Africa-Press – Angola. The national team had an opponent that no other country would like to have at this stage of the Chennai Olympics, in Chennai, India, the United States, clear favorites for the gold medal.
On table 1, at the precise moment, David Silva, with 2315 points, International Master, the second highest lifetime title that is granted in chess, and the great hope of the national modality to one day reach the title of Grand Master, the highest designation that can be obtained in this sport, measures forces with the world number 5, according to the FIDE ranking of July, Levon Aronian, a Grandmaster, who has 2775 points.
On table 2, Miguel Sérgio, Mestre Fide, in this case the second best Angolan player in the competition, has 2274 points, but also faces the sixth ranked in the world, and another Grand Master, Wesley So, who has 2773 points.
On table 3, Vanderson Dias, with 2139 points, who is not positioned as one of our best players, being 10th in the list of national players, in relation to David Silva, who is number 1, has to deal with another Grandmaster Lenier Domínguez, No. 14 in the ranking, who has 2754 points.
Finally, on table 4, is the lowest rated of our athletes in competition, Mestre Fide, Domingos Júnior, with 2107 points, against the 26th in the world, Samuel Shankland, who as he could not fail to be is also a Grand Master, and has 2720 points.
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