Friday, Bruzon will play against Morozevich, taking the black pieces.

The victory against Short makes the young Cuban GM keep his condition of undefeated, and let him tie Thursday in the 3rd place of this strong tournament with other chess players.

The Corus Tournament has a Category 19, provided by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and is considered the second strongest in the world, after the Tournament of Linares, Spain.

After the first four rounds, Bruzon tied all his matches, two of them facing prestigious players such as Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 4th in the world ranking), and Michael Adams (Great Britain, 7th in the world ranking).

The pole position after 5 rounds shows Leko and Adams at the top (3.5 points), Bruzon, Grischuk, Topalov and Ponomariov (3 pts.), Short, Polgar, Kramnik, Anand and Van Wely (2,5), Sokolov and Svidler (1,5), and Morozevich (0.5).

By: Prensa-Latina