Mark Bluvshtein and Co. in Havana

[Eric Hansen]

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.

[Jonathan Berry]

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).

[Hugh Brodie]

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

[Marcus Wilker]

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).

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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