After beating Russian GM Alexey
Dreev with black pieces on Monday,
Dominguez —the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO
rating of
2,712 points— played with the white pieces on Tuesday and held
Vallejo
(2,705) to a tie after 45 moves of an English Opening.
The Cuban player is defending the first board of the Sestao
Naturgas
Energía club, one of the pre-tournament favorite teams to win
the event.
With this result, Dominguez contributed to his team’s 3-3 draw
with the
Colegio Markote-EIKM club.
Also on Tuesday, the CA Solvay club took a 5-1 win over the CA
Linex-Magic, and Gros Xake Taldea beat CA Reverte Albox 3.5-2.5.
Cajacanarias rested.
After two rounds, Sestao Naturgas Energía leads with 7.5 points,
followed
by Colegio Markote and CA Solvay, both with seven units. CA
Linex-Magic is
fourth with 5.5; CA Reverte Albox is fifth with five points;
Gros Xake
Taldea places sixth with 3.5; and Cajacanarias closes the
standings with
only 1.5 units.
