56th Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba

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The 56th edition of the Capablanca Memorial will be held from 3rd-12th May 2023 in Havana, Cuba. The event features five tournaments: Elite, Open, Senior, U16 and U12.

The Elite group is headlined by GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (Spain, 2637), and will be played as a 10-player round-robin competition with the total prize fund of 2.650 EUR. The list of players includes GM Raunak Sadhwani (India, 2627), GM Rasmus Svane (Germany, 2621), GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark, 2606), GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil, 2599), GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (Cuba, 2586), GM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (Cuba, 2562), GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (Cuba, 2531), GM Omar Almeida Quintana (Cuba, 2526), and GM Elier Miranda Mesa (Cuba, 2515).

Concurrently with the Elite tournament, the Capablanca Open 2023 will be held with participation of more than 100 players coming from 20 countries. The top seeds are: GM Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez (Spain, 2553), GM Mohd Al-Mudahka (Qatar, 2542) and GM Renier Vazquez Igarza (Spain, 2533). Complete starting list of players can be seen below

The total prize fund of the Open tournament amounts to 3.500 EUR, with 800 EUR reserved for the winner.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	ESP	2553
2	GM	Al-Mudahka, Mohd	QAT	2542
3	GM	Vazquez Igarza, Renier	ESP	2533
4	GM	Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo	CHI	2516
5	GM	Quintiliano Pinto, Renato R.	BRA	2513
6	IM	Avila Pavas, Santiago	COL	2513
7	GM	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo	CUB	2512
8	IM	Berdayes Ason, Dylan Isidro	CUB	2503
9	GM	Salinas Herrera, Pablo	CHI	2498
10	GM	Espinosa Veloz, Ermes	CUB	2482
11	GM	Galego, Luis	POR	2480
12	GM	Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto	CUB	2477
13	GM	Aguero Jimenez, Luis Lazaro	CUB	2451
14	GM	Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	CUB	2447
15	IM	Fernandez Cardoso, Alexey	CUB	2437
16	FM	Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto	CUB	2436
17	IM	Diaz Murgada, Rider	CUB	2435
18	GM	Sambuev, Bator	CAN	2433
19	IM	Diaz Perez, Michel Alejandro	CUB	2414
20	IM	Jimenez Garcia, Emmanuel	CRC	2413
21	GM	Borges Matos, Juan	CUB	2409
22	FM	Yanes Canizares, Alejandro	CUB	2409
23	FM	Rodriguez Hernandez, Luis Daniel	CUB	2400
24	FM	Ochoa De La Rosa, Manuel Dario	CUB	2399
25	IM	Valdes Romero, Leonardo	CRC	2398
26	FM	Vitier Vazquez, Cristian	CUB	2394
27	FM	Alvarez Calzadilla, Jose Avelino	CUB	2386
28	IM	Otero Acosta, Diasmany	CUB	2382
29	FM	Perez Leiva, Jerzy Jesus	CUB	2382
30	IM	Lopez Gonzalez, Abel Fabian	CUB	2381
31	IM	Duran Vega, Sergio	CRC	2379
32	IM	Rohl Montes, Juan Armando	VEN	2375
33	FM	Abreu Jean, Carlos Paul	DOM	2370
34	FM	Hidalgo Diaz, Daniel	CUB	2364
35	FM	Coto Mederos, Michel	CUB	2353
36	FM	Dieguez Alvarez, Mario Enrique	CUB	2353
37	FM	Arias Gaviria, Mario Alexis	PER	2351
38	FM	Gallo Garcia, Kemel Antonio	CUB	2350
39		Paredes Lagos, Anthony Javier	PER	2350
40	FM	Castro Torres, Jose Luis	VEN	2342
41	IM	Del Rey, Diego	ESP	2340
42	IM	Giron, Jorge Ernesto	ESA	2338
43	IM	Morales Romero, Pedro	CUB	2338
44	FM	Solares Orozco, Kebert	CUB	2338
45	IM	Brizuela Abreu, Ronald Jesus	VEN	2334
46	FM	Gonzalez Soler, Leduard Manuel	CUB	2333
47	FM	Vargas Rodriguez, Wilver	CUB	2332
48	IM	Leon Valdes, Jony Wilson	CUB	2331
49	GM	Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel	CUB	2329
50	FM	Fernandez Mayola, Reynold Rafael	CUB	2325
51	IM	Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos	CUB	2312
52	IM	Husbands, Orlando	BAR	2311
53	FM	Gil Alba, Hector Luis	CUB	2309
54	IM	Garcia Carey, Osmel	CUB	2302
55	FM	Mateus, Alejandro	COL	2301
56	FM	Rodriguez Basulto, Reyson Ricardo	CUB	2298
57	FM	Lopez Rayo, Santiago	COL	2297
58	FM	Herrera, Juan Sebastian	COL	2296
59	FM	Perez Rodriguez, Cesar Alejandro	CUB	2290
60	FM	Garcia Garcia, Alejandro	CUB	2288
61	FM	Medina Diaz, Rafael Alejandro	CUB	2286
62	FM	Campos Gomez, Manuel	COL	2283
63	FM	Latorre, Matias	PAR	2280
64		Otero Marino, Alain	CUB	2268
65	FM	Fuentes Dominguez, Felix	CUB	2263
66	IM	Arias Santana, Mauricio	CRC	2261
67	FM	Vega Chirino, Lemay	CUB	2260
68	FM	Batista Suarez, Jeorling Yahytin	CUB	2259
69		Morales Marmol, Marcos Antonio	CUB	2256
70	FM	Larduet Despaigne, Carlos	CUB	2255
71	FM	Mendez Fortes, Eduardo Jesus	CUB	2250
72	FM	La Villa Rivas, Marlon Javier	CUB	2246
73	FM	Johnson, Joshua	TTO	2243
74	FM	Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus	CUB	2233
75	IM	Arias, Lemnys A.	ESA	2230
76	IM	Estrada Nieto, Julian	ESP	2217
77	FM	Zacarias, M Ruben D	PAR	2210
78	FM	Cazulo Ramirez, Jesus David	CUB	2203
79	FM	Morales Romero, Romaris	CUB	2193
80		Palma Villanueva, Miguel Ta	MEX	2192
81	IM	Davila, Carlos	NCA	2188
82		Tamames Soria, Cesar Manuel	CUB	2188
83	FM	Portal Ramos, Cristhian	CUB	2161
84	FM	Ruiz Buendia, Miguel	ESP	2160
85		Lavigne Lopez, Raul Leonardo	CUB	2133
86	FM	Garcia Fuentes, Sergio Miguel	GUA	2117
87	CM	Chaves Sanchez, Gabriel A	CRC	2106
88		Fuentes De Feria, Hector Luis	CUB	2094
89		Jaramillo Lopez, Ali Aaron	VEN	2090
90		Mora Munoz, Alejandro	COL	2090
91		Hernandez Izquierdo, Jose A.	CUB	2079
92		Gonzalez Velasco, Leandro	COL	2071
93	WCM	Lopez Rayo, Isabella	COL	1999
94		Home Cabrera, Santos	CUB	1989
95	CM	Mendez Machado, Andre	PAN	1974
96	WFM	Mogollon Tobar, Nicolle Julieth	COL	1962
97		Rodriguez Bittar, Karim Javier	ESP	1959
98		Encinas Varela, David	MEX	1945
99		Fernandez Lopez, Francisco J.	ESP	1892
100		Hurtado Oldridge, Felipe	ESP	1878
101		Castro Castro, Joaquin	COL	1837
102		Marcos Herrero, Francisco	ESP	1830
103		Bolanos Lopez, Juan Jacobo	COL	1785
104		Palsson, Halldor Peter	CAN	1783
105		Zaragoza Alanis, Miguel Arnulfo	MEX	1782
106		Silva Ponte, Leonardo	CUB	1781
107		Hernandez Jimenez, Xavi	COL	1773
108		Ferreira, Antonio	POR	1767
109		Martin Rodriguez, Jose Carlos	ESP	1763
110		Palencia Alvarado, Julio Roberto	GUA	1710
111		Lopez, Ricardo Andres	COL	1708
112		Reinhard Pinto, Dietmar	GUA	1660
113		Rendon, Isabela	COL	1152