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The University of Salamanca is organizing the sixth edition of the Salamanca Cradle of Modern Chess Festival on April 25-29. The festival commemorates the fact that the modern rules of chess were first formulated in 1497 by Luis Ramírez de Lucena in Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con CL Juegos de Partido, the first extant chess book. Lucena was a student at the University of Salamanca.
Besides the Masters Tournament, the festival includes many side events: conferences, simultaneous exhibitions, chess courses, amateur tournaments and the Pablo de Unamuno Open.
The Masters Tournament features eight players (four mean and four women), who will play a single round-robin rapid chess event. Games will be played with a time control of 40 minutes and an increment of 5 seconds per move.
Participants
Previous editions
Avoiding mistakes in the opening and even learning from mistakes is a valuable tool to improve your chess. Ruslan Ponomariov, former FIDE World Champion, demonstrates basic patterns that will help you navigate through the game more easily.
Veselin Topalov won the tournament in 2018, when the University of Salamanca celebrated its 800th anniversary
Find more information on the festival’s official website
April 25
18:00 Simultaneous exhibition
20:00 Inaugural act of the Masters Tournament
April 26
16:00 Lecture by María Rodrigo Yanguas and Ticia Gara: “Women in chess”
17:30 Masters Tournament: Rounds 1 and 2
April 27
16:00 Lecture by Jacobo S. Sanz Hermida and Amador González de la Nava
17:30 Masters Tournament: Rounds 3 and 4
April 28
16:00 Lecture by Juan Antonio Montero Aleu: “Social Chess”
17:30 Masters Tournament: Round 5
20:00 Blitz Tournament
April 29
10:00 Children’s Tournament
12.00 Lecture by Jorge González Fernández: “Chess as a therapeutic tool”
16:00 Masters Tournament: Rounds 6 and 7
21:00 Closing ceremony
