CHESS

Cuban chess player seeks to set a record of simultaneous games

Published on: December 4, 2023
17:56

Havana, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Grandmaster Omar Almeida will seek to set a national record of 32 simultaneous chess games with timing next Saturday at the Plaza Hotel in Havana, the weekly Jit reported this Monday.

Grand Master says “Chess enjoys good health in Cuba”

Published on: June 11, 2023
14:26

Montevideo, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Chess in Cuba is “in good health today”, International Grand Master Vivian Ramon Pita.

A chess competition from Lebanon in homage to Che

Published on: June 10, 2023
10:21

Beirut, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen is holding today a chess tournament in homage to the 95th birthday of the heroic guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara with the presence of the head of the Cuban mission in Lebanon, Jorge Leon.

Cuban chess players to go for seven medals in San Salvador 2023

Published on: May 31, 2023
13:20

Havana, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuban chess players will go for seven medals during their debut in the Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador 2023, on Wednesday noted the president of the Cuban Federation of such discipline, Carlos Rivero.

Cuba to host international chess competitions (+Photo)

Published on: April 11, 2023
17:23

Havana, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is presently getting ready to host two chess competitions and an international training, according to the Directorate of University Extension at the Higher Education Ministry (MES).

Initiative to pay tribute to Che Guevara is supported in Europe

Published on: March 28, 2023
12:55

Paris, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) The Europe for Cuba channel on Tuesday added its platform to an initiative to pay tribute to revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara with chess games as the center, on the occasion of the Argentinean-Cuban guerrilla commander's 95th birthday on June 14.

Cuba works to return to top places in chess

Published on: January 28, 2022
13:01

Havana, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is seeking to return to the top places in chess and holds events to promote that sport, such as a simultaneous chess tournament to pay tribute to National Hero Jose Marti (1853-1895) on Friday.

First foreign chess players announced for Capablanca Tournament

Published on: January 14, 2022
00:15

Havana, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Cuban Chess Federation, Carlos Rivero, announced here the names of the first foreign players who have confirmed participation at the Jose Raul Caplablanca in Memoriam international tournament.

Cuba’s multi-chess champion dies

Published on: July 7, 2021
14:19

Santa Clara, Cuba, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) The first International woman Chess Master in Cuba, Asela de Armas, on Wednesday died here at the age of 67, informed the chess directorate in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara.

Cuba to compete in University Chess Tournament of the Americas

Published on: May 26, 2021
12:17

Havana, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Headed by National champion Carlos Daniel Albornoz, some 20 Cuban players will participate, starting on Wednesday, in the Chess Tournament of the International University Sports Federation of the Americas (FISU Americas).

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