The Daily Update: Poikovsky, Havana
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 7:14PM Two tournaments broadly celebrating world champions are ongoing, or are about to be. The Karpov tournament in Poikovsky has been going on for about a week now, while the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba starts play tomorrow.
In Poikovsky, the players had a day off yesterday, and the rest day clearly helped. Where almost all the previous rounds saw two wins and five draws, today's round saw two wins and five draws...but only one draw finished in fewer than 40 moves. It's progress. The winners were Naiditsch (over Sutovsky) and Jobava (over Motylev). Jakovenko and Riazantsev lead with 4.5/7, half a point ahead of Karjakin (and Bologan, if he defeats Onischuk in their unplayed game from round 6).
The Capablanca Memorial starts tomorrow and runs through the 21st or 22nd (I'm not sure if the last day is a playing day or reserved for the closing ceremonies alone). Here are the participants:
Vassily Ivanchuk (2748)
Leinier Dominguez (2713)
Evgeny Alekseev (2700)
Nigel Short (2686)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2656)
Lazaro Bruzon Batista (2641)
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