10/22/2021 – The Spanish Team Chess Championship ‘División de Honor’ took place on October 11-17 in Toledo. DuoBeniaján, a team from Murcia headed by David Antón and Parham Maghsoodloo, got first place after obtaining 12/14 match points in the 8-team single round robin. Bosch Serinsys (Anton Korobov, Alexei Shirov) and Andreu Paterna (Paco Vallejo, David Howell) finished second and third respectively. | Photo: Patricia Claros

9/29/2020 – The 2020 edition of the Spanish Team Championship is taking place on September 23-29 in Linares. Eight times are competing in the top division (“División de Honor”), a single round robin tournament. Each matchup is played on six boards, with one of the boards reserved for a woman player. Rounds start daily at 16:00 CEST. | Photo: FEDA

9/26/2020 – Andreu Paterna, the team led by Jorden van Foreest, Francisco Vallejo and David Howell, grabbed the lead of the Spanish Team Championship in round 3, as they comfortably defeated Collado Villalba. Three teams are sharing second place a match point behind, Silla Bosch Serinsys, Solvay and Gros Xake Taldea. Beniaján Duochess, the favourite team rating-wise, is not having the best of tournaments, as they lost a second match in a row on Saturday. | Photo: Spanish Chess Federation

9/25/2020 – Duochess Beniajan is the heavy Elo-favourite in the Spanish Team Championship. But the top team unexpectedly lost in round two against Magic Extremadura. The other two top teams managed to win just barely. Shirov worked his magic. | Fotos: FEDA

9/24/2020 – The Spanish team championship started yesterday in Linares. In the Division de Honor, eight teams play a round robin tournament for the title. Favourites are the teams Duochess Beniajan, Silla Bosch Serinsys and Andreu Paterna. In round 1 Silla and Paterna drew against each other while Beniajan scored a clear 4½-1½ win against Collada Villalba though top board David Navara suffered a surprising defeat. | Photo: Feda

10/9/2019 – Today IM Merijn van Delft covers the latest on the Caro-Kann, featuring a win by Etienne Bacrot. The show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). Merijn is on-demand this week starting at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).

10/8/2019 – Still in Spain (virtually speaking), IM Lawrence Trent analyses highlights from the Spanish Team Championships, specifically one from the inimitable Vassily Ivanchuk. | Puzzle time: In the diagram below, it's White to move. | Lawrence is free on-demand for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can register a free 90-day account to watch.

10/8/2019 – Eight teams travelled down to Melilla, in the north coast of Africa, to participate at the Honour Division of the Spanish Team Championship. Four teams arrived as clear favourites, but Magic Extremadura from Mérida were the ones that got first place, getting seven team victories in the same number of rounds. Gros Xake Taldea and Beniajan Duochess finished second and third respectively. | Photo: Patricia Claros / FEDA

8/27/2019 – Lawrence is LIVE this week covering the Spanish Team Championship, plus a brief ode to Pal Benko. Live and free for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can register a free 90-day account to watch.

8/16/2018 – Sestao Xake Taldea's team narrowly won the Spanish team championship in Linares with one point lead, relegating Cac Beniajan Duochess and Solvay A. Elisabeth Pähtz was the best player of the tournament. | Photos: FEDA