So Wins Capablanca Memorial After Second-Half Snooze Fest

Wesley So won the 2014 Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba with a score of 6.5/10. In the final three rounds the 20-year-old Pinoy grandmaster won a game and drew two to finish a point clear of Lazaro Bruzon. Especially in the second half a number of uninspiring draws were seen in Havana.

In our second report the drawing percentage (then 71.4%) was mentioned and suddenly two of the three games in round 8 were decided! However, with six draws in rounds 9 and 10 the final result was 22 draws out of 30 games (73.3%). The way some of these draws came about was even less exciting, so let's focus on that eighth round, which decided everything.

Wesley So was half a point ahead of Leinier Domiguez and defeated his closest rival in the individual encounter:

The name in second place changed from one Cuban to another as Lazaro Bruzon beat Paco Vallejo: 

Vassily Ivanchuk came close against Zoltan Almasi, but in the end the five-times winner would leave Havana without a single victory:

#	Name	Rtg	Perf	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts	SB
1	So,Wesley	2731	2826		½½	½1	1½	1½	½½	6.5/10
2	Bruzon,Lazaro	2682	2763	½½		½½	½½	½1	½½	5.5/10
3	Dominguez,Leinier	2768	2712	½0	½½		½½	1½	½½	5.0/10
4	Almasi,Zoltan	2693	2692	0½	½½	½½		½0	1½	4.5/10	22.00
5	Vallejo,Francisco	2700	2691	0½	½0	0½	½1		1½	4.5/10	21.25
6	Ivanchuk,Vassily	2753	2645	½½	½½	½½	0½	0½		4.0/10

The 2014 Capablanca Memorial took place at the Habana Riviera hotel in Havana, Cuba. Round reports in Spanish can be found at columnadeportiva.