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¡BEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD!

A lot of chess stars, 3 tournaments /3 days and 122.000 euros

Five of ten best world chess players; more than twenty elite players; lot of prizes; one Fischer System tournamentand one Blitz tournament, and obviously the Main Tournament(25 minutes), with 22.000 euros into first prize; interesting touristical destinationsinto amazing Castilla-La Mancha while you spend your days with some of best world chess players. All of this with private sponsors, an important advance into chess festivals organization. That's second edition of Villa de Cañada de Calatrava, who will held into Guadiana Hotel in Ciudad Real, from April 6th to 8th.

 

 

 

- Anatoli Karpov, la historia del ajedrez, tendrá que destacar a Karpov, como uno de los mas grandes de este deporte-ciencia. Campeón del mundo por la renuncia de Fischer desde 1975 a 1985 donde fue derrotado por Kasparov. Karpov ha ganado en su carrera deportiva más de 100 torneos de alto nivel.


- Viswanathan Anand is one of more important chess genius from last centuries. From his popularity in India, other special chess players are become into chess universe; between them Krishnan Sasikiran and Pentala Harikrishna. All of them will be in Ciudad Real.

   




 

 

 

- There, they will meet another important person into chess community, Hungarian Chess Master Judit Polgar, the only woman who demonstrates to elite his power and who can stay between ten best world players, after the revolutionary pedagogical experimenttras that her parents held, both are teachers, they had three daughters who never went to school.


- Perhaps, the player who can response to 'Chess Genius' word is the spanish player Alexey Shyrov, born in Letonia from Russian parents, and known as "Chess' Leonardo da Vinci", because he's always searching the perfect creation.

   






 

 

- One of most effective school in last years has been the Azerbadjan School, country of Gary Kasparov (who became Russian). His presence is so strong that this country has one of better chess teams in the world. And more representative player is Shakriyar Mamediarov, 21 years old and world number 4. He's one of more solid candidates to became Villa Cañada de Calatrava champion.


- But all of them will find the presence of other chess world stars: Ivanchuk (Ukranie, world number 5), Gelfand (Israel, world number 10), Grischuk (Russia, world number 16 and winner of this Festival's first edition), Bacrot (France, world number 18) and many more.

Fewer social, intellectual and sport advances has chess activity, and that's the idea who helds Cañada de Calatrava Towns Hall (Ciudad Real), Festival's organiser. But he's got the private companies support who demonstrates that chess is arriving to other areas, like business. That's by this Festival is a perfect public and private combination:



INMOVELL
(Real State Assesor Group)
FICAMPO (Floor Investments)

 

- Interesting visits and travels are waiting to chess players and friends: Lagunas de Ruidera, Tablas de Daimiel, Don Quijote's Route, Almagro, Puerto Lápice… If chess is an excellent way to make cultural tourism, La Mancha is an excellent place to demonstrate it.

 


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