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...

José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A...

(with Magnus Carlsen) Capablanca Memorial Havana 2010, 7/10 1st Cap d'Agde Rapid 2010, 1st Gibraltar 2011, 9/10 1st Capablanca Memorial Havana 2011, 6½/10...

1963, he was second at Sochi (Chigorin Memorial) behind Polugaevsky. His visit to Havana's Capablanca Memorial in 1964 resulted in a share of first with...

Radjabov in the tie-break. In the same year, Domínguez Pérez won the Capablanca Memorial for the first time. He won this tournament also in 2008 and 2009...

first time. In July 2016, Xiong won the B group ("Premier") of the Capablanca Memorial and the US Closed Junior Championship. The following month, he won...

breaking 2700 for the first time. Despite a collapse of form at the Capablanca Memorial in which Harikrishna scored 3/10, losing four games and failing to...

Blitz 2707+1⁄4 Levon Aronian Stepan Avagyan Memorial Jermuk 2–12 May 2656+1⁄4 Samuel Sevian Capablanca Memorial Havana 3–11 May 2593+7⁄8 Jonas Buhl Bjerre...

The Guardian. Retrieved August 28, 2023. "Hans Niemann dominates Capablanca Memorial". Chess News. April 30, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022. "Hans...

(1977 (tie), 1978, 1984 (tie), 1991, and 2000) the Capablanca Memorial in 1984 and the Torre Memorial in 1997. Jesus Nogueiras player profile and games...

Kg2 Qf4 17.exf4 d4 18.Be3 dxe3. In the Premier I group at the 2003 Capablanca Memorial tournament, Péter Székely took just 130 moves (an average of 10 moves...

in the 1964 Olympiad in Tel Aviv. Fischer wanted to play in the Capablanca Memorial Tournament in Havana in August and September 1965. Since the State...

Final British Chess Congress Capablanca Memorial Chigorin Memorial Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting DSB Congress Euwe Memorial General Government chess tournament...

Ramírez gained his first norm for the title of Grandmaster at the 2003 Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba, where he scored 8/11 points. The second norm was...

Ireland. He is also the founder and President of the José Raúl Capablanca Memorial Chess Society. A Spy by Nature (2001), ISBN 0-14-029476-7, the first...

the seventh American to pass the 2700 barrier. In May, he won the Capablanca Memorial, scoring 71⁄2/10 (+5–0=5) for a performance rating of 2831. This...

he took 14th in Moscow (Alekhine Memorial; Mikhail Botvinnik won). In 1962, he took 9th in Havana (Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1962, he...

Steel Chess Tournament Group A, scoring 6/11. He also won the 49th Capablanca Memorial tournament, held in Havana, a point clear of Lazaro Bruzon, soon...

May 10 to May 21, he was invited to play in the Elite group of the Capablanca Memorial tournament, a very strong field of players (FIDE category 19) including...

Brady says that Fischer concentrated on working on it after the Capablanca Memorial chess tournament in 1965 and that Mosenfelder, Margulies and Leslie...

teammate Michael Adams. There were four notable victories at the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999). Miles also tied for first in...

in Spain 2005; 4th in the Cuban Championship 2007; 1st-2nd at the Capablanca Memorial Open 2008; 1st at the Villa de Bilbao Rapid 2008. His best Elo rating...

Palma Island scoring 9 points out of 9. In 2022 she won the 1st Capablanca Memorial among Women in Havana, Cuba. She has also won the 1st prize among...

Chigorin Memorial in St Petersburg 1909. Later, at St Petersburg (1914), he overcame a 1½-point deficit to finish ahead of the rising stars, Capablanca and...

in the Aratovsky Memorial in Saratov. In 2009 Poktin finished second in the category 14 Premier group of the 44th Capablanca Memorial in Havana. In 2011...

Sport Accord Mindgames Blindfold section. In 2013, Almási won the Capablanca Memorial scoring 6½/10 points. In the 1990s Almási was one of the very few...

Vladimir Kramnik and top seed Anish Giri. June 2015: Yu won the 50th Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba scoring 7/10 (+5=4-1), beating the top seed Leinier...

Soviet camp has affected their play. Vlastimil Hort wins at Havana's Capablanca Memorial Tournament, with 10½/15. Following close behind are Efim Geller and...

of chess grandmaster in 1997. Notable tournament results include: Capablanca Memorial, Varadero (Cuba), 2000 - 1st place Bergen (Norway), 2000 - 1st place...

Székely (1955–2003) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster. In the 2003 Capablanca Memorial tournament he drew all 13 of his games, the shortest in 8 moves and...