Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Adams leads in Mérida
















After three rounds Michael Adams is leading an interesting field of participants in the Spanish tournament Magistral Ruy López.

Besides the Englishman, Zhang Pengxiang, Gabriel Sargissian, Fabiano Caruana, Humpy Koneru, Julio Granda Zuniga, Hou Yifan and Manuel Pérez Candelario are playing.

The tournament is the main event of the Festival Internacional Ruy López, which was held for the first time last year, then in Zafra (Extremadura), birth place of Ruy López. (Because the tourney is a memorial for this Spanish priest of course.) Then, Gabriel Sargissian won with a fantastic 6.5 / 7 (performance rating 3021)! Read full story>>

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