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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
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 ...
After the 1886 match, work began to identify a worthy challenger. The members of the Havana Chess Club invited Steinitz to play in Cuba against a challenger of his own choosing. This was the way such matters were conducted prior to 1914; the incumbent champion had final say over the challenger, venue, and playing conditions.
In August 2022, he tied for third place with four other players at the City of Famalicão Open. [1] He was ranked in third place after tiebreaks. In February 2023, he shared the lead going into the final round of the Cuban Chess Championship, but lost the championship to Elier Miranda Mesa after drawing against Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason in the final round.
Charismatic Grandmaster Guillermo Garcia Gonzales of Cuba is killed in a car accident in Havana, while preparing to take part in the Olympiad. Kasparov wins a training match against Lev Psakhis +4, -0, =2 in Murcia, Spain. A 'Chess Summit', held in Reykjavík, comprises four teams of ten players. The USSR wins (31½/60) ahead of England (31/60 ...
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.
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.
Twenty individuals have been awarded the Arjuna Award for exceptional performance in chess at the international level. Manuel Aaron was the first chess player to receive this award in its inception year of 1961. [12] Rohini Khadilkar was the second chess player and first female chess player to receive this award in 1980–81. In total, seven ...