No se vive celebrando victorias, sino superando derrotas

• Lemay Padrón Oliveros, Lisandra rompe el estambre | Lisandra breaks the yarn, Cubasi.cu, December 9, 2017

Although it did not spread everywhere, the news is really wonderful for Cuban chess, especially women’s. For the first time a Cuban female player has been invited to the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. She is Woman Grandmaster Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés, who after reaching 2414 Elo and the No. 52 in the world ranking list, was included among the participants in the World Women’s Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships to be held in ar-Riyāḍ (Riyadh), Saudi Arabia from 26 to 30 December 2017. [Read more].

Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés. Photo: Cubasi.cu.