Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2003

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Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2003
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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 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...)

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

Round 1 May 6
Granda Zuniga vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2003
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs J Nogueiras, 2003
(E17) Queen's Indian, 8 moves, 1/2-1/2
L Bruzon Batista vs R Vera, 2003
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 1-0
V Ikonnikov vs Dominguez Perez, 2003
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Leitao vs Andersson, 2003
(C11) French, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Morovic Fernandez vs A Zapata, 2003
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 51 moves, 1-0
Round 2 May 7
Dominguez Perez vs Granda Zuniga, 2003
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Y Gonzalez Vidal vs I Morovic Fernandez, 2003
(C42) Petrov Defense, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Leitao vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2003
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Nogueiras vs V Ikonnikov, 2003
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zapata vs L Bruzon Batista, 2003
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 68 moves, 0-1
Andersson vs R Vera, 2003
(A13) English, 56 moves, 1-0
Round 3 May 8
Granda Zuniga vs J Nogueiras, 2003
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Andersson, 2003
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
L Bruzon Batista vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2003
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 51 moves, 1-0
V Ikonnikov vs R Leitao, 2003
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Morovic Fernandez vs Dominguez Perez, 2003
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Vera vs A Zapata, 2003
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4 May 9
R Leitao vs Granda Zuniga, 2003
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1
Andersson vs A Zapata, 2003
(A15) English, 44 moves, 1-0
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs V Ikonnikov, 2003
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dominguez Perez vs L Bruzon Batista, 2003
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Y Gonzalez Vidal vs R Vera, 2003
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Nogueiras vs I Morovic Fernandez, 2003
(E90) King's Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 5 May 10
Granda Zuniga vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2003
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
L Bruzon Batista vs J Nogueiras, 2003
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Ikonnikov vs Andersson, 2003
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Morovic Fernandez vs R Leitao, 2003
(B33) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Vera vs Dominguez Perez, 2003
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zapata vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2003
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0
Round 6 May 11
V Ikonnikov vs Granda Zuniga, 2003
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
Andersson vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2003
(A13) English, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs I Morovic Fernandez, 2003
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 0-1
Dominguez Perez vs A Zapata, 2003
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 53 moves, 1-0
R Leitao vs L Bruzon Batista, 2003
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 1-0
J Nogueiras vs R Vera, 2003
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 8 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 May 13
Granda Zuniga vs Andersson, 2003
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
L Bruzon Batista vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2003
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Y Gonzalez Vidal vs Dominguez Perez, 2003
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 60 moves, 0-1
I Morovic Fernandez vs V Ikonnikov, 2003
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Vera vs R Leitao, 2003
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zapata vs J Nogueiras, 2003
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 8 May 14
Granda Zuniga vs I Morovic Fernandez, 2003
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs Dominguez Perez, 2003
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs R Vera, 2003
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Ikonnikov vs L Bruzon Batista, 2003
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Leitao vs A Zapata, 2003
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 51 moves, 1-0
J Nogueiras vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2003
(A04) Reti Opening, 7 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 May 15
L Bruzon Batista vs Granda Zuniga, 2003
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Dominguez Perez vs J Nogueiras, 2003
(C18) French, Winawer, 50 moves, 1-0
Y Gonzalez Vidal vs R Leitao, 2003
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
I Morovic Fernandez vs Andersson, 2003
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Vera vs V Ikonnikov, 2003
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 63 moves, 0-1
A Zapata vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2003
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 54 moves, 1-0
Round 10 May 17
Granda Zuniga vs R Vera, 2003
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs J Nogueiras, 2003
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 8 moves, 1/2-1/2
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2003
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Ikonnikov vs A Zapata, 2003
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 71 moves, 1-0
R Leitao vs Dominguez Perez, 2003
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Morovic Fernandez vs L Bruzon Batista, 2003
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 11 May 18
A Zapata vs Granda Zuniga, 2003
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 0-1
L Bruzon Batista vs Andersson, 2003
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Dominguez Perez vs W Arencibia Rodriguez, 2003
(C18) French, Winawer, 36 moves, 0-1
Y Gonzalez Vidal vs V Ikonnikov, 2003
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 60 moves, 0-1
J Nogueiras vs R Leitao, 2003
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Vera vs I Morovic Fernandez, 2003
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
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