Mayabeque, Cuba: International Master Henry Soto Hernández, from Mayabeque, won one of his most resounding chess successes, crowning himself the monarch of the tournament that ended on Sunday in the Mexican town of Progreso, a small locality near the city of Mérida.

The Magistral group, which was hosted by the Hotel Costa Club, was played by the Swiss system in seven rounds among 38 chess players, including seven GGMM and 14 M.I.

The Peruvian GM Emilio Cordova led the event as the first ranked with Elo of 2615 points. However, in the fourth round he was the victim of Soto in 58 moves of an English Open, in which the Güines led white pieces.

In the final date Soto closed the brilliant performance with victory over his countryman Ermes Espinosa, (Villa Clara-2509) and reached 5.5 valid units to finish tied at the top with Juan Carlos Obregón, (Las Tunas-2495). When the tiebreaker system was applied, fortune smiled on that of our province.

Upon his return from Aztec lands the güinero said: "I faced 5 GGMM and I finished unbeaten, I won 4, tie 3 games, I had an excellent performance rating of 2670 stripes and I added 20 units to my Elo, so in the next list of the Fide I'll leave with 2474. "

"I am happy and satisfied with the result although it was an event of only seven rounds, it was not validated to grant a standard for the granmaestrics, but the main thing is that I played very well against high quality rivals in a tournament where I was the eighth seed. "

The third and fourth positions were for the Antillean nationalized in Mexico, GM Juan Carlos González and the Peruvian Cordova both with five units.

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