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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 (http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/h...) 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://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/hist...) 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 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Granda Zuniga vs Y Gonzalez Vidal 1-0 40 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. L Bruzon Batista vs R Vera 1-0 38 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. I Morovic Fernandez vs A Zapata   1-0 51 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 4. R Leitao vs Andersson   ½-½ 20 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C11 French 5. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs J Nogueiras   ½-½ 8 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E17 Queen's Indian 6. V Ikonnikov vs Dominguez Perez   ½-½ 16 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Dominguez Perez vs Granda Zuniga   ½-½ 68 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 8. J Nogueiras vs V Ikonnikov   ½-½ 9 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 9. Y Gonzalez Vidal vs I Morovic Fernandez   ½-½ 61 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C42 Petrov Defense 10. A Zapata vs L Bruzon Batista   0-1 68 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Andersson vs R Vera   1-0 56 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A13 English 12. R Leitao vs W Arencibia Rodriguez   ½-½ 37 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C19 French, Winawer, Advance 13. L Bruzon Batista vs Y Gonzalez Vidal   1-0 51 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A30 English, Symmetrical 14. I Morovic Fernandez vs Dominguez Perez   ½-½ 19 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. V Ikonnikov vs R Leitao   ½-½ 55 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Andersson   1-0 36 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. R Vera vs A Zapata   ½-½ 41 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 18. Granda Zuniga vs J Nogueiras   1-0 30 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A07 King's Indian Attack 19. Andersson vs A Zapata   1-0 44 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) A15 English 20. Y Gonzalez Vidal vs R Vera   ½-½ 34 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. Dominguez Perez vs L Bruzon Batista   ½-½ 24 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 22. J Nogueiras vs I Morovic Fernandez   ½-½ 22 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E90 King's Indian 23. W Arencibia Rodriguez vs V Ikonnikov   ½-½ 26 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. R Leitao vs Granda Zuniga   0-1 33 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) C67 Ruy Lopez 25. V Ikonnikov vs Andersson   ½-½ 11 2003 Capablanca Memorial (Elite) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    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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