Vietnamese Le Quang Liem was classified for the final of the 38th Magistral City of León After defeating Spanish Jaime Santos Latasa In the tiebreaker items. The rival of the great Asian teacher will be the Indian Viswanathan AnandPentacampeón of the world and 10 times winner of the tournament.
In a football simile, the second semifinal of the tournament was the same as a meeting that concludes 0-0 after a correct game of the two sides with penalties as the only argument to move on to the next tie. Something that athe technicians, but not the fans that prefer the emotion of a 5-4, regardless of errors or red cards. Under the motto of not allowing at any time that the opposite has goal occasions, Santos Latasa and Lê Quang Liêm defended their king jealously and in none of the four games, without trouble of time to highlight, there were advantages that could endr in another result that was not the distribution of the point.
In the first game, Santos Latasawith the pieces Whitehad a very slight advantage until the time of the change of ladies in which the position was totally dead. In the second, the Leonese player could complicate the game sacrificing three pawns per piecehowever, he preferred not to assume Risks and settle for the tie. The third and fourth passed through similar channels, with none of the chess players arranged To assume remarkable risks. A chess extremely correct and academic of which the spectators present in the Auditorium of León could evade with the lively comments of Faustino Oro11 years, and Pepe Cuenca.
Everything was then pending the lottery of the two tiebreaker games, in the modality of 3 minutes plus 2 additional seconds by movement. Santos Latasa remained lower with white With a Spanish opening after allowing its adversary to completely complete development. In a lost end of tower and alfil against tower and horse with four pawns per side, the local player had The tables in your hand, But the fall of flag (Lack of time) meant the abandoned. In the second, forced to win, he forced a position of clear equality and ended losing A piece.
The honor serve of the second semifinal was carried out by Vicente Tiradedon behalf of IncibeLawyer of the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and For public function. The 38th Magistral City of León is sponsored by the City hall from León, Junta from Castilla y León, Deputation from León, Universidad of León, Inbibe, Editorial Mic, Alsa, the restless investor, Myinvertor, waters of León, RMD and Caja Rural de Zamora.
Santos Latasa- le, Quang Liem
38th Magistral City of León. 1st tiebreaker.
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 Ac5 4.c3 Cf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Cd5 7.0–0 Ae7 8.a4 a6 9.Ac4 Cb6 10.Ab3 d5 11.exd6 Dxd6 12.a5 Cd5 13.Cxd4 Ad7 14.Cf3 Ae6 15.Cg5 Axg5 16.Axg5 f6 17.Ah4 0–0–0 18.Ag3 Dd7 19.Cd2 The8 20.Ce4 De7 21.Df3 f5 22.Cd2 g5 23.h3 f4 24.Ah2 Cf6 25.Tfd1 Axb3 26.Cxb3 De2 27.Txd8+ Cxd8 28.Dxe2 Txe2 29.h4 h6 30.Tb1 Cg4 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Cd4 Txf2 33.Cf3 Cf7 34.b4 Tc2 35.Te1 Ce3 36.g3 Cd5 37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Ce5 Cxe5 39.Txe5 c6 40.Te4 f3 41.Ae5 Cxc3 42.Te3 Te2 43.Txe2 Cxe2+, And White lost for time. (0-1).
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And in this position IgualadaSantos Latasa lost for time.
