Vietnamese Le Quang Liem, winner of the 38th Magistral City of León, and the Argentine prodigy Faustino Oro, 11 years oldhave been the protagonists of the Closing ceremony of the tournament chaired by José Antonio Diezmayor of the city. A triumph that will allow the great Asian teacher to participate in the next edition, while The young chess star Surely, as in his day Magnus Carlsen, current number one in the world, will return in the near future to fight for the title in León. His excellent performance in the first semifinal held on Friday, in which He achieved 4 tables in front of the Pentacampeón of the world Viswanathan Anandit has been your best presentation letter.
José Antonio Diez emphasized The importance for the City of the Magistralan event that, for the sports, cultural and educational values that it represents, projects A magnificent city image nationally and internationally.
The director of the masterful Marcelino Zion put the accent in the great reception that this edition has had, With great follow -up both in person in the Auditorium of León and in its online format. “Faustino Gold has been a discovery not only as a player but as a person; A child who transmits his happiness and has also surprised as an impromptu commentator, ”said Zion. About the winner of the tournament, he said:”LE quang Liem was on the radar of the Magistral for a few years And we have proven that he is a world world player. ”
An image of the closing ceremony.
In the closing ceremony, Ana Díaz, member of the Cabinet of the Directorate of the INCIBE, He delivered the most beautiful game prize to Faustino Orowhile Eduardo Diego, territorial delegate of the Board in León, delivered The runner -up trophy to Anand. María Perrino, Sports Director of the University of León, and Patricia Martínez, deputy of Sports, delivered The trophies to the two semifinalists: Jaime Santos and Gold respectively.
In the act they were also present Vicente CanuriaCouncilor for Sports of the City of León, Ramón Padullésgeneral secretary of the Spanish Chess Federation, Francisco González Pérezhead of companies in León Capital de Caja Rural, María Jesús Sotodirector of the restless investor, Adolfo López Aguayopresident of RMD, Javier ÁlvarezChief of Service of Alsa in Castilla y León and María Pilar LasherasAguas de León Manager.
