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Capablanca Memorial (Elite) Tournament

Julio Granda Zuniga8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Lazaro Bruzon Batista7.5/11(+5 -1 =5)[games]
Ivan Morovic Fernandez6.5/11(+2 -0 =9)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Vyacheslav Ikonnikov6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Walter Arencibia Rodriguez5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Rafael Leitao5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Ulf Andersson5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Jesus Nogueiras4.5/11(+0 -2 =9)[games]
Yuri Gonzalez Vidal3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
Reynaldo Vera3.5/11(+0 -4 =7)[games]
Alonso Zapata3/11(+2 -7 =2)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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...)

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Original collection: Game Collection: Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2003 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from 365Chess and Szachowa Vistula.

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. I Morovic Fernandez vs R Leitao  ½-½432003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B33 Sicilian
27. L Bruzon Batista vs J Nogueiras  ½-½152003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C00 French Defense
28. R Vera vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½472003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
29. A Zapata vs Y Gonzalez Vidal  1-0452003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
30. Granda Zuniga vs W Arencibia Rodriguez  ½-½172003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
31. Andersson vs Y Gonzalez Vidal  ½-½372003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A13 English
32. Dominguez Perez vs A Zapata  1-0532003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
33. J Nogueiras vs R Vera  ½-½82003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
34. R Leitao vs L Bruzon Batista  1-0612003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
35. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs I Morovic Fernandez  0-1482003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
36. V Ikonnikov vs Granda Zuniga  0-1422003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
37. I Morovic Fernandez vs V Ikonnikov  ½-½702003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
38. L Bruzon Batista vs W Arencibia Rodriguez  ½-½622003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C19 French, Winawer, Advance
39. R Vera vs R Leitao  ½-½202003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
40. A Zapata vs J Nogueiras  ½-½412003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)C07 French, Tarrasch
41. Y Gonzalez Vidal vs Dominguez Perez  0-1602003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
42. Granda Zuniga vs Andersson  ½-½192003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
43. Andersson vs Dominguez Perez  ½-½112003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
44. J Nogueiras vs Y Gonzalez Vidal  ½-½72003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A04 Reti Opening
45. R Leitao vs A Zapata  1-0512003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
46. V Ikonnikov vs L Bruzon Batista  ½-½332003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
47. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs R Vera ½-½322003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
48. Granda Zuniga vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½182003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)A06 Reti Opening
49. L Bruzon Batista vs Granda Zuniga 1-0262003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
50. I Morovic Fernandez vs Andersson  ½-½162003Capablanca Memorial (Elite)E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  PGN Download
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