Capablanca Memorial 2014

[Wayne Komer]

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Capablanca Memorial 2014

Round Three
May 10, 2014

Things are not going well for the boys. Almasi beat Ivanchuk, who tried a dubious sacrifice in a Scotch. 14. Nf6 is losing.

Emilio Cordova beat Bator Sambuev in a Queen’s Pawn game. 21. d5 was not good.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that game scores are now available for download. We have translated the Spanish algebraic notation to the standard form.

Capablanca Memorial
Round Three
May 10, 2014
Elite Group
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Almasi, Zoltan
C45 Scotch, Mieses Variation, Main Line

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 Qe6 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Nf6 gxf6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. exf6 Qf8 17. Qh4 d5 18. Bd3 Qg8 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Rhe1 Bg4 21. f3 Bd7 22. Re7 Be3 23. Kb1 c5 24. Qh5 Rxe7 25. fxe7 Bd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qe5 Qg7 28. Qxc7 Qf6 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qxa7 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Kb2 Qg5 33. Kb1 Qg6 34. Kb2 Qxg2 0-1

Capablanca Memorial
Round One
May 8, 2014
Premier Group
Sambuev,Bator (2562) Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2522)
A16 English, (Grunfeld, King’s Indian)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 h6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg7 8.d4 c5 9.Be2 Nd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.Rab1 Nh5 14.Bh2 cxd4 15.cxd4 b6 16.d5 e6 17.d6 e5 18.Rb5 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Rd1 Rc8 21.h5 Bd7 22.Rd5 Be6 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.d7 Rc3 25.Qd2 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Kh7 27.e5 Rc5 28.Qe6 Rg8 29.Bc4 Rxc4 30.Qxc4 1-0

Capablanca Memorial
Round Two
May 9, 2014
Premier Group
Quesada Perez,Yuniesky (2642) - Sambuev,Bator (2562)
C41 Philidor, Nimzowitsch, Rellstab Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.0-0-0 Nc6 10.Bb5 Qg4 11.h3 Qb4 12.Be3 Ne7 13.Qc4 Qxc4 14.Bxc4 Nf5 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Be2 Be7 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Nxd6 19.Nd4 a5 20.Bf3 Rad8 21.Rhe1 Rfe8 22.Re5 b6 23.Bc6 Bd7 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.Ndb5 Kf8 26.a3 Bxc6 27.Rxd8 Ke7 28.Kd1 Bxg2 29.h4 g6 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 h5 32.Re5 Kd8 33.Nd4 Nd6 34.f3 Kc8 35.f4 Nd7 36.Re1 c5 37.Nf3 Nf6 38.a4 Nfe4 39.Ng5 Ng3 40.Nf3 Ngf5 41.c3 Ng7 42.Kc2 Kd8 43.b3 Ngf5 44.b4 cxb4 45.cxb4 axb4 46.Kb3 Ne7 47.Rd1 Kc7 48.Kxb4 Nc6 49.Ka3 Ne7 50.Kb3 Nef5 51.Kb4 Ne3 52.Rd3 Nef5 53.Nd4 Nxd4 54.Rxd4 Kc6 55.Rd1 Kc7 56.Re1 Kd7 57.Rc1 Kd8 58.Rc6 Kd7 59.Rxb6 Kc7 60.a5 f6 61.Kc5 Ne4 62.Kd4 Nd6 63.Kd5 Nf5 64.Rxf6 Nxh4 65.Rf7 1-0

Capablanca Memorial
Round Three
May 10, 2014
Premier Group
Sambuev,Bator (2562) - Cordova,Emilio (2616)
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein System

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 0-0 11.Qg4 Nf6 12.Qh4 Nc6 13.Bg5 Nxe5 14.Bxf6 Nxd3 15.Bxe7 Qc7 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Nd1 Rd8 18.Ne3 f6 19.Rab1 g5 20.Qg4 Nf4 21.d5 h5 22.Qd1 exd5 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Rfe1 d4 25.Nf5 Qd7 26.Nxd4 Nxg2 27.Red1 Nh4 28.Ne6 Nf3 29.Kf1 Bd5 30.Nxd8 Qh3 31.Ke2 Bxb3 32.axb3 Ne5 33.Ra1 Qf3 34.Kd2 a5 35.Ra3 Qxf2 36.Kc1 Qe3 37.Kc2 Qe2 38.Rd2 Qe4 39.Kc3 b5 0-1

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A bonus!

Capablanca Memorial
Round One
May 8, 2014
Open I
Gerzhoy, Leonid (2472) – Perera Alfonso, Rene Humberto (2302)
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange, Simagin’s Improved Var

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 OO 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Bh6 Rad8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 Na5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bb1 Kg8 20. Nd4 e6 21. a3 Na6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Ba2 Nc5 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. f5 Kh8 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. fxe6 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

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Capablanca Memorial 2014

Round Four
May 11, 2014

In the last round, Vassily Ivanchuk fell to Almasi. It was only the third time he had lost in the 64 games he had played in Havana ( 28-3=33).

In the Fourth he came up against Wesley So and the two light-squared bishops battled on to the 85th move.

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Elite
Round Four
May 11, 2014
So, Wesley – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 d5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. Nxa5 Bxd2 12. Bxd2 dxe4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Bb4 Nd7 16. fxe4 c5 17. Ba3 Bxe4 18. Rd6 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. g3 Bb7 21. b4 Ne5 22. bxc5 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bd5 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Bxa2 26. Bb2 Bc4 27. Bb7 f6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Be4 h6 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Ke3 Kc7 32. Bd3 Bd5 33. Bb5 Bg2 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Bf3 Bd5 36. Be2 Bc6 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Bd3 Kd7 39. Be4 Bc4 40. Kd2 Kc7 41. h4 Bb5 42. Ke3 Bc4 43. Bg6 Bd5 44. Kd3 Bg2 45. Be4 Bf1 46. Ke3 Bc4 47. h5 Kd7 48. Bd3 Bd5 49. Be2 Kc7 50. c4 Bc6 51. Bf3 Ba4 52. Kd3 Kd7 53. Kd2 Kd8 54. Bd1 Bc6 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Be2 Kd7 57. Bg4 Ke7 58. Bf3 Ba4 59. Bb7 Bc2 60. Bc8 Bf5 61. Bb7 Bc2 62. Be4 Bd1 63. Bg6 Ba4 64. Kd3 Bc6 65. Be4 Ba4 66. Bb7 Kd7 67. Ke4 Kc7 68. Ba6 Bd1 69. Kxe5 Bxh5 70. Bb5 Bg4 71. Be8 Be2 72. Kxe6 Bxc4 73. Ke7 Be2 74. Bg6 Kc6 75. Kf7 Kxc5 76. Kxg7 Kd4 77. Kxh6 Ke3 78. Kg5 Kf2 79. Kf4 Bd1 80. Bf5 Be2 81. Bg4 Bb5 82. Bh3 Be2 83. Bf5 Bd1 84. Bg4 Bb3 85. Bf3 0.5-0.5
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In the Premier, Bator went down to Sebastian Bogner:

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Premier
Round Four
May 11, 2014
Sambuev, Bator (2562) – Bogner, Sebastian (2593)
B20 Sicilian, Keres Variation (2.Ne2)

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nbc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Rb1 e6 8.Qd3 Qc7 9.Qg3 b5 10.Ng1 a6 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.Be4 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 d5 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Qf3 0-0-0 18.a4 e5 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra1 Qxf3 22.Nxf3 Kb7 23.0-0 Bc7 24.b4 f5 25.bxc5 Ra8 26.Rab1 Kc6 27.Rfe1 Rhe8 28.g4 fxg4 29.Ng5 h6 30.Ne4 Ra2 31.Re2 Rea8 32.Kg2 Ra1 33.Rb4 R8a4 34.f3 gxf3 35.Kxf3 Rf1 36.Nf2 Ba5 37.Rb3 Bc7 38.Kg2 Raa1 39.Nd3 Rg1 40.Kf3 Rg5 41.Ke3 Rh5 42.Rb4 Rh1 43.Rg4 g5 44.Rf2 R1xh2 45.Rf6 Kd7 46.Rf7 Ke6 47.Rf3 Rxc2 48.Rb4 Rhh2 49.Rf2 Rh3 50.Ke4 Rxf2 51.Nxf2 Rh4 52.Kf3 Rf4 53.Ke3 Rxb4 54.cxb4 Kd5 55.Kd3 h5 56.Ne4 Bd8 57.Nc3 Kc6 58.Ke4 g4 59.Ne2 h4 60.Kxe5 h3 0-1
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Standings After Round Four

Elite

Dominguez, Leinier 2.5/4
Almasi, Zoltan 2.5/4
So, Wesley 2.5/4
Bruzon, Batista 2/4
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1.5/4
Vallejo, Pons 1.0/4

Premier

Bacallao, Alonso 3.0/4
Cordova, Emilio 3.0/4
Bogner, Sebastian 2.5/4
Ortiz Suarez Isan 2.5/4
Quesada, Yuniesky 2.5/4
Quesada, Yasser 1.5/4
Dvirnyy, Danyyll 1.5/4
Gonazalez Yuri 1.5/4
Sambuev, Bator 1.0/4
Hevia Alejano Carlos 1.0/4

Open I

Cuenca Jimenez, Fernando 4.0/4
Obregon Rivero, Juan Carlos 4.0/4
Jimenez Fraga, Pedro 3.5/4
Ortega Amarelle Mariano 3.0/4
Gerzhoy, Leonid 3.0/4
Trent, Lawrence 3.0/4

17 players with 3.0/4

[Wayne Komer]

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Capablanca Memorial 2014

Round Five
May 12, 2014

Earlier today I gave a partial score of the following game with Ivanchuk playing an unsound sacrifice on his 20th move. The game ended in his defeat.

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Elite
Round Five
May 12, 2014
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Vallejo Pons, Francisco
C53 Guioco Piano

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. a5 Nf6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne4 Bf8 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Ba4 Nd7 15. b4 f5 16. Ned2 g5 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 g4 20. Rad1 gxf3 21. Qxf3 Rf8 22. Bc1 Rf7 23. c5 Qf6 24. Bb3 Nf8 25. g4 f4 26. Qe4 Ne6 27. f3 Kh8 28. Rde1 Re8 29. Kh1 Rfe7 30. Qf5 Qh4 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxf4 Rf6 33. Bg3 Rxf5 34. Bxh4 Rf4 35. Re4 Ref8 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. Bg3 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 Bf6 40. h4 Kf7 41. Ke2 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Bf2 Ng6 44. g5 hxg5 45. h5 Ne7 46. Be3 c6 47. Kg4 Ng8 48. Bd2 Nh6 49. Kg3 Be7 50. Bc1 Kf6 51. Bd2 Bf8 52. Bc1 Ng8 53. Bd2 Bh6 0-1

I think I can understand why he is playing so badly lately.. Tomorrow is a free day; perhaps that will help.

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Elite
Round Five
May 12, 2014
Almasi, Zoltan – So, Wesley
C18 French, Winawer, Advance (without 7..Qc7)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Nf5 16. Ne4 Nce7 17. Nf6 Rg6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Rb1 Kb8 21. Be4 Rg8 22. a4 Qc6 23. a5 Qa4 24. a6 b6 25. Rb3 Nde3 26. Ra3 Qb4 27. Rb3 Qa4 28. Ra3 Qb4 29. Rb3 Qe7 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Qxc3 e2 32. Re1 Rd1 33. Bxf5 Rc8 34. Qg3 Qc5 35. Kh1 exf5 36. Rb1 Qd5 37. h3 Rd8 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Qh4 R8d7 40. Rb3 Rxe1 41. Qh8 Kc7 42. Rc3 Qc6 43. Rxc6 Kxc6 44. Qc8 Rc7 45. Qa8 Kc5 46. Qb8 Rc6 47. Qxa7 Rd1 48. Qe7 Kb5 0-1

Wesley So beat Zoltan Almasi and so the standings are:

So, Wesley 3.5/5
Dominguez, Leinier 3.0/5
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 2.5/5
Almasi, Zoltan 2.5/5
Vallejo Pons, Francisco 2.0/5
Ivanchuk, Vassily 1.5/5
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The Round Five Bulletin won’t be out until tomorrow and when it is, I will give Bator Sambuev’s game from today.

Next round Wed May 14, 2014. Pairings Bruzon-So, Almasi-Vallejo and Ivanchuk-Dominguez.

[Nathan Zeap]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

Wesley So will win this tournament. He just trounced Almasi with the French defense.. quite convincingly in fact. Earlier Dominguez felt the sting of Wes' attacking moves and had to defend precisely as white to exact a draw. I thought Wes was about to avenge his loss To Dominguez at Tata but not quite The thing with Wes is he lost to a stunner to Dominguez at Tata and the next game he trounced Rapport. Last year he won Iceland, Hoogeven and Universiade. This year this will be his first tournament win

Chucky is out of the race. He's sacrificing pieces needlessly like he's playing simul with club players. Wesley needs to trounce Dominguez in the 2nd phase of this tournament to make it even more satisfying. I wonder where Wes will play once he finishes school.

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

Good luck Bator and show them they needed to use your CFC rating LOL

I like this joke :)

[Wayne Komer]

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Capablanca Memorial 2014

Round Six
May 14, 2014

Ivanchuk lost in Round Three to Almasi and in Round Five to Pons. Today he was going against Leinier Rodriguez, who has a lifetime score (in classical) of 2 wins, 5 losses and 20 draws against him. Perhaps 14.c3 was better than the Bd2 played. Then Chukky had 18 minutes for 22 moves and took the perpetual.

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Elite
Round Six
May 14, 2014
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Dominguez Perez, Leinier
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf (6.f4)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nb4 13. Qb3 d5 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bf3 h5 19. Bxd5 Bxg3 20. Bc3 Bxh2 21. Kxh2 Qd6 22. Re5 Rhe8 23. Re1 f6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qc4 Rxe5 26. Qxa6 Kb8 27. Qb6 Kc8 28. Qa6 Kb8 0.5-0.5

The Elite standings after Round Six are:

So 4.0/6
Dominguez 3.5/6
Bruzon 3.0/6
Vallejo 3.0/6
Almasi 2.5/6
Ivanchuk 2.0/6

Next round Ivanchuk-Bruzon, Dominguez-Almasi, Vallejo-So.

It has been difficult to get the game scores from the Premier. Monday’s games were just reported in Bulletin 5, late this evening.

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Premier
Round Five
May 12, 2014
Hevia Alejano, Carlos Antonio – Sambuev, Bator
C17 French, Winawer, Advance (5.a3 Ba5)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 0-0-0 14. axb7 Kb8 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bg5 Rxg5 17. Nxg5 Qxe5 18. Kf1 Qf6 19. f4 e5 20. Nf7 e4 21. Nxd8 Nxd8 22. Be2 d4 23. h4 Ne6 24. Rh3 Nxf4 25. Rg3 d3 26. cxd3 exd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Qg7 Qd6 29. Rb1 Be8 30. Qh8 Nc6 31. Qxe8 Nd8 32. Qe3 c2 33. Ra1 Qf6 34. Qxd3 Qxa1 35. Kf2 c1Q 36. Qxd8 Kxb7 37. Qd7 Ka6 38. Qd6 Kb5 39. Rb3 1-0

The Premier standings after Round Five are:

Bacallao 3.5/5;Bogner 3.5/5;Ortiz Suarez 3.0/5; Quesada, Yuniesky 3.0/5;Cordova, Emilio 3.0/5; Quesada, Yasser 2.0/5; Dvirnyy Danyyll 2.0/5; Gonzalez, Yuri 2.0/5; Hevia, Carlos 2.0/5 and Sambuev, Bator 1.0/5

In Round Six Bator is white against Ortiz Suarez.

In the Open I after Round Five Leonid Gerzhoy has 3.5/5 and stands sixth.
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It is a pity the Capablanca doesn’t have a rich sponsor. The difference between it and tourneys funded by oil companies is like night and day.

Trying to get game scores and other information has been challenging. The other day I happened upon a blog by Colin Crouch. He appeared to be monitoring the Capablanca from home in England.

You might know him from his dozen or so books – Great Attackers, Modern Chess Move by Move, How to Defend in Chess, The Queen’s Gambit Declined, Hastings, 1895 – The Centenary Book, Pawn Chains and Against the Maroczy Bind, among others.

I’ve seen his postings on the English Chess Forum for a year or so. There have been a few typos but that happens to everyone. You can see his entertaining blog on Havana etc at

http://crouchnotes.blogspot.co.uk/

After apologizing for some factual errors he made, he stated:

“Corrections to be made shortly. Sadly, as players in Britain will be fully aware, after a stroke I have never been able to recover fully.”

“I have to admit too that my speed of thought was not as good as it used to be, not that it was ever great, and in trying to catch up, even partially, with the top players, my brain is not quite up to the great flexibility of fully live annotation, especially without the help of the computer. Sure, I can set things up with chess engines, but perhaps I am lazy, and tend to rely on the chess analysis engines that come, integrated fashion, into the main website given on the tournaments. There is no Houdini at Havana, and not even live cameras. Old-fashioned perhaps, but I can feel nostalgic about the old days, sitting in the third row to watch the huge demonstration boards at a tournament, and letting my mind drift into complicated positions. These days of course I can do much of it at home.”

[Andy Shaw]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

Same bet as for World cup. Your 5000$ vs my 100$ that I will not win this tournament. Fair enough if you say "it's more than likely".

I guess I'll be winning this bet :) 1/7 yikes. Six goose eggs in a row. Or in chess terms... Bator has decided to long castle twice.
(0-0-0) (0-0-0)

I hope he can finish strong.

[Wayne Komer]

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Capablanca Memorial 2014

Havana, Cuba
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Round Seven

From yesterday’s round:

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Premier
May 14, 2014
Round Six
Sambuev, Bator – Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
A80 Dutch

1.d4 f5 2.c3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Qb3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.h4 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.e3 e6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.e4 Kh8 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Nf1 Rb8 14.Ne3 b5 15.exf5 Nxe3 16.fxe3 exf5 17.e4 c5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Qd2 b4 20.h5 bxc3 21.bxc3 Qa5 22.Rd1 Bd7 23.Nh4 Rfe8 24.Kf1 cxd4 25.Ng6 Kh7 26.cxd4 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 Bxd4 28.Rh4 Be3 29.Re2 Kg7 30.Rc4 Kf6 31.Rc7 Bb5 32.Bxb5 Rxb5 33.g3 Re4 34.Kg2 Bb6 35.Rcc2 Kg5 36.Red2 Bc5 37.Nh4 Bb4 38.Rf2 f4 39.Rc7 Kxh5 40.Rg7 Rg5 41.Rxg5 hxg5 42.Nf5 Be1 43.Kf3 Ra4 44.g4 Kg6 45.Re2 Bb4 46.Ne7 Kf7 47.Nd5 Kf8 48.Rh2 Bc5 49.Rh5 Ra3 50.Ke4 f3 51.Rxg5 f2 52.Rf5 Kg7 53.Rg5 Kf7 54.Rf5 Ke8 55.Nf6 Kd8 56.Kd5 Rd3 57.Kc6 Rd1 0-1

and from today’s action:

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Premier
May 15, 2014
Round Seven
Quesada Perez, Yasser (2493) – Sambuev, Bator (2562)
C08 French, Tarrasch, open (…Nf6)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxd7 Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 a5 13. c3 a4 14. a3 Qa5 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nfe4 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Be5 Qa6 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Qd2 Ng7 24. g4 f6 25. Bd4 g5 26. g3 Qc6 27. Kg2 Bf8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Qd3 Rd7 30. Be3 Qe6 31. Qb5 Qxg4 32. Rxd5 Nd6 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Bc5 h5 35. c4 h4 36. Nd4 h3 37. Kh2 Qe1 38. Nb5 b6 39. Be3 g4 40. Nxd6 Bh6 41. Qg6 Rg7 42. Qe8 Kh7 1-0
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Is something wrong with Ivanchuk? He plays 15.h3, which isn’t aggressive enough, and offers a draw a few moves later when he has twice the time as his opponent has on his clock (52 min to 28 min).

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Elite
Round Seven
May 15, 2014
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kasparov System

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Ba3 13. Rc2 a6 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. h3 Nc6 16. Qd3 Bc5 17. Nxc6 0.5-0.5

Everybody else draws too and so the standings are

So 4.5/7
Dominguez 4.0/5
Bruzon 3.5/7
Vallejo 3.5/7
Almasi 3.0/7
Ivanchuk 2.5/7

Next round – Bruzon-Vallejo, So-Dominquez and Almasi-Ivanchuk.
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Two more Gerzhoy games. The one from Round Two is on the official site up until White’s move 23, with no result. I’ll give the partial score tomorrow.

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Open I
May 10, 2014
Round Three
Gerzhoy, Leonid (2472) – Diaz Murgada, Rider (2375)
D37, Queen’s Gambit Declined, 4. Nf3

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. OO Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 bxc5 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bf5 Nf6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Ng5 21. Bg4 Rad8 22. f4 Ne6 23. Bf3 Bb8 24. g3 Ba7 25. Nf1 f5 26. Bg2 h5 27. Be5 Ng5 28. Qe2 Nf7 29. Bb2 Rfe8 30. Ba3 Rd7 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rcd8 33. Rd3 Qe6 34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Bb2 Nh6 36. h3 Bc6 37. Nh2 Nf7 38. Nf3 Kg8 39. Ne5 Nxe5 40. Bxe5 Bb6 41. Kh2 Kf8 42. Bb2 Kf7 43. Qc2 Bb5 44. R3d2 h4 45. gxh4 Qxe3 46. Be5 c4 47. h5 Ba5 48. Rxd5 Rxd5 49. Bxd5 Rxd5 50. Rxd5 Bc6 51. Rd6 Be4 52. Qxc4 1-0

Capablanca Memorial 2014 Open I
May 11, 2014
Round Four
Gerzhoy, Leonid (2472) - Obregon Rivero, Juan Carlos (2509)
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind (6.e4 d6)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15. Rab1 Be5 16. a3 e6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qf6 19. Nd1 Na4 20. Rb3 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. b5 Bd7 23. Ne3 Be6 24. exd5 Rfd8 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Nc3 27. Bf3 Ra2 28. Qd3 0-1

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And how are the other commentators doing? Colin Crouch on his blog was trying to do an analysis of Round Six games but then rushed off to his teaching duties at the club:

http://crouchnotes.blogspot.co.uk/

Jan Gustafsson writes about his friend Paco Vallejo. Paco morphs into Pacman and Jan shows off his love of films by giving a clip from Our Man in Havana. This is a 1959 film authored by Graham Greene set in Cuba and starring Alec Guinness as our man (spy) in Havana. Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson and Ernie Kovacs also have lead roles.

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/pacoman-in-havana

And where does this leave us? Well, the chess is not exciting, getting information without interviews, live television coverage or any sort of press corps is difficult.

There are three rounds left in the Elite. Perhaps Ivanchuk will make a charge but it doesn’t look promising. So or Dominquez will probably win the 1800 CUC first prize.

I am sure things will look brighter in the morning.

[John Upper]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

I guess I'll be winning this bet ...

Sorry in advance because I might have missed something in this thread, but I'll just ask for clarification:

do you mean "I will win", or "I would have won if I'd accepted the bet when it was offered"?

[Nigel Hanrahan]

silence is consent?

Sorry in advance because I might have missed something in this thread, but I'll just ask for clarification:

do you mean "I will win", or "I would have won if I'd accepted the bet when it was offered"?

lol. Perhaps he is interpreting his own silence as agreement. That approach did not work for Thomas Moore.

By the way, in another thread with (apparently) another bet, we had the following

I'm going to back out from the deal for now. We will keep in touch if I change my mind. Thanks Vlad.

[Paul Bonham]

Re: silence is consent?

lol. Perhaps he is interpreting his own silence as agreement. That approach did not work for Thomas Moore.

By the way, in another thread with (apparently) another bet, we had the following

You're a fine one to talk. Your own silence on "facts" backing up your claims about a certain train disaster puts you in the dumpster with Andy... and with Mr. Drkulec and his "facts" on Kasparov taking credit for ruining Salov.

[Andy Shaw]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

Sorry in advance because I might have missed something in this thread, but I'll just ask for clarification:

do you mean "I will win", or "I would have won if I'd accepted the bet when it was offered"?

I would have won - sorry.

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

Andy,
Yes you would have won had you made a very bad bet in this case.
Let me shed some light on what is the right bet in any situation.
First, you must estimate the chance of an event occurring. In the event that Bator would win the tournament - let's say there were ten equal players - would be one in ten. But not all players are equal. In this case, Bator was in the middle of the pack (going by ratings). And in fact, judging if the ratings are accurate is really the first step.
So, now let us say that you deem Bator to be not as strong as his rating imply's and therefore you estimate his chance of winning the tourney as only one in twenty. So then the correct betting odds would be 19 - 1. So, to be fair, you should wager $1900 against his $100. But you should always try to get the best of the odds in a bet. So you might offer to lay only 15 to 1 where, by the way, Bator was asking you to lay 50 to 1. So of course you should refuse that bet.
So in the above situation, what happens if you lay say 20 to 1 - that is you pay $2000 if Bator wins the event. You will then collect $100 each of the 19 times he fails but then have to pay him $2,000 for the time he wins for a net loss of $100 over the 20 bets.
You should always make some such calculation before you open you pie hole to make a pronouncement. Then if you are challenged on your statement, be prepared to offer a betting line.

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Capablanca Memorial 2014

Then a day or two later, you made another outrageous statement, saying that Agdestein would score 0 - 9 in the Norway tournament. Now all you had to do was think how many times in the history of chess has a player scored ZERO in a round-robin tournament. Probably less than 1% of all tournaments so the true odds might be something like 100 to 1. Since then I see that Agdestein is playing board #2 behind Magnus in the Olympiad and his FIDE rating is 2625. I did not know that at the time - all I knew was that he was the only Norwegian invited besides Carlsen and therefore must have been deemed worthy of inclusion.
So the true odds of him scoring zero must be worse than 100 to 1. And so when I offered you 2 to 1 on a $100 bet I was trying to rob you! But of course I would not be interested to offer the true line where I would risk $10,000 to win $100.
If you think I am wrong, the 2 to 1 offer is still open! :)

[Nigel Hanrahan]

even the Mayor of Lac M is calling for regulatory changes.

You're a fine one to talk. Your own silence on "facts" backing up your claims about a certain train disaster puts you in the dumpster with Andy... and with Mr. Drkulec and his "facts" on Kasparov taking credit for ruining Salov.

lol. A child could do the investigating necessary to discover that even the Mayor of Lac-Mégantic is calling for regulatory changes (in the US as well) to make sure this sort of disgusting corporate atrocity doesn't happen again. The record of train disasters in Canada, not just this horrific incident in which dozens of people were incinerated, is getting worse and worse with the ideologically-driven feverish enthusiasm for the free fall of a regulatory desert in Canada. Google is your friend. Soon Canadians will have to pay for the privilege of having their towns blown up by reckless rail companies and their stooges in government. And all this at a time when the suicidal oil and gas industry is frothing with enthusiasm for moving highly explosive fuels and bitumen (disguised as harmless substances, of course!) by rail, seeing as their plans for pipelines is meeting with unsurprising and fierce resistance by ordinary citizens and First Nations people.

No wonder people are marking you for "ignore". Have a nice day.