Jan 21, -- Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez obtained this morning his 3rd victory at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after defeating Philippine GM Wesley So, corresponding to the 8th round, which takes place in three cities in the Netherlands until next Sunday mourning.

The best player in Cuba and Latin America for 2754 Elo points, won with the white pieces to a very young opponent of 20 years old and 2719 Elo points.

With this result Leinier reached 5 points product of 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, and placed 1 point behind the tournament leader, Armenian GM Levon Aronian, who today made tables with local GM Anish Giri.

On Wednesday, participants will travel to the city of Eindhoven to play the 9th round on Thursday in which the Caribbean chess played, who is ranked 14th in the world, will use black pieces against veteran Israeli GM Boris Gelfand.