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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
Havana, Cuba: Title: Grandmaster (2023) [1] FIDE rating: 2463 (December 2024) Peak rating: 2519 (June 2024) Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason is a Cuban chess grandmaster ...
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
The official poster for the Olympiad. The 17th Chess Olympiad (Spanish: La 17 a Olimpíada de ajedrez), organized by FIDE and comprising an open [1] team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.
Young chess students among players to enjoy once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Standing against a side wall, May Black, of Holbrook, watched her 7-year-old son Miles command one of the 33 boards.
In February 2023, Quesada finished fourth in the Cuban Chess Championship, after losing to Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany and Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera on tiebreaks for second place. [ 3 ] In May 2023, Quesada finished third in the 56th Capablanca Memorial, behind winner Jonas Buhl Bjerre and runner-up Alexandr Fier .
The meteoric rise of Anatoly Karpov continues to hold the attention of the chess world, as he chalks up win after win in the latest world championship qualifying cycle. His Moscow based, Candidates' quarter-final match against Lev Polugaevsky, is a one-sided affair and Karpov emerges the victor by 5½-2½.
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]