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  • Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

    He plays in the Premier group. The higher group, Elite, has V.Ivanchuk.

    Kevin Pacey, William G. Doubleday, Halldor Peter Palsson, and Sarkar Prosanto are listed in the Grupo Abierto 2.

    http://www.capablanca.co.cu/?q=node/1628

  • #2
    Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

    Cool! I'm following Mark's tournament at the ACC site.

    Game 1 is today at 3:00 pm.

    Mark has black against the Cuban GM Omar Almeida (2555).
    Marcus Wilker
    Annex Chess Club
    Toronto, Ontario

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    • #3
      Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

      Bluvshtein won (see game below).
      In the Swiss sections, Pacey and Palsson drew; Doubleday and Sarkar lost.

      http://www.capablanca.co.cu

      [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
      [Site "Habana"]
      [Date "2011.05.11"]
      [Round "1"]
      [White "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
      [Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
      [Result "0-1"]
      [ECO "E31"]
      [WhiteElo "2555"]
      [BlackElo "2589"]
      [PlyCount "104"]
      [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
      [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
      Qe7 9. Nf3 g5 10. Bg3 e5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qc2 Kd8 15.
      Bd3 Kc7 16. O-O-O b6 17. f3 Bb7 18. Bf5 Rh8 19. Bf2 Rag8 20. g4 Qe8 21. e4 Rxh1
      22. Rxh1 Rh8 23. Qd1 Qg8 24. Be3 Rxh1 25. Qxh1 Qg7 26. Kb2 Ba6 27. Kb3 b5 28.
      cxb5 Bxb5 29. c4 Ba6 30. Qc1 Nb8 31. Nb1 Nfd7 32. Bxg5 Nb6 33. Na3 Qh8 34. Nb5+
      Bxb5 35. cxb5 Qh3 36. Qd1 Qg2 37. Bd2 Qf2 38. Bc3 c4+ 39. Ka3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2
      Qxb5+ 41. Kc1 Na4 42. Qd2 Na6 43. f4 Nxc3 44. Qxc3 Nb4 45. Kd2 Nxa2 46. Qa3 c3+
      47. Kc2 Nb4+ 48. Kxc3 Qc5+ 49. Kb3 a5 50. Qb2 exf4 51. e5 Qxd5+ 52. Ka4 dxe5
      0-1

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      • #4
        Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

        Bluvshtein leads after 4 rounds with 3-1, half a point ahead of Emilio Cordova (Peru) and Yuniesky Quesada (Cuba).

        Here are two more games:

        [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
        [Site "Habana"]
        [Date "2011.05.12"]
        [Round "2"]
        [White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
        [Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
        [Result "1/2-1/2"]
        [ECO "A59"]
        [WhiteElo "2589"]
        [BlackElo "2561"]
        [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
        [PlyCount "80"]
        [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

        1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
        Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Ra6 13. Qc2 Qa8 14. Rd1 Ne8 15.
        Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Rab1 f5 18. Kg1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 fxe4 20. Ng5 Rf5 21. b4
        Nxd5 22. Qc4 e6 23. Qxe4 Nxe3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxe3 Ne5 26. Ne4 Rf3 27. Qe2
        Rxa2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Rd3 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rd4 32. Ng5 Rxb4 33. Rd1 h6
        34. f4 hxg5 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Rd5 Re4 37. Rxc5 Kg7 38. Kf2 g4 39. hxg4 Kf6 40.
        Rc6+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

        [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
        [Site "Habana"]
        [Date "2011.05.13"]
        [Round "3"]
        [White "Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis"]
        [Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
        [Result "0-1"]
        [ECO "A70"]
        [WhiteElo "2538"]
        [BlackElo "2589"]
        [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
        [PlyCount "104"]
        [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

        1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
        Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. a4 Bg4 14. e5 dxe5 15. d6
        Qxd6 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Nd7
        22. O-O Rae8 23. Ndc3 Re6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxc5 Rc6 27. Nxd7 Rxc4
        28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. Rb8 Rc7 32. f4 Bd6 33. Rd8 Rd7 34.
        Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. g3 exf4 36. gxf4 Nc5 37. Kg2 Nd3 38. Ne2 Kf6 39. Bd4+ Ke6 40. Kf3
        Kd5 41. Bg7 h5 42. b3 Nc5 43. Nd4 Ne4 44. Ke3 Bc5 45. Kd3 Nf2+ 46. Kc3 Nh3 47.
        Ne2 Be3 48. Bh6 Ke4 49. Kc4 Bxf4 50. Nxf4 Nxf4 51. Kc5 Ne6+ 52. Kd6 f4 0-1

        There are no live games from lower than the Elite section, and TWIC isn't preparing a PGN file for the Premier section. It isn't obvious what to do from the official site. What I did to get the games was to click on the most recent round report and scroll down the page. That gave me a crosstable (good to round 4) and PGN file (good to round 3).

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        • #5
          Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

          I like the Benoni win. Pretty clean game as far as I can tell. He just consolidated with accurate calculation the suspicious pawn sacs without giving white much chance to hold.

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          • #6
            Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

            Bluvshtein lost in the 5th to Vocaturo, a player who has become a bit of a bête noire (bestia nera?) to Mark after defeating him also at Tata C. Up to that point, Vocaturo was dead last, but with this game the Premier tournament became considerably tighter, with only one point separating the four players in first (including Bluvshtein) from last place. Sorry, when I tried the game download, it was "file not found".

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            • #7
              Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

              En la agrupación Premier, tres de los cuatro llegados como líderes sostuvieron esa condición, todos con un cuarteto de unidades tras imponerse.

              Destaca entre ellos el local Aramís Álvarez (2 538), verdugo del monarca de casa Yuniesky Quesada (2 626) en 61 movimientos de una apertura Española en que llevó piezas negras.

              Los otros, el canadiense Mark Bluvshtein (2 589) y el peruano Emilio Córdova (2 561), cuyas víctimas fueron el mexicano Manuel León Hoyos (2 563) y el anfitrión Ermes Espinosa (2 467), respectivamente.

              http://www.capablanca.co.cu/?q=node/1827

              I think this means Mark held his place as co-leader by beating Manuel León Hoyos.
              Marcus Wilker
              Annex Chess Club
              Toronto, Ontario

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              • #8
                Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                Originally posted by Jonathan Berry View Post
                Bluvshtein lost in the 5th to Vocaturo, a player who has become a bit of a bête noire (bestia nera?) to Mark after defeating him also at Tata C. Up to that point, Vocaturo was dead last, but with this game the Premier tournament became considerably tighter, with only one point separating the four players in first (including Bluvshtein) from last place. Sorry, when I tried the game download, it was "file not found".
                I figured out the "file not found" problem. It's just that the file's not zipped anymore... Bluvshtein-Vocaturo is included.

                http://www.capablanca.co.cu/files/capap11.pgn
                Last edited by Marcus Wilker; Wednesday, 18th May, 2011, 11:39 AM. Reason: hyphen
                Marcus Wilker
                Annex Chess Club
                Toronto, Ontario

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                • #9
                  Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                  [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
                  [Site "Habana"]
                  [Date "2011.05.15"]
                  [Round "5"]
                  [White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
                  [Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
                  [Result "0-1"]
                  [ECO "E20"]
                  [WhiteElo "2589"]
                  [BlackElo "2540"]
                  [PlyCount "76"]
                  [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
                  [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

                  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 c5 8. cxd5
                  exd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd1 d4 13. Nxd4 Ndxe5 14. Nxc6
                  Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nxc6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Bf2 Bf5 18. Bb5 Red8+ 19. Ke1 Nd4 20. Bxd4
                  Rxd4 21. Rf1 Re4+ 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Ke1 Rc8 25. Kd2 Re6 26. Rfd1 Bc7
                  27. Nd5 Rce8 28. Bf3 Rd6 29. Re1 Red8 30. Kc3 Be6 31. Nxc7 Rc8 32. Rac1 Rxc7+
                  33. Kb4 Rd4+ 34. Ka5 b6+ 35. Ka6 Bc8+ 36. Kb5 Bd7+ 37. Bc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Rd5+
                  0-1
                  Marcus Wilker
                  Annex Chess Club
                  Toronto, Ontario

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                  • #10
                    Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                    Originally posted by Marcus Wilker View Post
                    Los otros, el canadiense Mark Bluvshtein (2 589) y el peruano Emilio Córdova (2 561), cuyas víctimas fueron el mexicano Manuel León Hoyos (2 563) y el anfitrión Ermes Espinosa (2 467), respectivamente.

                    http://www.capablanca.co.cu/?q=node/1827

                    I think this means Mark held his place as co-leader by beating Manuel León Hoyos.
                    You are right.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                      Originally posted by Marcus Wilker View Post
                      I figured out the "file not found" problem. It's just that the file's not zipped anymore... Bluvshtein-Vocaturo is included.

                      http://www.capablanca.co.cu/files/capap11.pgn
                      Thanks for that, Marcus. Broken game links are usually something silly, like misspelling the file name.

                      However, I regret to report that I just tried both the .pgn and the .zip extensions, and still get the 404 message. The story link you gave, showing Bluvshtein's 6th round victory over Hoyos, putting him to 4/6 and a 3-way tie for first, gives the 6th round results and what it claims to be the 6th round crosstable, but is only 5th round. No link on that page to any gamefile, except a generic game downloading page.

                      A few minutes later,
                      Sitio desconectado
                      Se están realizando tareas de mantenimiento en Sitio Oficial del Ajedrez Cubano. Volveremos muy pronto. Gracias por su paciencia.

                      Which you might translate: Site down for maintenance. Back soon. Tx.

                      EDIT: The site has come back from maintenance, and it is the ZIP form of the PGN file
                      http://www.capablanca.co.cu/files/capap11.zip
                      that exists and is downloadable at this moment.

                      Of course, we don't know what hardships they are working under.
                      Last edited by Jonathan Berry; Wednesday, 18th May, 2011, 12:30 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                        Originally posted by Jonathan Berry View Post
                        Thanks for that, Marcus. Broken game links are usually something silly, like misspelling the file name.
                        Somedays ago I tried to change the extension to "pgn", it did not work. Now again "The requested URL /files/capap11.pgn was not found on this server".

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                        • #13
                          Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                          Here are Mark's games from rounds 4 and 6, which completes this thread to round 6:

                          [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
                          [Site "Habana"]
                          [Date "2011.05.14"]
                          [Round "4"]
                          [White "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
                          [Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
                          [Result "1/2-1/2"]
                          [ECO "C77"]
                          [WhiteElo "2569"]
                          [BlackElo "2589"]
                          [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
                          [PlyCount "119"]
                          [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

                          1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Ba4 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6
                          9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. Nf5
                          Bc4 16. Qe3 Nh5 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Ne3 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nf4+
                          22. Kf1 Na5 23. Ng4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Be3 Rfd8 26. Qf3 Nd3 27. b3 Be7 28. g3
                          Qe6 29. Ke2 cxb3 30. axb3 c4 31. b4 Nb7 32. Bd2 Nd6 33. Ne3 Nb5 34. Nd5 f5 35.
                          Qxf5 Qd6 36. Bxd3 cxd3+ 37. Kf1 Rf8 38. Qg4 Na3 39. Rd1 Rb5 40. Ne3 Qf6 41. Rh2
                          a5 42. Bc1 axb4 43. cxb4 Nc2 44. Nd5 Qd6 45. Rxd3 Nxb4 46. Nxe7+ Qxe7 47. Rd7
                          Qf6 48. Bg5 Qa6 49. Kg2 Nc2 50. h4 Ne1+ 51. Kh3 Rb7 52. Rh1 Nd3 53. Be3 Rxd7 54.
                          Qxd7 Nxf2+ 55. Bxf2 Rxf2 56. Rc1 h6 57. h5 Rf8 58. Qd5+ Kh7 59. Qxe5 Qe2 60. Rc7
                          1/2-1/2

                          [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
                          [Site "Habana"]
                          [Date "2011.05.16"]
                          [Round "6"]
                          [White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
                          [Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
                          [Result "0-1"]
                          [ECO "E32"]
                          [WhiteElo "2563"]
                          [BlackElo "2589"]
                          [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
                          [PlyCount "68"]
                          [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

                          1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
                          Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Qc6 12. Qxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf3
                          Na5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. a4 Nd6 18. e3 Bb7 19. a5 bxa5 20. bxa5 c5 21.
                          Rxc5 Ne4 22. Rc4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. Be2 Rc1+ 25. Bd1 Bd5 26. Nh4 Rxd1+ 27.
                          Kxd1 Nxf2+ 28. Ke2 Nxh1 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Kg1 Ke7 31. Kxh1 Kd6 32. Kg1 Kc6 33. Nf3
                          Bxf3 34. gxf3 Kb5 0-1

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                          • #14
                            Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                            Originally posted by Jonathan Berry View Post
                            EDIT: The site has come back from maintenance, and it is the ZIP form of the PGN file
                            http://www.capablanca.co.cu/files/capap11.zip
                            that exists and is downloadable at this moment.

                            Of course, we don't know what hardships they are working under.
                            Thanks, Jonathan.
                            Marcus Wilker
                            Annex Chess Club
                            Toronto, Ontario

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                            • #15
                              Re: Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

                              Two more games. Going into the 9th and final round, Mark is tied for first with Cordova of Peru, half a point ahead of Alvarez. Mark has White in the last round, but that has not been his best colour. He had 4.5 of 5 with Black! Maybe he's been channeling Grischuk. Think dark thoughts, Mark!

                              The ending of the 8th round game below is piquant. A rook has 13 legal moves, just one less than the theoretical maximum, but it is trapped!

                              [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
                              [Site "Habana"]
                              [Date "2011.05.17"]
                              [Round "7"]
                              [White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
                              [Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
                              [Result "1/2-1/2"]
                              [ECO "E21"]
                              [WhiteElo "2589"]
                              [BlackElo "2626"]
                              [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
                              [PlyCount "11"]
                              [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

                              1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 1/2-1/2


                              [Event "Capablanca mem 46 PREMIER"]
                              [Site "Habana"]
                              [Date "2011.05.18"]
                              [Round "8"]
                              [White "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
                              [Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
                              [Result "0-1"]
                              [ECO "C67"]
                              [WhiteElo "2467"]
                              [BlackElo "2589"]
                              [EventDate "2011.05.11"]
                              [PlyCount "94"]
                              [SourceDate "2011.05.11"]

                              1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
                              Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nd5 Bd8
                              15. Ne2 a5 16. a4 Ra6 17. c4 Re8 18. Ng3 Nf5 19. Ne4 Rc6 20. f4 b6 21. Rd3 Rg6
                              22. Rfd1 Be6 23. R1d2 h5 24. Kf1 h4 25. Kg1 Rh8 26. Kf1 Nh6 27. Kg1 Bf5 28. Re3
                              Re6 29. Re1 f6 30. Rde2 Rhe8 31. Nf2 Bh7 32. Kf1 c6 33. Nc3 fxe5 34. fxe5 Nf5
                              35. Nce4 Rf8 36. Rd2 Be7 37. Kg1 Nd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxe5 40. Red1 c5 41.
                              R4d2 h3 42. Nd6+ Bxd6 43. Rxd6 Bc2 44. Rc1 Re2 45. Rf1 hxg2 46. Kxg2 Kc7 47. Rd5
                              Be4+ 0-1

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