Vivas and Alvarado shine in Checks by International Master Juan Röhl

                 Vivas and Alvarado shine in Checks

Venezuelan Chess continues its advance, with the emergence of new talents. The young FM tachirense Fabian Vivas Zamora triumphed brilliantly in the Second Pre-Olympic Check, an event held in Caracas, after accumulating 7 points out of 10, he was seconded by IM Wilson Palencia with 6.5, which both qualify to join the team Olympic criollo absolute. The other members will be GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (of fantastic recent performances), IM José Gascón and the National Champion, IM larense Oscar Zavarce.

In the women's event, she beat radically, with 6.5 out of 10, the young WMF from Carabobo, Marvia Alvarado, was seconded by WFM Amelia Hernández and WIM Tairú Rovira, with which the three managed to qualify to join the women's team, heading at 43avas. World Chess Olympiad. The WFM Corals Patiño National Champion and a quota reserved by the FVA are added. We hope that both teams can count on a quality training, to aspire to achieve outstanding results in the demanding international competition.

Yesterday, in the city of Mérida, the 16th Central American and Caribbean Youth Chess Festival 2018 began, played under the Swiss system for 9 rounds. It is expected to emulate the excellent result achieved by the Creole delegation in the last edition of the event, in Caracas in August 2016. The participation of the FMs is the Cuban Rafael Medina, the Colombian Santiago Avila, and the Caracas-born Mauricio Ramírez.

The beauty in the Board lies, in many occasions, in the simple and direct game, great Champions like Capablanca and Karpov have had that effective style. Let's see next to a Study of the German composer J. Gunst of 1922, in which white triumphs with a paradoxical maneuver.

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