Ivanchuk Wins Capablanca Memorial
Vassily Ivanchuk has won the 45th Capablanca Memorial Tournament in Havana, Cuba, with an undefeated score of 7/10.
Ivanchuk led from the start following a first round win against Nigel Short (see previous report), and despite being pushed all the way by 19 year-old Russian Ian Nepomniatchi, he achieved a deserved tournament victory.
Neponmiatchi's spectacular 25...Nxg2 in round eight against Short deserves mention!
The final standings:
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR |
2741 | * | * | 1 | ½ |
½ |
½ |
1 | ½ |
1 | ½ |
½ |
1 | 7 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2695 | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2713 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ |
| Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2685 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2700 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 3 |
| Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | CUB | 2668 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 3 |
