The young player only suffered one defeat in his nine matches – against Cuban Grandmaster (GM) Elias Reyes (2508) – while winning four and drawing the same number of occasions.

Kebert increased his live Elo rating by 16.2 points in that tournament, and the fact that his performance was 2436 is significant, proving that it is not a pipe dream to predict that sooner rather than later he will achieve the GM norm.

But for that, it will be vital that he can participate more frequently in tournaments of a certain level. Invasor tried to find out about his next commitment and so far has not succeeded.

Another Avilanian, 16-year-old Bryan Infante León, improved markedly in the final stretch of the Capablanca and finished in 46th place among the 126 participants.

The tournament victory went to Cuban GM Dylan Berdayes (2460), who scored seven points, with five wins and four draws.