38th Magistral Ciudad de Leon: Faustino Oro set to face Vishy Anand
Vishy Anand will aim for his eleventh Leon Masters title at 38th Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Leon. It will be knockout tournament played in Rapid time control in a best of four games. In the first Semifinal, it will be the clash of generations - IM Faustino Oro and the defending champion, Anand. Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) will face World Blitz 2013 champion, Liem Quang Le (VIE). The first Semifinal starts today at 4:30 p.m. local time, 8 p.m. IST. The second Semifinal will take place tomorrow Saturday at the same time. Finals will be held on Sunday. Faustino played Simultaneous Exhibition games against 26 players yesterday. He won all of those games. Photo: Magistral de León
Friday: Anand vs Oro, Saturday: Jaime vs Liem
Schedule
Friday 4th July - First Semi-final: GM Vishy Anand vs IM Faustino Oro (ARG)
Saturday 5th July - Second Semi-final: GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) vs GM Liem Quang Le (VIE)
Sunday 6th July - Final: Winner of Semi-final 1 vs Winner of Semi-final 2
Format
Each of the Playoffs will consist of four games of 20 minutes each + 10 seconds increment. If the score is tied after four games, the winner will be decided in games played with 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment.
Participants
Five-time Classical World Champion and World no.13 - Vishy Anand, Argentine prodigy - Faustino Oro, World Blitz 2013 Champion and World no.23 - Liem Quang Le (VIE) and Spain no.5 - Jaime Santos Latasa.
Faustino played simultaneous exhibition games against 26 players. He won all of them.