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LVIII Internacional Capablanca in Memoriam - ELITE

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5 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 19 May 2025 in Matanzas, Cuba. 5 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2607, and top seed was Volodar Murzin ( FID, GM, 2658).

Jonas Buhl Bjerre (🇩🇰 DEN, GM, 2641) won with 5.5/10, ahead of Volodar Murzin (5.5) and Arseniy Nesterov (4.5). Bjerre won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇨🇺Matanzas, Cuba
Dates
09 May 2025 → 19 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
GMVolodar Murzin2658
Avg top 10
2,607
Participants
5
Titled players · 5
GM×5
Federations · 4 represented
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇨🇺Cuba×1
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 5 · 10 rounds

GM Volodar Murzin led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
4
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
#1#2#3#5R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Bjerre takes leadMurzin takes lead
Murzin#1Bjerre#2Nesterov#3Romanov#4Albornoz Cabrera#5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE16 May

GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre takes the sole lead (4.5/7).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Volodar Murzin 0.5–1.5 against GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (R2 ½-½, R7 0-1) — decisive in 1/2.

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇩🇰GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl2641*
½1
½½
1½
1½
5.519.5029.0+10.02739
1GMMurzin, Volodar2658
0½
*
½½
11
11
5.516.2529.0+8.02735
3GMNesterov, Arseniy2587
½½
½½
*
½½
1½
4.516.5031.0+8.02655
4🇲🇰GMRomanov, Evgeny2599
½0
00
½½
*
½½
2.59.2535.0-14.02468
5🇨🇺GMAlbornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel2548
½0
00
½0
½½
*2.07.5036.0-12.02428

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LVIII Internacional Capablanca in Memoriam - ELITE (2025) — Matanzas, Cuba | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats