2019 Capablanca Memorial

[Nigel Hanrahan]

The Capablanca Memorial is taking place 2-14 May in Havana.

Tournament Bulletins can be found over here.

[Wayne Komer]

2019 Capablanca Memorial

May 13, 2019

Vassily Ivanchuk has won the Capablanca Memorial at the age of 50.

Here are his games from the contest:

Round 1, May 3, 2019
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Anton Guijarro, David
C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 c6 11.Qf3 Re8 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.b3 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Qa5 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.g4 Qb4 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Ne2 Qb6 21.Ng3 Be6 22.c4 h6 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Qf4 Rc8 25.Ne2 h5 26.g5 Ne4 27.h4 Qa5 28.Nd4 Qxa2 29.g6 Rf8 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Qe3 Qb2 33.Rd4 Qb1+ 34.Kg2 Qc2 35.Rd7 Qc6 36.Rd4 e5 37.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 38.Rxe4 Rf6 39.Rxe5 Rxg6+ 40.Kf3 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, May 4
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri
A46 Queen’s Pawn Fianchetto

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 b5 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.e3 a5 13.Re1 Nb6 14.Rc1 Nc4 15.Nxc4 dxc4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.a4 bxa4 18.Qxa4 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxc3 20.dxc5 Rfc8 21.c6 h6 22.Rec1 Qd3 23.Rb7 c3 24.Rb3 Rc7 25.Rbxc3 Qd6 26.Rc4 Kh7 27.h4 Qd5 28.Rc5 Qd6 29.h5 Rac8 30.Qa2 f6 31.Qa4 Kg8 32.Qxa5 e5 33.Rd5 Qe7 34.Qb5 Qe6 35.Qb3 Kh7 36.Qc2+ Kg8 37.Rcd1 e4 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.c7 Qe7 41.Rc1 Kg8 42.Qc6 1-0

Round 3, May 5
Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos – Ivanchuk, Vassily
C42 Petrov, Cozio Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Nh4 Rhe8 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Kd7 18.Rhe1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 b5 20.c3 a5 21.Kc2 a4 22.Kd3 Ne7 23.Nd2 g5 24.g3 f5 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Nd2 f4 27.Ne4 Rf8 28.Rh1 Kc6 29.Re1 g4 30.a3 h5 31.Nd2 Kd7 32.Re4 Rf7 33.Re1 Ne7 34.Ne4 Ng6 35.Nd2 d5 36.Rf1 Re7 37.f3 Re3+ 38.Kc2 Re2 0-1

Round 4, May 6
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Sevian, Samuel
E48 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.O-O Re8 9.Bd2 c6 10.f3 c5 11.Rc1 a6 12.Kh1 Nc6 13.Bb1 cxd4 14.exd4 Nh5 15.g3 g6 16.Bh6 Be6 17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Na5 20.b3 Ba3 21.Rcd1 Bb4 22.Rc1 Ba3 23.Rcd1 Bb4 24.Rc1 1/2-1/2

Round 5, May 7
Adhiban, B. – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E20 Nimzo-Indian, Romanishin-Kasparov, main line

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Qxc6 14.Qxc6 bxc6 15.Rc1 Bd7 16.Bd4 f6 17.f3 h5 18.Kf2 a5 19.Rc5 a4 20.Bc3 Rfb8 21.Rd1 Ra7 22.a3 Kf7 23.Rd4 Ra6 24.Ke3 Re8+ 25.Kf2 Rb8 26.Ke3 Re8+ 27.Kd2 Bh3 28.Ke1 Bf5 29.Kf2 Rb8 30.Rh4 Kg6 31.Rb4 Rxb4 32.axb4 Bd7 33.Bd4 Rb6 34.Rxd5 cxd5 35.Bxb6 Kf7 36.e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 f5 38.e5 Ke6 39.Bc7 g5 40.Ke3 Kd5 41.Bd6 Kc4 42.Be7 Kd5 43.Bf6 Bc6 44.h4 gxh4 45.gxh4 Bd7 46.Kf4 Kc4 47.Kg5 f4 48.Kxf4 Kxb4 49.Kg5 Bg4 50.e6 Bxe6 51.Kxh5 Bf7+ 52.Kg5 Kb3 53.h5 Bxh5 54.Kxh5 a3 55.bxa3 Kxa3 1/2-1/2

Round 6, May 9
Anton Guijarro, David – Ivanchuk, Vassily
E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.Ne2 d6 9.Ng3 Na5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.O-O Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxc4 13.Rb1 Nd7 14.f4 Ndb6 15.Nf5 f6 16.Rf3 Qd7 17.Rg3 g6 18.Qh5 Kh8 19.Rxg6 Qf7 20.Rh6 Qxh5 21.Rxh5 Rf7 22.h3 Re8 23.Nh6 Rff8 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Ng4 exd4 26.cxd4 Rxe4 27.Bh6 Rf7 28.Rf1 Nd7 29.Rd5 Nd6 30.Bf4 Nb6 31.Ra5 Nbc4 32.Rxa7 h5 33.Nh6 Rg7 34.Bxd6 Nxd6 35.Nf5 Nxf5 36.Rxf5 Rxd4 37.Rxb7 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Rd2 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Rxh5+ Kg6 41.Rc5 Kh7 42.Rh5+ Kg6 43.Rc5 Kh7 44.Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 7, May 10
Gonzalez, Vidal, Yuri – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 Rd8 12.Be3 Nf8 13.Qb1 f6 14.Ra4 Be6 15.Nfd2 Nd7 16.b4 Bf8 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Ra2 Qf7 19.Rb2 Rd7 20.f3 Na6 21.Kh1 c5 22.Qd1 Nb4 23.Qe2 Rb8 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Re8 26.Qf2 Rxd3 27.Rxb4 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 cxb4 29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.Qxd6 Bd5 31.Bd2 Bxe4 32.Bxb4 Qc4 33.Qd2 g5 34.Bc3 Kf7 35.Kg1 Re6 36.Re3 a6 37.h3 Qc6 38.Bd4 Kg6 39.Rc3 Qd6 40.Rc8 Bc6 41.Qd3+ Kg7 42.c3 Qd7 43.Ra8 Qd5 44.Qd2 Re1+ 45.Kf2 Ra1 0-1

Round 8, May 11
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos
B30 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ned5 Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.a3 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Qc1 Qd8 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Qg5 19.Raf1 Bxc4 20.dxc4 Rae8 21.Qf2 f6 22.Nd5 b5 23.c3 Ne6 24.Rf3 Qe5 25.Re1 Ng5 26.Rf5 Qe6 27.cxb5 Nxe4 28.Qf4 Rf7 29.b6 g6 30.Rxe4 Qxe4 31.Nxf6+ Rxf6 32.Qxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxf6 Re1+ 34.Kf2 Rd1 35.Ke2 Rd5 36.Rf4 Re5+ 37.Kd3 d5 38.b4 cxb4 39.axb4 Re6 40.Kd4 1-0

Round 9, May 12
Sevian, Samuel – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7 9.f4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bd3 Rb8 12.Qe2 Nb4 13.Be3 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qd5 16.b3 Qxd3 17.cxd3 Be7 18.Be3 f5 19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Ke2 Rb7 21.Rac1 Kf7 22.Bc5 Rb5 23.Bxe7 Kxe7 24.h4 Rd5 25.Rc3 Rb8 26.Ke3 c5 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Rd4 29.Rb3 Rxb3 30.axb3 d6 31.Ra1 dxe5 32.fxe5 Rd7 33.Ra6 Rc7 34.Kd2 g6 35.Kc3 h6 36.b4 cxb4+ 37.Kxb4 Rd7 38.Kc3 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.d4 f4 41.c5 Rb7 42.Kc4 Rb2 43.Rxa7+ Kd8 44.c6 Rxg2 45.d5 Rd2 46.c7+ Kc8 47.d6 Rc2+ 48.Kd3 1-0

Round 10, May 13
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Adhiban, B.
A42 Modern Defence, Averbakh System

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nge2 Nc6 6.d5 Na5 7.Rb1 Nf6 8.Ng3 O-O 9.Be2 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.b4 Nd7 13.Qd2 cxb4 14.Nd1 h5 15.Bxh5 Nc4 16.Qxb4 b5 17.Be2 Nc5 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Bb2 Nd3 20.Qa3 Nxb2 21.Nxb2 c3 22.Nc4 Qc7 23.Na5 Rb8 24.Rxb8 Qxb8 25.Nc6 Qb5 26.Qxd6 c2 27.Qc7 Bf6 28.Na7 Qb7 29.Qxb7 Bxb7 30.Rc1 Bg5 31.Rxc2 f5 32.Rc7 Ba8 33.Nc6 Bf4 34.Ra7 Bxc6 35.dxc6 Re8 36.Rxa6 fxe4 37.Ra4 1-0

Final Standings

1 Ivanchuk 7
2-3 Sevian, Anton Guijarro 6.5
4-5 Albornoz, Adhiban 3.5
6 Gonzalez Vidal 3

[Erik Malmsten]

And in the Open:
Bator Sambuev 7-3 perf rating 2585 tied for 7th
Halldor Peter Palsson 3-7 perf 1931 played 1 WGM & 3 WFMs