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LIX Capablanca International Memorial, Havana, Cuba

If memory of Roman numerals serves me correctly, this is the 59th edition of this tournament begun in 1962 in remembrance of Jose Capablanca, the third World Chess Champion who was born in Havana in 1888.  The tournament has a storied history birthed in the midst of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Due to the ongoing US trade embargo on Cuba begun in 1960, participation by US chess players has been severely limited, the exception being Bobby Fischer's now legendary participation in 1965 via telex from the Marshall Chess Club in New York City. Fischer shared second place with Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia), and Efim Geller (USSR). The winner was former World Champion Vasily Smyslov (USSR).  Other winners over the years have included Viktor Korchnoi (Soviet Union), Bent Larsen (Denmark), Ulf Andersson (Sweden) and Tony Miles (England).  Though present participation is limited for economic/political reasons to mostly Cuban and Latin American players, the tournament is alive and presently ongoing as a nine round Swiss type event. It can be followed each afternoon a 4pm on Lichess:



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