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Villahermosa (‘Beautiful village’) is the capital of the Mexican state of Tabasco, located in the southeast of the country. Known as ‘The Emerald of the Southeast’, the city is rich in natural resources and an important business centre for the Mexican oil industry.
Smash the Sicilian with the Smith-Morra Gambit
The Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4!) is a great attacking weapon against the popular Sicilian . On move two White sacrifices a pawn for fast development and good attacking chances, and Black can easily fall into one of the many devious opening traps.
Despite the difficulties related to the sanitary crisis, the Mexican Chess Federation managed to organize the 66th edition of the ‘Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano’, which consisted of seven concurrent tournaments, including an International Open, a Women’s Tournament and a Seniors Tournament.
The highest-rated player in the main event, Jorge Cori from Peru, won the main event after scoring 7½/8 points in the 5-day open tournament. Cori’s single draw came in the last round, when he faced second seed Sandro Mareco (Argentina) with the black pieces. Mareco finished in sole second place despite losing his third-round game against Mexican FM Javier Benítez, rated 342 points lower than him.
Cuban GM Juan Carlos Obregón scored as many points as Mareco (6½/8), but finished third on tiebreak criteria. Third seed Cristóbal Henríquez from Chile finished on 6/8 after losing both to Cori and to Mareco — he played with the black pieces against both top seeds.
Jorge Cori knocked out Sandro Mareco in round 2 of the recent FIDE World Cup in Sochi | Photo: Eric Rosen
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Cori Jorge | PER | 2652 |
| 2 |
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GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2629 |
| 3 |
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GM | Henriquez Villagra Cristobal | CHI | 2606 |
| 4 |
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GM | Obregon Rivero Juan Carlos | CUB | 2536 |
| 5 |
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GM | Hevia Alejano Carlos Antonio | CUB | 2464 |
| 6 |
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FM | Galaviz Medina Sion Radamantys | MEX | 2398 |
| 7 |
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FM | Garcia Guerrero Isaac Antonio | MEX | 2383 |
| 8 |
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FM | Diaz Rosas Julio Cesar | MEX | 2367 |
| 9 |
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IM | Otero Acosta Diasmany | CUB | 2359 |
| 10 |
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FM | Figueredo Losada Leonel | MEX | 2340 |
| 11 |
|
FM | Tapie Amione Pablo Adib | MEX | 2313 |
| 12 |
|
FM | Cofre Archibold Nestor Alejandro | MEX | 2299 |
| 13 |
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FM | Benitez Lozano Javier | MEX | 2287 |
| 14 |
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IM | Capo Vidal Uriel | MEX | 2280 |
| 15 |
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FM | Gonzalez Arroyo Lenin | MEX | 2250 |
Much like Cori in the main event, the rating favourite among the women, Zenia Corrales, won the tournament with a 7½/8 score. The player from Mexico City drew her sixth-round game against Alejandra Guerrero, from the state of Durango.
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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WIM | Corrales Jimenez Zenia | 2234 | 7,5 | 0,0 |
| 2 |
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WIM | Guerrero Rodriguez Alejandra | 2061 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 3 |
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WIM | Real Pereyra Diana Carime | 2125 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
| 4 |
|
WCM | Avila Bautista Teresa Alejandra | 1909 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
| 5 |
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WNM | Guillen Cristobal Sandra Nayeli | 1953 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
| 6 |
|
WIM | Garcia Morales Ivette Alejandra | 2033 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
| 7 |
|
WCM | Avila Fraire Ameyalli | 2066 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
| 8 |
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Ruiz Villalba Andrea | 1803 | 5,0 | 0,0 | |
| 9 |
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WCM | Santiago Gonzalez Frida | 1901 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
| 10 |
|
WIM | Mendez Tovar Yessica Yissel | 2080 | 5,0 | 0,0 |
The aim of this course is to help you understand how to make tactical opportunities arise as well as to sharpen your tactical vision - these selected lectures will help to foster your overall tactical understanding.
