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Ivanchuk wins Capablanca Memorial Chess Tournament 2012

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The mercurial Vassily Ivanchuk won the Capablanca Chess Tournament of 2012 with 6.5/10. Dominguez and Nepomniatchi finished tied at 5.5 points a piece. Vladimir Potkin, Quesada Perez Yuniesky, and Viktor Laznicka finished 4-6 in an all play all tournament.

Cuban wins World Blitz Championship

The fast rising Leinier Perez Dominguez of Cuba won the World Blitz Chess Championship held at Almaty, Kazakhstan. Vassily Ivanchuk of the Ukraine won the second prize while Peter Svidler took the third place. Dominguez Perez proved that the classical ratings are not all that critical by finishing ahead of Morozevich (2787) and Ivanchuk (2786). Judit Polgar of Hungary finished a shocking 16th and last with a performance that even a player rated 2428 should be able to manage. Check out this lucky win on time when the position was roughly equal. Both the players made mistakes during the time scramble. Final Standings Dominguez Perez 11.5 Ivanchuk 11 Sviler, Grishchuk 10 Mamedyarov, Radjabov 9.5 Kazhgaleyev 8 Morozevich 7.5 Kamsky, Gelfand 7 Tkachiev, Rublevsky 6.5 Vaganian 5.5 Bassem 4.5 Sasikiran 3.5 Polgar 2.5

World Blitz Chess Championship 2008

This year's World Blitz Chess Championship will be held at Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event, which will be held on 7th and 8th November, will be a 16 player round robin. Participants list Amin Bassem (Egypt) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) Krishnan Sasikiran (India) Gata Kamsky (USA) Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Lenier Dominguez Perez (Cuba) Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) Sergey Rublevsky (Russia) Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) Vlad Tkachiev (France) Peter Svidler (Russia) Alexander Grischuk (Russia) Boris Gelfand (Israel) Judit Polgar (Hungary) Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) Murtas Kazhgaleev (Kazakhstan) Chess legend Anatoly Karpov will give a simultaneous exhibition. The simul will be against local talent. Kirsan Illyumzhinov is also expected to grace the occasion. A stamp is being issued to celebrate the IV World Blitz Chess Championship.