Cuban Chess at the Olympiad | Grandmaster’s Choice – WGM Thalia Cervantes

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Woman Grandmaster Thalia Cervantes looks at Cuba’s greatest games from the ongoing Olympiad in India, featuring Carlos Daniel Albornoz and Luis Ernesto Quesada..

2022.08.02
Rauf Mamedov vs. Carlos Daniel Albornoz, 2022: B33 Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2022-fide-chess-olympiad-round-5
Vasif Durarbayli vs. Luis Ernesto Quesada, 2022: B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack
https://www.chess.com/events/2022-fide-chess-olympiad/05/Durarbayli_Vasif-Quesada_Perez_Luis_Ernesto

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