The 42nd Capablanca Memorial is taking place from May 17 to 29, 2007. The headliner of this event is super GM Ivanchuk.

Here are the results of round 5:

Gashimov, Vugar – Dominguez, Lenier 1/2
Quezada, Yuniesky – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2
Nogueiras, Jesus – Delgado, Neuris 1/2
Nielsen, Peter Heine – Miton, Kamil 1/2
Bruzon, Lazaro – Arencibia, Walter 0-1

Here are the standings after 5 rounds:

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 4.0

2. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 3.0
3. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter g CUB 2555 3.0

4. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2644 2.5
5. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2541 2.5
6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2653 2.5

7. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CUB 2552 2.0
8. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2649 2.0
9. Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2547 2.0

10. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2620 1.5

Some coverage can be found here.

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