Cuban Dominguez 13th in World Chess Ranking

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2 September 2014

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Cuban Great Master Leinier Domínguez fall to place 13 in the world, but remains as leader in the Ibero-American region, according to the ranking published today by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Domínguez accumulates 2.755 Elo score, followed by his compatriot Lázaro Bruzón, who dropped several positions and is now number 59 on the planet.

The others Latin Americans in the first 100 positions are Peruvian GM Julio Granda, who climbed to 66 place, and Venezuelan Eduardo Iturrizaga, who also improved his position and now holds 90 seats.

Leading the classification remains Norwegian Magnus Carlsen with 2.870 Elo points, escorted by the Armenian Levon Aronian (2.804) and Italian Fabiano Caruana (2.801).

For his part, former world champion Indian Viswanathan Anand regained the fifth place in the world, followed by Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, while U.S. Hikaru Nakamura fell to seventh place.

The other remarkable movement in the top ten is registered by Russian Serguei Kariakin, 24 years old, who descended from the sixth to the eighth position.

Top ten World Chess List and Latin American players within the first 100 positions

1. Magnus Carlsen

(Norway)

2.870 Elo points

2. Levon Aroian

(Armenia)

2.804

3. Fabiano Caruana

(Italy)

2.801

4. Alexander Grischuk

(Russia)