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Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2016) The event took place from June 9-20 in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. The Hotel Arenas Blancas was the venue within the host city of Varadero. None of the other participants were able to catch the Ukranian GM and 6-time winner Vassily Ivanchuk for long as he returned to the top of the leader-board (compared to his prior 49th Capablanca Memorial (2014) result), and he led the field with 7 points after 10 rounds. This gave Ivanchuk his 7th win at the event, a record for it (compared to 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). Yuriy Kryvoruchko <+> versus <-> Lazaro Bruzon Batista (10th round) and Bruzon <-> versus <+> Almasi (9th round) had apparently been unplayed. So Kryvoruchko finished with 6/10 to win clear 2nd place, and Zoltan Almasi and Ivan Cheparinov appear to be tied for 3rd (each finishing with 5/10, tying their head-to-head encounter, but the latter of the two presenting a slightly better Sonneborn-Berger (1) score). Lenier Dominguez Perez and Lazaro Bruzon Bautista scored 4½ and 2½ respectively. See the Capablanca Memorial (2016) for games played in one of the lower-ranking sections and the Capablanca Memorial (2015) for the results of the previous year. Next year: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2017). Websites: (1) http://torneocapablanca.inder.cu/Ho... (or http://torneocapablanca.inder.cu/De... for the final round bulletin with some games and the cross-table for the open section), (2) http://www.chessdom.com/capablanca-... , (3) Wikipedia article: Capablanca Memorial  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ivanchuk vs Y Kryvoruchko   ½-½ 41 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 2. Z Almasi vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 39 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A14 English 3. L Bruzon Batista vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 45 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. L Dominguez vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 24 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C67 Ruy Lopez 5. Y Kryvoruchko vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 46 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. Ivanchuk vs Z Almasi 1-0 32 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. I Cheparinov vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 71 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Z Almasi vs Y Kryvoruchko   ½-½ 50 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C67 Ruy Lopez 9. L Bruzon Batista vs Ivanchuk 0-1 57 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 10. Ivanchuk vs I Cheparinov ½-½ 18 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C48 Four Knights 11. Y Kryvoruchko vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 35 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C50 Giuoco Piano 12. Z Almasi vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0 29 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A14 English 13. L Dominguez vs Ivanchuk 0-1 37 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 14. I Cheparinov vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 29 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A17 English 15. L Bruzon Batista vs Y Kryvoruchko   ½-½ 57 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Y Kryvoruchko vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 34 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C11 French 17. I Cheparinov vs L Bruzon Batista ½-½ 27 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 18. L Dominguez vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 64 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. L Bruzon Batista vs L Dominguez   ½-½ 12 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C42 Petrov Defense 20. I Cheparinov vs Y Kryvoruchko   ½-½ 36 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Z Almasi vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 30 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A15 English 22. Ivanchuk vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0 42 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. Y Kryvoruchko vs Z Almasi   1-0 29 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C45 Scotch Game 24. L Dominguez vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 39 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 25. L Dominguez vs Y Kryvoruchko   ½-½ 43 2016 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D02 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   TIP: You can make the above ads go away by registering a free account! Jun-13-16    technical draw: Chucky is still a dangerous GM. Never rule him out. Jun-13-16    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    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    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    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    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! NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. 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