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Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2003) The 38th Capablanca Memorial (Grupo Elite) was a 12-player round robin tournament held in Hotel Neptuno-Tritón, Havana, Cuba from May 6-18, 2003. Rest days: May 12 and 16. The Peruvian Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga, who after a hiatus since 1998 had made a comeback late in 2002, finished clear first with 8/11. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Granda 36 2628 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2 Bruzon 21 2610 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 3 Morovic 40 2551 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 4 Dominguez 19 2603 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 Ikonnikov 37 2546 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 6 Arencibia 35 2520 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 5½ 7 Leitao 23 2533 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ 8 Andersson 51 2594 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 9 Nogueiras 43 2532 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 10 Gonzalez 22 2473 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 3½ 11 Vera 42 2546 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 12 Zapata 44 2543 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 3 Category: XIII (2557). The Premier 1 and Premier 2 single round robins were won by Neuris Delgado Ramirez and Jose Gonzalez Garcia, respectively. The Mixto round robin was won by Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti with 10/13. Sources Wikipedia article: Capablanca Memorial TWIC 446 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) 365Chess (https://www.365chess.com/tournament...) Szachowa Vistula 2003 (https://web.archive.org/web/2019042...) ChessBase 24 May 2003 (https://en.chessbase.com/post/viva-...) Zenon Franco Ocampos in ABC Color (http://www.tabladeflandes.com/Zenon...) Tidskrift för Schack, May-June 2003, pp. 312-318 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2003...) Previous: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2002). Next: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2004) Original collection: Game Collection: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2003 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from 365Chess and Szachowa Vistula.  page 2 of 2; games 26-38 of 38  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Zapata vs J Nogueiras   ½-½ 41 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C07 French, Tarrasch 27. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs R Vera ½-½ 32 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 28. V Ikonnikov vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 33 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 29. J Nogueiras vs Y Gonzalez Vidal   ½-½ 7 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A04 Reti Opening 30. Andersson vs Dominguez Perez   ½-½ 11 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 31. Granda Zuniga vs I Morovic Fernandez   ½-½ 18 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A06 Reti Opening 32. I Morovic Fernandez vs Andersson   ½-½ 16 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 33. Andersson vs J Nogueiras   ½-½ 8 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 34. R Leitao vs Dominguez Perez ½-½ 38 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 35. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Y Gonzalez Vidal   ½-½ 10 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 36. I Morovic Fernandez vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 44 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 37. J Nogueiras vs R Leitao   ½-½ 9 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 38. R Vera vs I Morovic Fernandez   ½-½ 24 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 2 of 2; games 26-38 of 38    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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