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Capablanca Memorial (Elite) Tournament

Vasyl Ivanchuk9.5/12(+7 -0 =5)[games]
Lazaro Bruzon Batista7/12(+3 -1 =8)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez6/12(+3 -3 =6)[games]
Neuris Delgado Ramirez6/12(+3 -3 =6)[games]
Baadur Jobava5.5/12(+4 -5 =3)[games]
Jesus Nogueiras5/12(+1 -3 =8)[games]
Walter Arencibia Rodriguez3/12(+1 -7 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2005)

The 40th Capablanca Memorial was a 7-player double round robin held from 6-19 May 2005 in Hotel Neptuno-Tritón, Havana, Cuba. There were no rest days, but one player had a bye each round. The Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk won with 9.5/12.

TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 1 Ivanchuk 2739 ** ½½ ½1 ½1 11 1½ 11 9½ 2 Bruzon 2669 ½½ ** ½0 ½½ ½1 ½½ 11 7 3 Dominguez 2658 ½0 ½1 ** 1½ 00 ½½ ½1 6 4 Delgado 2567 ½0 ½½ 0½ ** 1½ 10 ½1 6 5 Jobava 2637 00 ½0 11 0½ ** ½1 10 5½ 6 Nogueiras 2533 0½ ½½ ½½ 01 ½0 ** ½½ 5 7 Arencibia 2530 00 00 ½0 ½0 01 ½½ ** 3

Category: XV (2619).

The Premier 1 and Premier 2 single round robins were won by Diego Flores and Yuniesky Quesada Perez, respectively, both with 9.5/13. The Mixto round robin was won by 16-year-old Manuel Leon Hoyos with 9.5/11.

Previous: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2004). Next: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2006)

Other websites: 1) Wikipedia article: Capablanca Memorial, 2) http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/c..., 3) http://ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/..., 4) http://ajedrezencolombia.com/cuba_c... 5) https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/...

 page 2 of 2; games 26-42 of 42  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Jobava vs Ivanchuk 0-1302005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E12 Queen's Indian
27. Dominguez Perez vs L Bruzon Batista 1-0912005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C42 Petrov Defense
28. L Bruzon Batista vs Jobava 1-0192005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
29. Ivanchuk vs N Delgado Ramirez 1-0722005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B58 Sicilian
30. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs J Nogueiras ½-½102005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E17 Queen's Indian
31. J Nogueiras vs Ivanchuk  ½-½202005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
32. N Delgado Ramirez vs L Bruzon Batista ½-½882005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C10 French
33. Jobava vs Dominguez Perez 1-0542005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
34. Dominguez Perez vs N Delgado Ramirez  ½-½492005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
35. Ivanchuk vs W Arencibia Rodriguez 1-0252005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D06 Queen's Gambit Declined
36. L Bruzon Batista vs J Nogueiras  ½-½412005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C11 French
37. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs L Bruzon Batista  0-1412005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
38. J Nogueiras vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½102005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
39. N Delgado Ramirez vs Jobava  ½-½412005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
40. Dominguez Perez vs W Arencibia Rodriguez  1-0682005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B07 Pirc
41. L Bruzon Batista vs Ivanchuk ½-½512005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A48 King's Indian
42. Jobava vs J Nogueiras  1-0292005Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 2 of 2; games 26-42 of 42  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-21-05  mynameisrandy: Wow. How many points did Chucky gain here?
May-21-05  Kangaroo: Sad that Ivanchuk and Ponomariov were not admitted to the FIDE championship that Kramnik and Kasparov ignored.

In my view, either of them looked much stronger than several replacements.

The ELO coefficient is just one out of many rapidly chaging indicators.

Assuming the current ELO as the only reason for decision making is quite a weird tool. We shall have afterwards a champion that will not be as bright as his predecessors.

May-21-05  Kangaroo: Ivanchuk gained 9 out of 11, the next was Bruzon with 6 1/2 ... .
May-21-05  csmath: 9.5 out of 12. He drew the last game with Bruzon and got 9.5.
May-21-05  nikolaas: I guess <Mynameisrandy> meant Elo points and in that case he won 12.2.
Bruzon: +0.4
Dominguez-Perez:-7.2
Delgado: +9.6
Nogueiras: +11.8
Jobava: -12.6
Arencibia: -13.2
Of Course assuming I didn't miscalculate.
May-21-05  cade: Wow Chucky won every game in which he had white except against Bruzon.
May-22-05  suenteus po 147: Speaking of Bruzon, he not only managed to score second in the tournament below Ivanchuk, but he also was able to draw both of his games against Chucky. He will definitely be a player to watch in the coming years if these results are indicative of anything.
May-22-05  refutor: good for ivanchuk...since the level of the opponents was lower than what he's used to playing, he tried some things he would never use against the "linares" crowd...bishop's opening, accelerated dragon, trompowsky, the french...good for him
May-26-05  Knight13: Ivanchuk lost 3 rating points. Walter Arencibia gained 3 points. How's that sound?
May-26-05  nikolaas: <Knight13> Are you sure about that? Sounds strange to me. What's the source?
May-27-05  delterp: I don't know very much about this player, Jesus Nogueiras, but of his 12 games in this tournament, four were draws in under 15 moves. That is simply disgraceful. I understand if your last game went long or you aren't feeling well, but play to win or get out of the tournament.
May-27-05  WMD: Blessed be the peacemakers...
Jun-08-05  coolchess: i think its not to celebrate Ivanchuk victorie, these players here have not played in Linares and some big tournaments like Ivanchuk had, so it was obvioud he was going to win easy.

I thought the was going to had a better advantage, an experienced GM winning some future promises,

Jun-06-15  Chessdreamer: missing (as of today)...

[Event "Capablanca Memorial: Elite"]
[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.e3 g6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Bg7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.O-O Nfd7 14.Ne2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.e4 Qc7 18.Be3 Nd7 19.f4 Bg7 20.e5 Kh8 21.Nc3 g5 22.g3 gxf4 23.gxf4 Rae8 24.Rae1 Rg8 25.Kh1 Nf8 26.Ne4 Ng6 27.Nd6 Re7 28.Bb6 Qd7 29.Nxf7+ 1-0

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