Capablanca Memorial

Vasilly Ivanchuk is back in Habana to defend his two consecutive wins at the Capablanca Chess Tournament

The 42nd Capablanca Memorial will be held on 18th-28th May in Habana, Cuba. The tournament saw its official opening this Thursday at the Neptuno-Triton Hotel complex. Vasilly Ivanchuk of Ukraine, rated 2729 FIDE, is back in Habana to defend his two consecutive wins at the Capablanca Chess Tournament.

He will be joined by another last year's participant, GM Kamil Miton (2653) from Poland, and first-time comers Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN 2649) and Vugar Gashimov (AZE 2644).

GM Vassily Ivanchuk

As usual, hosting country will be represented by strong lineup, this time composed of the members of Cuban Olympic team: Leinier Domínguez (2678), Lázaro Bruzón (2620), Walter Arencibia (2555), Jesús Nogueiras (2552), Neuris Delgado (2547) and Yuniesky Quesada (2541).

GM Leinier Domínguez

At the same time, 80 players are taking participation in the 9-round swiss open tournament.