Capablanca Memorial
The Capablanca Memorial is a chess tournament that has been held annually in Cuba since 1962 in honor of José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera. At the time, it was the best paid tournament in the world.[1] Since 1974 B and C tournaments have been held.[2][3][4][5]
1962 tournament
The first José Raúl Capablanca Memorial was held from 29 April to 30 May 1962 in the
1965 tournament
The fourth tournament held in 1965 was marked by an unusual circumstance.
Winners
# Year City Winner 1 1962 Havana Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
2 1963 Havana Viktor Korchnoi (Soviet Union)
3 1964 Havana Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
Wolfgang Uhlmann (East Germany)
4 1965 Havana Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
5 1967 Havana Bent Larsen (Denmark)
6 1968 Havana Ratmir Kholmov (Soviet Union)
7 1969 Havana Alexey Suetin (Soviet Union)
Viktor Korchnoi (Soviet Union)
8 1971 Havana Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)
9 1972 Cienfuegos Anatoly Lein (Soviet Union)
10 1973 Cienfuegos Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
11 1974 Camagüey Ulf Andersson (Sweden)
12 1975 Cienfuegos Ulf Andersson (Sweden)
13 1976 Cienfuegos Boris Gulko (Soviet Union)
14 1977 Cienfuegos Guillermo Garcia Gonzales(Cuba)15 1979 Cienfuegos Evgeny Sveshnikov (Soviet Union)
16 1980 Cienfuegos Alonso Zapata (Colombia)
Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Czechoslovakia)
17 1981 Cienfuegos Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Soviet Union)
18 1983 Cienfuegos Lev Psakhis (Soviet Union)
19 1984 Cienfuegos Amador Rodríguez Céspedes (Cuba)
Rainer Knaak (East Germany)
20 1985 Havana Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia)
21 1986 Havana Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina)
Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru)
22 1987 Camagüey Carlos Garcia Palermo (Argentina)
Denis Verduga (Mexico)
23 1988 Havana Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Soviet Union)
24 1989 Holguín Amador Rodríguez Céspedes (Cuba)
25 1990 Havana Adelkis Remón (Cuba)
26 1991 Havana Valeriy Neverov (Soviet Union)
27 1992 Matanzas Henry Urday Cáceres (Peru)
28 1993 Matanzas Mark Hebden (England)
29 1994 Matanzas Loek van Wely (Netherlands)
Tony Miles (England)
Alonso Zapata (Colombia)
30 1995 Matanzas Tony Miles (England)
31 1996 Cienfuegos Tony Miles (England)
32 1997 Cienfuegos Peter Leko (Hungary)
33 1998 Havana Robert Hübner (Germany)
Iván Morovic (Chile)
Yaacov Zilberman (Israel)
34 1999 Havana Tony Miles (England)
35 2000 Varadero Alexander Volzhin (Russia)
36 2001 Havana Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)
37 2002 Havana Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba)
38 2003 Havana Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru)
39 2004 Havana Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)
40 2005 Havana Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)41 2006 Havana Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)42 2007 Havana Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)43 2008 Havana Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)
44 2009 Havana Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)
45 2010 Havana Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)46 2011 Havana (Vietnam)
47 2012 Havana Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)[9]48 2013 Havana Zoltán Almási (Hungary)
49 2014 Havana Wesley So (Philippines)
50 2015 Havana Yu Yangyi (China)
51 2016 Varadero Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)52 2017 Varadero Krishnan Sasikiran (IND)
53 2018 Havana Sam Shankland (USA)
54 2019 Havana Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)55 2022 Havana Hans Niemann (USA)
56 2023 Havana Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark)
51st Capablanca Memorial (9–19 June 2016)
The 51st edition of the Capablanca Memorial took place in the Hotel Barceló Solymar Arenas Blancas, Varadero, Cuba, from June 9 to 19, 2016. The tournament format was a six-player ten-round double round robin. The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 additional minutes starting from move 41, plus a 30-second increment starting from the first move.
Cat. XVIII (2695) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points TPR 1 Vassily Ivanchuk(Ukraine)2710 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2845 2 Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine)
2682 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2772 3 Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria)
2687 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2700 4 Zoltán Almási (Hungary)
2688 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 1 5 2699 5 Leinier Domínguez Pérez(Cuba)2723 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 4½ 2657 6 Lázaro Bruzón Batista(Cuba)2681 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * * 2½ 2509
References
- ^ All Capablanca Memorial chess tournaments
- ^ Memorials Jose Raul Capablanca
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Palmares du Capablanca in memorian
- ^ Historia del Campeonato Capablanca in Memoriam Archived March 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 83-217-2745-X(2. N-Z)
- ISBN 0-486-25925-0
- ISBN 0-486-25323-6
- ^ "47th Capablanca Memorial won by Ivanchuk". ChessBase. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2019.