Cuban Chess Championship
In the second part of the 19th century, Celso Golmayo Zúpide had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. In 1912–1937 Cuban Championship as Copa Dewar occurred. Maria Teresa Mora was the first woman who won Copa Dewar in 1922.[1]
Naturally, chess is a hobby, but it is also a teacher of reason, and the countries that have good chess teams also lead the world in other more important spheres.
Women
References
- ^ Campeonato Cuba ajedrez
- ^ Campeonato de Cuba
- ^ Los Campeones de Ajedrez de Cuba
- ^ 2014 Chess-Results
- ^ 2015 FIDE
- ^ Leinier Domínguez Pérez, campeón de ajedrez de Cuba por 5ta vez. Capablanca. Sitio Web Oficial del Ajedrez Cubano (in Spanish).
- ^ Chess Tournament Begun by Che Revived in Havana[permanent dead link] Radio Nuevitas, October 10, 2008
- ^ "Campeonato Nacional femenino de Ajedrez". EcuRed (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Maritza Arribas: máxima ganadora del ajedrez femenino cubano". Santiago en mí (in Spanish). WordPress. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ (in Spanish) NACIONAL DE AJEDREZ (F). Maritza por oncena vez Capablanca. Sitio Web Oficial del Ajedrez Cubano.
- ^ (in Spanish) NACIONAL DE AJEDREZ (F). Oleiny por segunda vez. Capablanca. Sitio Web Oficial del Ajedrez Cubano.
- 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
External links
- Chess Tournament Begun by Che - Revived in Havana[permanent dead link] Radio Nuevitas, October 10, 2008