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Keene, Raymond (1977), "Cuba", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Batsford, p. 82, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 (results from 1902 through 1984) Details on the 2000 edition; Crowther, Mark (4 February 2008), THE WEEK IN CHESS 691: Cuban Championship 2008, London Chess Center; Details on the 2008 edition
Narayanan won his first championship, the Kerala State Under 9 Championship, in August 2007. The same day, Kerala got their first Grandmaster, G. N. Gopal. Narayanan was the Under-11 Kerala State Chess champion in 2008, Under 13 State Champion in 2010, State Sub Junior Champion in 2011, State Junior Champion in 2012, and 2nd in State Senior in 2012.
The system was dropped altogether from the mid-1990s, being replaced by a series of short, knockout-style matches among qualifiers. From 1998 to 2004, these tournaments were for the FIDE World Championship. Since 2005, the Chess World Cup has filled a somewhat similar role to the Interzonal. As with the Interzonals, players qualify via zonal ...
The Capablanca Memorial is a chess tournament that has been held annually in Cuba since 1962 in honor of José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera. At the time, it was the best paid tournament in the world. [1] Since 1974 B and C tournaments have been held. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Leinier Domínguez Pérez (born September 23, 1983) is a Cuban and American chess grandmaster. A five-time Cuban champion, Domínguez was the world champion in blitz chess in 2008. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2002 and 2004, and the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly called on the United States to end its decades-long sanctions regime on Cuba, as the communist-run Caribbean island nation suffers its worst ...
Pages in category "Chess in Cuba" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Capablanca Memorial;