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Capablanca Memorial (Elite) Tournament
Vasyl Ivanchuk7/10(+4 -0 =6)[games]
Yuriy Kryvoruchko6/10(+2 -0 =8)[games]
Ivan Cheparinov5/10(+0 -0 =10)[games]
Zoltan Almasi5/10(+2 -2 =6)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez4.5/10(+0 -1 =9)[games]
Lazaro Bruzon Batista2.5/8(+0 -3 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2016)

The 51st Capablanca Memorial tournament took place from June 9-19 in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. The Hotel Arenas Blancas was the venue within the host city of Varadero. Vassily Ivanchuk took his 7th win, a record compared with Anthony Miles (4 wins or shared wins), Vasily Smyslov and Leinier Dominguez Perez (3 wins each) in the history of the Jose Raul Capablanca Memorial. Bruzon vs Almasi (Round 9) and Kryvoruchko vs Bruzon (Round 10) were apparently unplayed. So Kryvoruchko finished with 6/10 in clear 2nd place, and Cheparinov and Almasi tied for 3rd (drawing each other, but with the former presenting a slightly better Sonneborn-Berger score). Dominguez and Bruzon scored 4½ and 2½, respectively.

Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2016052... ChessBase report: https://en.chessbase.com/post/ivanc... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/iva... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...

                     01 02 03 04 05 06
1 Ivanchuk     2710  ** ½½ ½½ 1½ 1½ 11  7
2 Kryvoruchko  2682  ½½ ** ½½ ½1 ½½ ½+  6
3 Cheparinov   2687  ½½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½  5
4 Almasi       2688  0½ ½0 ½½ ** ½½ 1+  5
5 Dominguez    2723  0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ** ½½  4½
6 Bruzon       2681  00 ½- ½½ 0- ½½ **  2½
Category: XVIII (2695). Chief arbiter: Serafin Chuit Perez

The Premier group was won by Jeffery Xiong with 6.5/9.

Previous: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2015). Next: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2017). See also Capablanca Memorial (Premier) (2016)

Websites: (1) http://www.chessdom.com/capablanca-..., (2) Wikipedia article: Capablanca Memorial (3) https://chess-results.com/tnr228579...

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ivanchuk vs Kryvoruchko  ½-½412016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
2. Z Almasi vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½392016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A14 English
3. L Bruzon Batista vs I Cheparinov  ½-½452016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
4. Kryvoruchko vs I Cheparinov  ½-½462016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
5. Ivanchuk vs Z Almasi 1-0322016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. Dominguez Perez vs L Bruzon Batista  ½-½242016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C67 Ruy Lopez
7. Z Almasi vs Kryvoruchko  ½-½502016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C67 Ruy Lopez
8. L Bruzon Batista vs Ivanchuk 0-1572016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
9. I Cheparinov vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½712016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Ivanchuk vs I Cheparinov ½-½182016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C48 Four Knights
11. Kryvoruchko vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½352016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C50 Giuoco Piano
12. Z Almasi vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0292016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A14 English
13. I Cheparinov vs Z Almasi  ½-½292016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A17 English
14. L Bruzon Batista vs Kryvoruchko  ½-½572016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. Dominguez Perez vs Ivanchuk 0-1372016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
16. Dominguez Perez vs Z Almasi  ½-½642016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
17. I Cheparinov vs L Bruzon Batista ½-½272016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
18. Kryvoruchko vs Ivanchuk  ½-½342016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C11 French
19. L Bruzon Batista vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½122016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C42 Petrov Defense
20. I Cheparinov vs Kryvoruchko ½-½362016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. Z Almasi vs Ivanchuk  ½-½302016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A15 English
22. Dominguez Perez vs I Cheparinov  ½-½392016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
23. Kryvoruchko vs Z Almasi  1-0292016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C45 Scotch Game
24. Ivanchuk vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0422016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. Dominguez Perez vs Kryvoruchko  ½-½432016Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-13-16  technical draw: Chucky is still a dangerous GM. Never rule him out.
Jun-13-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  plang: Not familiar with Kryvoruchko - looks like he has almost no experience in round robins at this level. Good to see new blood.
Jun-13-16  fisayo123: Berlin defenses abound. Some of these guys aren't even pretending anymore. Yuck.

At least Chucky is trying to play chess, and he is getting rewarded.

Jun-14-16  Keshav Murali: Hail Chucky
Jun-14-16  PhilFeeley: Bruzon taking a bruzin'...
Jun-14-16  ndg2: After round 5, Chucky has three times as many wins than all other players combined
Jun-14-16  messachess: Interesting venue. Looks like quite a nice place.
Jun-14-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  PawnSac: < technical draw: Chucky is still a dangerous GM. Never rule him out. >

absolutely agree. nevertheless, i think this event was a good choice for him. the top chairs are closely rated, but chucky has been much higher than all the rest, and when it comes to experience, he has the advantage. So he has the more favorable odds of winning, and i'm sure he could use the money.

Jun-14-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  PawnSac: < plang: Not familiar with Kryvoruchko - looks like he has almost no experience in round robins at this level. >

I wouldn't know about his round robin experience, but it seems after his 2013 world cup loss to chucky he came prepared this time.

Jun-14-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  PawnSac: lets see how he does in his next pairing with chucky
Jun-14-16  Keyser Soze: Some nice Chucky games. Might save one for the annual best games collection.
Jun-15-16  dx9293: <PawnSac> Ivanchuk has been a top player for over 25 years. He probably doesn't need the money anymore. Same as someone like Polgar (retired) or Kamsky (nearly retired).
Jun-16-16  posoo: A DISGRACE that you can not WIN A MIMFO GAME in a Six person tormament and be in "SECOND PLADW."

Dis has to change.

Adopt da PSS. Before it is too late.

Jun-16-16  morfishine: Ivanchuk's main problem is getting into terrible time trouble. I hope he wins out here
Jun-16-16  diagonal: <I hope he wins out here>, Me too.

And Ivanchuk has the number of the Capablanca Memorial (mostly played at Havana) as a six-times record winner of the tournament before this year's edition started. Kramnik has / had Dortmund, Topalov had Sofia (for a brief period), Kasparov famously dominated Linares, Karpov had Tilburg, and some say that Carlsen nowadays has Wijk aan Zee, already five-times taking the A-group, plus the B & C as a pupil (Beverwijk / Wijk aan Zee was a good platform also for Anand as well as Euwe, Korchnoi, Portisch, and Aronian). In rapid / exhibitions series, Anand triumphed nine times at Leon (various formats from classical chess in round robin to k.o.-matches in rapid, including advanced chess battles) and took seven times the Corsican Circuit, so far. And of course, Najdorf is Mr. Mar del Plata: 11 wins at closed Mar del Plata (plus later three times the Open), in total 14 wins or co-wins at Mar del Plata, a benchmark hardly to be surpassed ever!

Still, the first and maybe most important step to win a closed round robin tournament, is to get an invitation, compare for instance 16th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament (2015).

Jun-16-16  posoo: VERY KEENE POINT dugonal. It did not occur to da old posoo dat u need to be invoted to win.

da sitation to do pullakovsky was very instructive.

Jun-17-16  sonia91: <Ivanchuk on the rampage in Cuba> by User: polarmis: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/iv...
Jun-17-16  WorstPlayerEver: Lol the Old Drawers Guard. What a joke!
Jun-17-16
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: why aren't there more games so far in this event?
Jun-17-16  john barleycorn: siesta time
Jun-19-16  diagonal: Vassily Ivanchuk is clear first, his is now a seven-time winner of the Capablanca Memorial tournament (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016) out of eight entries, an excellent input-output ratio!

Btw.: Tony Miles follows with four (co-)wins in the Elite Group (1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999)

Jun-23-16  sonia91: Poor Bruzon had a horrible tournament, after having hard time in the American Continental Championship earlier this month, where he dropped 25 rtg points; now he is out of top 100..
Jun-27-16  technical draw: Here's Ivan Drawparinov!

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