built in at the bottom right
