The 53rd edition of the International Tournament Capablanca in Memorial is taking place from May 9-19 in the Habana Libre Hotel in Havana, Cuba. The event is organised by the Cuban Federation and the National Chess Commission.
An elite group of players: Lazaro Bruzon Batista, Aleksey Dreev, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, David Anton Guijarro, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, is honouring the Cuban Chess World Champion José Raúl Capablanca in a double round-robin with new US Champion Sam Shankland.
Time control: the players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move one.
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The tournament is celebrated annually since 1962 in honour to the famous Cuban chess master José Raúl Capablanca (1888 -1942) who made numerous contributions to chess, in theory and practice both. This year the prestigious event reached its 53rd edition, not being held only in 1966, because of the World Chess Olympiad in Cuba. The first Champion in the history of the tournament was Miguel Najdorf, in 1962 and the highest winner was Vassily Ivanchuk with 6 titles (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012). Among Cubans, Leinier has won three editions (2004, 2008, and 2009).
Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1 May 9, 2018 19:00
Round 2 May 10, 2018 19:00
Round 3 May 11, 2018 19:00
Round 4 May 12, 2018 19:00
Round 5 May 13, 2018 19:00
Round 6 May 15, 2018 19:00
Round 7 May 16, 2018 19:00
Round 8 May 17, 2018 19:00
Round 9 May 18, 2018 19:00
Round 10 May 19, 2018 19:00
Watch the games of the 53rd Capablanca Memorial 2018 and Capablanca Memorial Open 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
52nd Capablanca Memorial 2017
51st Capablanca Memorial 2016
50th Capablanca Memorial 2015
49th Capablanca Memorial 2014
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