It feels as if the Young Stars program is producing fantastic result after fantastic result, and that might just be the case. We published not too long ago a piece on Sam’s and Jeffery’s performances in their recent events, as well as Awonder’s fabulous result in the Continental Championship.
Jeffery has made the headlines yet again. A fabulous result in the 45th Capablanca Memorial, held in Havana, Cuba, this month granted him the first place in the Premier section of the tournament and another 13 rating points to his name.
| 51st Capablanca Mem Prem Varadero CUB Wed 8th Jun 2016 – Mon 20th Jun 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 2627 | 6.5 | 25.75 |
| 2 | Isan Ortiz Suarez | GM | CUB | 2578 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Kamil Dragun | GM | POL | 2599 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Yuniesky Quesada Perez | GM | CUB | 2631 | 5.5 | 22.75 |
| 5 | Yuri Gonzalez Vidal | GM | CUB | 2555 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 6 | Yusnel Bacallao Alonso | GM | CUB | 2554 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Samuel Sevian | GM | USA | 2603 | 4 | 16.75 |
| 8 | Camilo Gomez Garrido | IM | CUB | 2546 | 3.5 | 15 |
| 9 | Angel Arribas Lopez | GM | ESP | 2544 | 3 | 11.5 |
| 10 | Ivan Morovic | GM | CHI | 2572 | 2 | 7.25 |
ChessBase.com did a big expose, including analysis of two of his fantastic wins, and can be found here: ChessBase Article.