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Reports | May 17, 2011 21:57

Capablanca memorial: three-way tie at half time

Capablanca memorial: three-way tie at half timeAt the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba three GMs are sharing the lead at half time: David Navara, Le Quang Liem and Dmitry Andreikin. They scored 3/5, half a point more than Vassily Ivanchuk. Cubans Leinier Dominuez and Lazaro Bruzon follow with 2/5 and 1.5/5 respectively.

The 46th Capablanca Memorial takes place May 10-21, 2011 in Havana, Cuba. The main event (or "Elite group") is a strong, 6-player, double round robin with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Leinier Dominguez (Cuba), David Navara (Czech Republic), Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba), Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) and Le Quang Liem (Vietnam). The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

In the first two rounds there were only two decisive games; Bruzon lost twice with Black against Andreikin and Navara. The poor Cuban also lost his third game, with White against Le Quang Liem. In this round Ivanchuk defeated Andreikin to join Navara and Le Quang Liem in the lead with 2/3.

Especially taking into account these first three rounds, the next day saw a big upset. Bruzon defeated Ivanchuk with Black. How exactly remains unclear for the moment; the final position in the available PGN is just equal, and the report on the tournament website doesn't give any further explanation.

Update: full game now available. Ivanchuk pressed and pressed, and then simply played for a win too long.

In the same round, Andreikin won a nice game with Black in a Hedgehog against Dominguez to join Navara and Le Quang Liem in the lead with 2.5 points. With three draws in the fifth round, nothing changed in the standings.

We give all games below in the viewer for replay. Don't miss Navara-Le Quang Liem; a spectacular attacking game that ended at move 64 with some charming humor!

Games rounds 1-5

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Capablanca Memorial 2011 | Elite group | Results

Capablanca Memorial 2011 | Elite group | Round 5 Standings


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S3

1 year 4 days ago

Dominguez-Andreikin, very nice game!

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Juan

1 year 4 days ago

A lot of readers will be pleased if you could explain (if you reach that information) how Ivanchuk-Bruzon ended. Until Ivanchuk had more time on the clock...

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help

1 year 3 days ago

The rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

The game ended at move 53. Maybe Ivanchuk had spent his last 30 minutes already and was going on the 30 seconds increment for each move. Maybe he kept staring at the ceiling for too long at some point and lost on time.

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ebutaljib

1 year 2 days ago

Here is the full game:

[Event "46th Capablanca Memorial"]
[Site "Havana, Cuba"]
[Date "2011.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2011.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[Source "Havana, Cuba"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 10. Qd2 Qxe4 11. Rfe1 Qg6 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxb6
cxb6 15. Nb5 d5 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Be4 Rbd8 19. Rad1 b5 20. h3 Qh4
21. a3 Kh8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Nf4 Bb3 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qc5 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nd3 a5 29. Qe5 Qd8 30. Nc5 h6 31. Kh2 a4 32. Ne4 f6 33. Qf4 Bd5
34. Nd6 Qc7 35. f3 Kg8 36. Kg3 Qe7 37. Nf5 Qd7 38. h4 Be6 39. Nd4 Bd5 40. Kf2
Kh8 41. g4 Kg8 42. h5 Kh8 43. Nf5 Be6 44. Nh4 Qd8 45. Qe3 Qd6 46. Ng6+ Kg8 47.
Kg2 Bd7 48. Kh3 Kf7 49. Qe4 Be6 50. Kg2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qd6+ 52. Qf4 Qd1 53. Qd4
Qe1+ 54. Kf4 Qc1+ 55. Qe3 Qd1 56. Qa7+ Bd7 57. Qd4 Qc1+ 58. Qe3 Qxe3+ 59. Kxe3
c5 60. Kf4 Bc6 61. Nh4 Bd7 62. Ke4 Bc6+ 63. Kf5 Bb7 64. Kf4 Bc8 65. Ng2 Ke6 66.
Ne3 Kf7 67. Nd5 Bb7 68. Nc7 Bc6 69. Na6 Ke6 70. Nxc5+ Kd5 71. Nd3 Kc4 72. Nc1
Bb7 73. Ke3 Bd5 74. f4 Be6 75. Kf3 Bd5+ 76. Kg3 Bf7 77. Kh4 Bd5 78. Kg3 Bf7 79.
Kf2 Bd5 80. Ke3 Be6 81. f5 Bd5 82. Ne2 Kb3 83. Nd4+ Kxb2 84. Nxb5 Bc4 85. Nd6
Kxc3 86. Ne8 Kb2 87. Kd4 Bf7 88. Nxg7 Kxa3 89. Kc3 Ka2 90. Ne6 a3 91. Kc2 Bg8
92. Nd4 Bd5 93. Kc1 Bc4 94. g5 fxg5 95. f6 Bd5 96. Nf5 g4 97. Kc2 Bb3+ 98. Kc1
Bf7 99. Nxh6 g3 0-1

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Alvaro Frota

1 year 4 days ago

Perhaps a cell fone ring?

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Celso

1 year 4 days ago

what are the prizes?

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ebutaljib

1 year 1 day ago

Round 8 games:

Navara(2702) - Dominguez(2726)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0–0 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.0–0 Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.Rab1 Nxg3 15.Nxg3 Bd7 16.b4 Be5 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Nce2 Ne8 19.f4 gxf4 20.Nxf4 Qg5 21.Nge2 exd5 22.exd5 Nd6 23.Kh1 Rbe8 24.Rf2 Kh8 25.Rbf1 Rg8 26.Ng3 Bg4 27.Nfe2 Qh4 28.Rxf7 Nxf7 29.Rxf7 Re7 30.Rxe7 Qxe7 31.Nf5 Qg5 32.Neg3 h5 33.Qf2 h4 34.Qe1 Bxg3 35.Qc3+ Rg7 36.Qxg7+ Qxg7 37.Nxg7 Kxg7 38.hxg3 hxg3 39.Kg1 Kf6 40.Kf1 Ke5 41.Ke1 Kd4 42.Bg6 Kxc4 43.Bf7 Kb5 44.Be8+ Kb6 45.d6 Bf5 46.a4 a5 47.Kd2 Be4 48.Ke3 Bxg2 49.Kf4 Bc6 0–1

Ivanchuk(2776) - Andreikin(2687)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 0–0 7.Ng3 a6 8.a4 e6 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.0–0 Re8 12.f3 Rb8 13.Be3 h5 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.Bh6 Bd4+ 16.Be3 Bg7 17.Rfd1 h4 18.Nf1 h3 19.g3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Ne5 22.Nc3 f5 23.Ra7 Qb6 24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.b4 Ba6 26.b5 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Qxb5 28.f4 Qa4 29.fxe5 Qxe4 30.Bh6+ Kg8 31.Ne3 Qxe5 32.Bf4 Qe7 33.Bd3 Nf6 34.Nc4 Rbd8 35.Bg5 Qf7 36.Qb2 Rf8 37.Bf1 Rb8 38.Qc1 Ne4 39.Bxh3 Rb3 40.Bf1 f4 41.Bxf4 g5 42.Nxd6 Nxd6 43.Bxd6 Qf2+ 44.Kh1 Rf5 45.Bxc5 Qa2 46.Bc4 1–0

Le Quang(2687) - Bruzon Batista(2693)
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 a6 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 0–0 13.0–0 Nbd7 14.e4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Be2 Rad8 17.Be3 b5 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.f4 Nd3 20.Rcd1 Nc5 21.Qc2 Qc8 22.Bf3 Qh3 23.Qf2 Ne6 24.Qg2 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bc5 26.Kf2 Bxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Nd7 28.e5 Nb6 29.b3 c5 30.Bb7 Rd4 31.Bxa6 b4 32.Ne2 Ra8 33.Bb7 Ra7 34.Be4 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Rxa2 36.Rd6 Nc8 37.Rd7 Ra3 38.Rb7 Rxb3+ 39.Kf2 Kh7 40.Rxf7 Rb2 41.Kf3 Rb3+ 42.Kg4 Re3 43.Bd5 Nd8 44.Rf8 Ne7 45.Bc4 Ndc6 46.Ng1 Re4 47.Nf3 1–0

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