Havana - Cuban Leinier Dominguez will have a demanding debut today in the chess tournament of the IMSA Elite Mind Games when facing Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk in the phase of matches to 20 minutes.

This event is hosted by the Chinese city of Huai'an and gathers 16 of the best players in the world.

According to official statistics, Leinier never defeated the European in non-classic games, and he has suffered four losses in nine games.

Changing history will be an important incentive now when facing other major players such as Indian Pentala Harikrishna, Azeri Shakriyar Mamedyarov, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov and Chinese Liren Ding and Chao B Li.

Today’s other pairings include the fights between Harikrishna and the also local Hao Wang, Mamedyarov and Ponomariov, Ding versus Polish Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Li against Armenian Gabriel Sargissian.

The entire event includes 7 rounds of rapid system, 30 of Blitz and 5 of Basque modality.