Three major tournaments wrapped up Sunday on three different continents, more or less.

In China, Bu Xiangshi took first place on tie-breaker over Li Chao in the First Danzhou Tournament. The field included most of China’s top players and was much the same as the one that competed in the Chinese national championship, which ended less than a week before the Danzhou tournament began. Wang Hao, who won the Chinese championship, tied for third in Danzhou with Ding Liren. The key to Bu’s victory was his win in Round 8 against Zhou Jianchao. Li won his last game against Yu Yangyi, but it was not quite enough.

The Dutch Championship also ended Sunday. Jan Smeets, the 2008 champion, reclaimed the title, finishing with 6.5 points in the nine-round event. Anish Giri, the defending champion, was second with 6 points. Smeets and Giri had been tied after seven rounds, but in Round 8, Smeets beat Erwin L’Ami in a marathon game that went 95 moves, while Giri lost to Loek van Wely. Those two ended in a tie for fourth to sixth with Friso Nijboer, a half point behind Sipke Ernst.

Finally the 45th Capablanca Memorial in honor of the third world champion, ended in Cuba (okay, it is not a continent, but it is 90 miles away from one). Vassily Ivanchuk of Urkaine, who won the tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007, won the elite section with 7 points out of 10. Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia was a full point behind with 6 points, while Nigel Short of Britain and Leinier Dominguez Perez of Cuba, the 2008 and 2009 winner, tied for third and fourth. Ivanchuk pulled ahead early with wins in three of his first five games and, after that, his lead was never threatened.