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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Campeonatos/Nacionales/America/Cuba.htm |title=Campeonato Cuba ajedrez |access-date=2007-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182211/http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Campeonatos/Nacionales/America/Cuba.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}
Championships
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{{blockquote|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.|Ernesto "Che" Guevara[http://www.radionuevitas.co.cu/web_english/news/deportes_221008_1.asp Chess Tournament Begun by Che Revived in Havana]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Radio Nuevitas, October 10, 2008}}
Women
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References
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- {{Citation
| last =Keene
| first =Raymond
| author-link =Raymond Keene
| editor-last =Golombek
| editor-first =Harry
| editor-link =Harry Golombek
| year =1977
| title =Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess
| contribution =Cuba
| publisher=Batsford
| isbn=0-517-53146-1
| page=82 }} (results from 1902 through 1984)
- [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic287.html#18 Details on the 2000 edition]
- {{citation
| last=Crowther | first=Mark
| date=4 February 2008
| title=THE WEEK IN CHESS 691: Cuban Championship 2008
| url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic691.html#14
| publisher=London Chess Center
}}
- [http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/02/01/8844/new_cuban_chess_champion_yuniesky_quesada_grand_master_from_the_central_cuban_province_of_villa_clara.html Details on the 2008 edition]
External links
- [http://www.radionuevitas.co.cu/web_english/news/deportes_221008_1.asp Chess Tournament Begun by Che - Revived in Havana]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Radio Nuevitas, October 10, 2008
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Category:Chess national championships