The 50th edition of the traditional Capablanca Memorial Tournament, 2015 is the strongest event in the tournament’s long history. Five of the six participants have their elos above 2700, with the average elo being 2716.
China’s Yu Yangyi (2715) played a splendid technical game to register a fine win with the black pieces over the local hero Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez (2746). The other boards settled for a draw to leave Yangyi in sole lead with 2.5/3.
Rank Name Score Elo
1 Yu, Yangyi 2.5/3 2715
2 Eljanov, Pavel 2.0/3 2718
3 Andreikin, Dmitry 1.5/3 2718
4 Dominguez Leinier 1.5/3 2746
5 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro 1.0/3 2677
6 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0.5/3 2720