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Cuban Championships: Ernesto Quesada and Lisandra Ordaz victorious

2/23/2024 – The Cuban Championships, open and women’s, took place on February 5-17 in two different parts of the Caribbean island: Holguín and Pinar del Río, respectively. Both events were decided on tiebreakers, with Ernesto Quesada and Lisandra Ordaz emerging victorious.
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Historias de Ajedrez - now on YouTube

8/30/2022 – "Historias de Ajedrez", "Chess Stories", is a movie by the Cuban filmmaker Emmanuel Martin Hernandez. Hernandez is a chess player himself and his film tells the stories of chess players in Santiago de Cuba. Unfortunately, the film was released at the beginning of the pandemic and did not find the audience it deserved. But now you can watch it for free on YouTube.
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Historias de Ajedrez: A Cuban Chess Movie

1/8/2022 – "Historias de Ajedrez" is a Cuban movie from 2019 by Emmanuel Martin Hernandez. In the movie, Hernandez, a passionate chess player himself, offers an intimate look at the stories of chess players in Santiago de Cuba.

Almasi shines at 2013 Capablanca Memorial

5/3/2013 – With a certain irony, the 2013 Capablanca Memorial was held on the exact same days as the Alekhine Memorial, and thus the two former giants remain rivals even today. Hungarian Zoltan Almasi, playing his first edition of this classic, scored a brilliant first in spite of a loss, but it was a celebration of Cuban chess at this festival of activities. Here is the illustrated report.
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