The Spanish Eduardo Iturrizaga heads the list of ten players that make up the elite group of the 56th International Tournament Capablanca in Memoriam Chess, scheduled to take place from May 3 to 12 at the Free Havana Hotel.
The player born in Venezuela, but representative of the Iberian nation since 2021, exhibits an Elo coefficient of 2637 points, the highest among entertainers in the main segment of the contest, all with the title of Grand Master (GM), according to a note published by him sports portal Hit.
Iturrizaga will lead the elite group of Capablanca de #Chess
The list includes Cuban champion Elier Miranda. #Cuba #Chess https://t.co/XRwhqDE0bO pic.twitter.com/ojxDWtTHOG— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) April 4, 2023
The list released by the organizers also includes the Indian Raudnak Sadhwani (2,627), the German Ramus Svane (2,621), the Belgian Jonas Buhl Bjerre (2,606) and the Brazilian Alexandr Fier (2,599), who complete the foreign participation in that bracket.
According to the post, the national champion, Elier Miranda from Villa Clara (2515) He will be accompanied in this segment by two medalists from the most recent domestic championship: Lelys Martínez from Santiago (2531) and Carlos Daniel Albornoz from Camagüey (2586).
Luis Ernesto Quesada (2,562) from Ciego de Avila and Omar Almeida (2,531) from Havana round out the highest-level representation of the island in a group that will be settled by the system of all against all in one round, with games lasting 90 minutes. plus 30 second increment after each move.
The average Elo of the key will be 2 thousand 581 units, although according to Hit, perhaps it will vary before the start taking into account that «the calculation will be updated from the coefficients of each contestant in the ranking of the next 1st. of May”.
The outlet recalls that in the 2022 edition the title of that section was won by the American Hans Niemann with 7.5 points out of nine possible. For Cuba, the best performance was carried out by Luis Ernesto with 5.5 lines, valid for a fourth position.
Chess: foreign champions in the Capablanca in Memóriam tournament
The nearby edition of the chess classic will also distribute prizes in the Open, Senior and children’s-school sections, in the latter with the usual call for the Buscando a Capablanca contest.
These matches will almost coincide in the same scenario with the XIV Women’s Continental Chess Championship of the Americas, which will distribute a place for the next world championship.
