HAVANA, CUBA.- Cuban chess Grandmaster Leinier Dominguez will play in the Corus Championships in the Dutch city of Wijk Aan Zee, announced the renowned player this Friday to Granma newspaper.

¨This is a dream come true¨ declared Leinier referring to the fact that this is the world´s second most competitive tournament, with only 14 elite players Dominguez (2719 ELO) ranks 21st in the world according to the last standings given by FIDE at the beginning of this month, and leads Latino America, enough merits to be invited to such a high class tournament, which will run from Jan. 16, 2009 to February 1st.

The last Wijk ann Zee tournament was won by Norway´s Magnus Carlsen (2,786) and Armenian Levon Aronian (2,757), who won eight of the 11 rounds.

Before Wijk ann Zee, at the beginning of November, the Cuban will participate in the Speed Chess Tournament in Kazajstan and then move on to the Dresden Olympiad in Germany. (acn)