In his last match, Corrales,
currently the fourth best-ranked Cuban player
with 2,578 points of ELO rating, drew with Mexican GM Juan
Carlos Gonzalez
and concluded the event with six victories —including one
against
second-seeded GM Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland— and three ties.
Thus, he finished undefeated with 7.5 units of nine possible and
became
the fifth Cuban player to win the annual tournament.
In addition, he added 18 units to his ELO rating, according to
the
official website of the tournament.
The second spot of the competition was for also Cuban GM Yuri
Gonzalez,
who accumulated 6.5 points.
The list of previous Cuban winners at the Carlos Torre Memorial
includes
GMs Jesus Nogueiras (1997), Leinier Dominguez (2001), Yuniesky
Quesada
(2003) and Lazaro Bruzon (2005).