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...

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...

and a brilliancy prize). Alekhine offered Capablanca a rematch on the same demanding terms that Capablanca had set for him, and negotiations dragged on...

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...

reached an end as he returned to the competitive chess, winning the Memorial Capablanca in 2003 and achieving the bronze medal, on the third board of the...

for second place. In May 2023, Quesada finished third in the 56th Capablanca Memorial, behind winner Jonas Buhl Bjerre and runner-up Alexandr Fier. 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...

(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...

took 18th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won). In...

(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...

most afraid of playing against (the others being Capablanca and Fischer). However, while Capablanca and Fischer were feared because of their extreme technical...

took 7th in Havana (6th Capablanca Memorial; Ratmir Kholmov won). In 1969, he tied for 8-9th in Havana (7th Capablanca Memorial; Alexei Suetin and Korchnoi...

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...

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

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...

Chess Champion (1983, 1985, 1988 and 1996). In 1991 Neverov won the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, and was a winner of the Politiken Cup in 1994. He played...

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...

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...

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...

Semmering–Baden 1937, which he won with 9/14 (+6−2=6), ahead of Fine, José Raúl Capablanca, Reshevsky, and Erich Eliskases. Keres, in his autobiographical games...

José Raúl Capablanca; the game followed the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. The game score follows: Reshevsky vs. Capablanca, 1935 1...

Qxd2 0-0 11.Bb5. Kmoch Variation (the Noa Variation, also called the Capablanca Variation) in the Nimzo-Indian Defense: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2...

similar to that of past world champions such as Anatoly Karpov, José Raúl Capablanca, and Vasily Smyslov, rather than the tactical style of Alexander Alekhine...

player to have had an early effect on Petrosian's chess was José Raúl Capablanca. At the age of 12 he began training at the Tiflis Palace of Pioneers under...

previous record length for a world title match had been 34 games (José Raúl Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine in 1927). Kasparov won games 47 and 48 to bring...

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...

approaches 100%. Some players, including world champions such as José Raúl Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Bobby Fischer, and Vladimir Kramnik, have expressed fears...

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...