Lázaro Bruzón
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Lázaro Bruzón Batista is a chess
grandmaster
from Cuba
. On the January 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2686. Bruzón was the 2000 World Junior Chess Champion
. In 2004 he finished first at the XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" in Memoriam in Villa Clara
. In 2005 he won the American Continental Championship
and tied for 2nd-5th with Kamil Mitoń
, Zhang Pengxiang
and Artyom Timofeev
in the Samba Cup in Skanderborg
. In 2008 he came first in the 35th open tournament in Manresa
. In 2010 he tied for 1st-6th with Kamil Mitoń
, Bojan Kurajica
, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal, Evgeny Gleizerov
and Bartlomiej Heberla in the 4th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de La Laguna and tied for 1st-2nd with Ivan Salgado Lopez at Barcelona
.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
from Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. On the January 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2686. Bruzón was the 2000 World Junior Chess Champion
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
. In 2004 he finished first at the XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" in Memoriam in Villa Clara
Villa Clara
Villa Clara may refer to:*Villa Clara Province, Cuba*Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina...
. In 2005 he won the American Continental Championship
Pan American Chess Championship
The first Pan-American Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July - 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows: 1. Samuel Reshevsky 10.5, 2. Reuben Fine 9, 3. Herman Pilnik 8.5, 4. Israel Horowitz 8, 5. Isaac Kashdan 7, 6. Hector Rossetto 6.5, 7-8. Weaver Adams , Herman Steiner 5.5, 9-10....
and tied for 2nd-5th with Kamil Mitoń
Kamil Miton
Kamil Mitoń is a Polish chess Grandmaster .In 1996, he won the World Chess U12 Championship, in Minorca....
, Zhang Pengxiang
Zhang Pengxiang
Zhang Pengxiang is a Chinese chess Grandmaster, and was the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. In 2001, he became China's 12th Grandmaster. He has stated his desire to teach and give training to youngsters in China via an . He lives in Beijing.-Career:...
and Artyom Timofeev
Artyom Timofeev
Artyom Timofeev is a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won the European Youth Chess Championship for U18 in 2000. He tied for 1st-6th with Evgeniy Najer, Kaido Külaots, Zoltan Gyimesi, Sergey Grigoriants and Oleg Korneev at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2004...
in the Samba Cup in Skanderborg
Skanderborg
Skanderborg, with a population of 18,253 , is a town in Denmark just southwest of Aarhus. It is more or less a suburb today, located in Skanderborg municipality, Jutland.Skanderborg municipality has a population of 57,303 ....
. In 2008 he came first in the 35th open tournament in Manresa
Manresa
Manresa is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographic centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are arranged around the basilica of Santa María de la Seo....
. In 2010 he tied for 1st-6th with Kamil Mitoń
Kamil Miton
Kamil Mitoń is a Polish chess Grandmaster .In 1996, he won the World Chess U12 Championship, in Minorca....
, Bojan Kurajica
Bojan Kurajica
Bojan Kurajica is a Croatian-Bosnian chess grandmaster .Kurajica grew up in Split. He earned the International Master title in 1965 by winning the World Junior Championship...
, Yuri Gonzalez Vidal, Evgeny Gleizerov
Evgeny Gleizerov
Evgeny Gleizerov is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 2001 he tied for 1st-3rd with Stanislav Voitsekhovsky and Michal Krasenkow at Barlinek. He tied for 3rd-6th with David Berczes, Yuriy Kuzubov and Pia Cramling in the Rilton Cup 2008/2009. He came first at Parla 2009...
and Bartlomiej Heberla in the 4th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de La Laguna and tied for 1st-2nd with Ivan Salgado Lopez at Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.