Capablanca Memorial 2012
The 47th Capablanca in Memoriam International Chess Tournament will be held from 3rd to 14th May, 2012, at the Hotel Habana Riviera, in La Habana, Cuba.
The main Elite Group will once again be a six-player double round robin. The field includes past winners of the Capablanca Memorial – GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2764) of Ukraine, with five trophies, and the Cuban GM Leinier Domínguez (2730), three-times winner.
More information about Capablanca Memorial 2012 (Spanish)
Capablanca Memorial, Elite Group
1. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2764
2. GM Leinier Dominguez (CUB) 2730
3. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2718
4. GM Viktor Laznicka (CZE) 2702
5. GM Vladimir Potkin (RUS) 2669
6. GM Yuniesky Quesada (CUB) 2625
Average Elo – 2701
The Premier Group will be a 10-player round robin with other top Cuban players and four foreign Grandmasters. The average Elo of this event is 2577.
Capablanca Memorial, Premier Group
1. GM Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) 2694
2. GM Alexander Rakhmanov (RUS) 2602
3. GM Ivan Morovic (CHI) 2577
4. GM Holden Hernandez (CUB) 2565
5. GM Isan Ortiz (CUB) 2561
6. GM Emilio Córdova (PER) 2560
7. GM Yuri González (CUB) 2545
8. GM Aramis Alvarez (CUB) 2544
9. GM Vasily Papin (RUS) 2575
10. IM Bacallao Yusnel (CUB) 2550
Average Elo – 2577
Established since 1962 on the initiative of Commander Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the tournament is held annually in honor of the renowned Cuban and world figure Jose Raul Capablanca.
Replay the games from the 2011 Capablanca Memorial
Organizing Committee
Honorary President: GM Silvino Garcia Martinez
Director: Carlos Rivero Gonzalez
Technical Director: Jose Luis Esp Altuna Peña
Rules and Arbitration: IA Enio Bello Herrera
Chief Arbiter: IA Serafin Perez Chuit
Protocol: Carlos Manuel Permuy
International participation: IM Jose Luis Vilela Acuña
Representative of the Federation: Kendry Rodriguez
Sports Medicine: Dr. Guillermo Isidrón Marcelo
IT and Statistics: Alison Muñoz Capote
Support: Wilfredo Toledo Zaldivar
Press: FM Lopez Rios Eyleen
Why are they afraid to invite Nakamura? Because they know he’ll win it by 3 points?
Actually the problem with Cuba is not Cuba itself, but the US State Department which regarding the US embargo prohibits US players to go to Cuba, unless they have an extra justification to go to Cuba as a colateral job for example going as a journalist. That was the pretext that allowed GM Larry Evans in 1964 to go to Cuba to play in the Capablanca Memorial that year, I saw him. Fischer wanted to do the same in 1965 but the US State Department vetoed that idea, he had to play via teletype.
Orlando Hernandez-Meilan