Vassily Ivanchuk superior in Havana

Ukrainian took his third Capablanca Memorial

Havana must be on Vassily Ivanchuk's favorites map as he won the Capablanca memorial for the third consecutive time. It was impressive run, too, he was looking at rest of the field from the two points distance. Rare result in short 9-round robins.

Vassily Ivanchuk

Kudos to Cuban GM Walter Arencibia for the wonderful fighting spirit. Six decisive games, with only three draws, brought him to 50% score, but his attitude was refreshing and play fun to watch. This concludes our "to-praise" list.

Bad shape of Neuris Delgado Ramirez and, once Corus Group "A" participant, Lazaro Bruzon Batista, turned them into punching bags. Other players were drawing too much, in too few moves, to deserve honorable mention. Together with Bosna 2007 tournament, an important signal for the organizers.

Capablanca Memorial Final Standings:

1.	Vasilly Ivanchuk (UKR 2729)	7.5
2.	Leinier Domínguez (CUB 2678)	5.5
3.	Vugar Gashimov (AZE 2644)	5.5
4.	Walter Arencibia (CUB 2555)	4.5
5.	Yuniesky Quesada (CUB 2541)	4.5
6.	Kamil Miton (POL 2653)	4.5
7.	Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN 2649)	4.0
8.	Jesús Nogueiras (CUB 2552)	3.5
9.	Lázaro Bruzón (CUB 2620)	3.0
10.	Neuris Delgado (CUB 2547)	2.5

Round 4 report

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Parallel open tournament featured 87 participants. GM Csaba Horvath, IM Diasmany Otero and GM Holden Hernandez finished tied first with 7.5 points each.

Open Tournament Final Standings:

1.	GM Csaba Horvath (HUN 2538)	7.5
1.	IM Diasmany Otero (CUB 2366)	7.5
1.	GM Holden Hernandez (CUB 2541)	7.5
4.	FM Sandro Pozo Vera (CUB 2448)	7.0
4.	IM Gaston Needleman (ARG 2416)	7.0
4.	IM Oswaldo Zambrana (BOL 2512)	7.0
7.	FM Jose Angel Guerra Mendez (CUB 2399)	6.5
7.	IM Ramon Mateo (CUB 2448)	6.5
7.	IM Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB 2479)	6.5
7.	IM Aleksandar Colovic (MKD 2463)	6.5
7.	FM Alexey Fernandez (CUB 2414)	6.5