Chessable Lowenthal Sicilian

47th Capablanca Memorial 2012 (1)

Dominguez takes Capablanca Memorial lead after first round

Dominguez's persistence finally overcame Laznicka. Photo © Miguel Ernesto Gomez and Maria del Carmen Ramon.

Dominguez's persistence finally overcame Laznicka. Photo © Miguel Ernesto Gomez and Maria del Carmen Ramon. | http://columnadeportiva.com

Leinier Dominguez Perez took the lead after the first round of the elite group of the 47th Capablanca Memorial. Dominguez didn't look to have many winning chances against Viktor Laznicka who had equalised at one point. However Laznicka never quite tied up the draw and fell into a snap mate on the run up to first time control but by the time of his error he probably only had one saving move. Favourite Vassily Ivanchuk played a heavyweight closed Slav against Vladimir Potkin which never really deviated from level. Yuniesky Quesada Perez against Ian Nepomniachtchi was a lively Sicilian Najdorf that finished in a repetition. Rd2 Saturday 5th May 2012. 3pm local time, 8pm BST. Ivanchuk-Dominguez, Potkin-Nepomniachtchi, Laznicka-Quesada.

Leinier  Dominguez Perez against Viktor Laznicka

Leinier Dominguez Perez against Viktor Laznicka Photo © Miguel Ernesto Gomez and Maria del Carmen Ramon: http://columnadeportiva.com

Dominguez Perez,Leinier - Laznicka,Viktor [B12]
47th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (1), 04.05.2012

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Bg4 10.0-0 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nf5 14.Qe2 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Be7 16.Bd3 0-0 17.Be4 Rfd8 18.Rac1 g6 19.Rc2 Qa5 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rxc6 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.a3 Rc2 24.b4 Qa4 25.Qe4 Rc3 26.Qb7 Kf8 27.Nd4 Rxa3 28.Nc6 Bg5 29.g3 Rc3

[29...Qa6 30.Qxa6 Rxa6 31.b5 Ra2]

30.Nxa7 Be7 31.b5 Bc5 32.Nc8 Qd4 33.Nd6 Bxd6 34.exd6 Qxd6 35.Rb1 Qd3

[35...Qd5 36.Qxd5 exd5 37.b6 Rc8 38.f3 Rb8 39.b7]

36.Qa8+ Ke7 37.Qa7+ Ke8 38.Qa1

Viktor Laznicka

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Leinier Dominguez Perez

Position after 38.Qa1

Black should have secured the draw earlier, now it's tricky and he drops into mate.

38...Rb3?

[38...Ra3 and black can probably still hold. 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Rc1 Ra7 41.b6 Rd7; 38...Rc2 39.b6 Rc8 40.b7 Rb8 41.Rc1]

39.Rd1 Qxb5 40.Qh8+ 1-0

Vassily Ivanchuk against Vladimir Potkin

Vassily Ivanchuk against Vladimir Potkin. Photo © Miguel Ernesto Gomez and Maria del Carmen Ramon: http://columnadeportiva.com

Ivanchuk,Vassily - Potkin,Vladimir [D11]
47th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (1), 04.05.2012

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.a3 g5 11.Bd2 Bd6 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.0-0-0 0-0-0 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Rc1 Bc7 16.Rc2 g6 17.Bg2 a6 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.c5 Nc8 20.f4 gxf4 21.exf4 Nd7 22.Na2 Na7 23.a4 f6 24.Nc1 Rhe8 25.h4 Qg7 26.Nb3 Rh8 27.g5 Rde8 28.Rh3 Nc8 29.Qd3 fxg5 30.hxg5 Ref8 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Bh3 Qf7 33.Qe3 Nf8 34.Nc1 Ne7 35.Ne2 Nf5 36.Qd3 Qh7 37.Bg4 Qh4 38.Qf3 Qh1+ 39.Rc1 Qxf3 40.Bxf3 Rh3 41.Bg4 Rh2 42.Kc2 1/2-1/2

Vladimir Potkin

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Vassily Ivanchuk

Position after 42.Kc2

Yuniesky Quesada Perez against Ian Nepomniachtchi

Yuniesky Quesada Perez against Ian Nepomniachtchi Photo © Miguel Ernesto Gomez and Maria del Carmen Ramon: http://columnadeportiva.com

Quesada Perez,Yuniesky - Nepomniachtchi,Ian [B90]
47th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana CUB (1), 04.05.2012

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Kb1 b5 12.g3 Nb6 13.Bg5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxd5 Qe6 18.Na5 Rc5 19.Qa8+ Qc8 20.Qxc8+ Rxc8 21.Rd3 h4 22.Rhd1 hxg3 23.hxg3 Rh2 24.c3 Kd7 25.Nb7 Rh6 26.b4 Be7 27.Kb2 Rch8 28.Kb3 Kc7 29.Na5 Rh3 30.g4 Rg3 31.c4 Rhh3 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Rc1+ Kd7 34.Rcc3 Rg1 35.Nc6 Rh2 36.Na7 Rb1+ 37.Ka3 Rh8 38.Rb3 Rg1 39.Nxb5 Ra8+ 40.Kb2 Rg2+ 41.Kb1 Rg1+ 42.Kb2 Rg2+ 43.Kb1 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

Ian Nepomniachtchi

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Yuniesky Quesada Perez

Position after 43...Rg1+

47th Capablanca Mem Elite Havana (CUB), 3-14 v 2012 cat. XVIII (2694)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2725 * * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2764 . . * * ½ . . . . . . . ½ 2642
3. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2642 . . ½ . * * . . . . . . ½ 2764
4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2716 . . . . . . * * ½ . . . ½ 2625
5. Quesada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2625 . . . . . . ½ . * * . . ½ 2716
6. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2693 0 . . . . . . . . . * * 0
Round 1 (May 4, 2012)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Laznicka, Viktor 1-0 40 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Potkin, Vladimir ½-½ 42 D11 Slav Defence
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 43 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation

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