Cuban IM Diasmany Otero shocked the favorites and took the first place at the LIX National and International Mexican Championship Puebla 2013, which was held on 26-31 March at the Complejo Cultural Universitario de la Benemérita Universidad de Puebla.

Otero, who lost in the eighth round against top seed Alexander Onischuk, finished with a nice win against countryman Aramis Alvarez to get 7.5/9 points.

The Cuban surprisingly defeated strong players such as Bartlomiej Macieja (2630) and local hope Jose Gonzalez (2517).

American Grandmasters Alejandro Ramirez and Alexander Onischuk also finished with 7.5 points, but had worse tiebreak scores.

Ramirez beat the local Alfonso Almeida in the last round, while Onischuk had to settle for a draw against Peruvian GM Emilio Cordova, who arrived fourth in the standings.

More info in Spanish at es.chessdom.com

Final Standings:

1 IM Otero Acosta, Diasmany CUB 2471 7.5
2 GM Ramirez, Alejandro USA 2535 7.5
3 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA 2663 7.5
4 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2630 7.0
5 GM Cordova, Emilio PER 2564 7.0
6 IM Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernand MEX 2481 7.0
7 GM Perez Rodriguez, Luis Man CUB 2415 7.0
8 GM Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis CUB 2500 6.5
9 IM Almeida Saenz, Alfonso MEX 2339 6.5
10 GM Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2565 6.5
11 GM Pozo Vera, Sandro CUB 2485 6.5
12 GM Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus CUB 2493 6.5
13 GM Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri CUB 2525 6.5
14 GM Abreu Delgado, Aryam CUB 2477 6.5
15 Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2409 6.5
16 FM Rojas Alarcon, Julian Anto MEX 2321 6.5
17 GM Gonzalez Garcia, Jose MEX 2517 6.5
18 FM Della Morte, Pablo ARG 2358 6.5
19 Garcia Guerrero, Isaac Ant MEX 2154 6.5
20 GM Mitkov, Nikola MKD 2493 6.0
21 GM Leon Hoyos, Manuel MEX 2582 6.0
22 IM Capo Vidal, Uriel MEX 2334 6.0
23 WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza CUB 2321 6.0
24 Carlos Arriaga, Jesus Robe MEX 2054 6.0
25 NM Zavalza Ramirez, Ivan J MEX 2168 6.0
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Susan Polgar April 4, 2013 General News 1 Comment
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