More than 500 chess fans meet in Madrid to support the research of Alzheimer's disease.
The event, organized by the CIMA of the University of Navarra and the Real Madrid Foundation, became the largest open chess tournament in Spain. Grandmaster Alexander Zubov was proclaimed champion of the tournament "Checkmate Alzheimer".
The basketball pavilion of the Ciudad Real Madrid hosted this weekend the III International Solidarity Chess Tournament "Jaque Mate al Alzhéimer", organized in its third edition by the research center Applied Medical (CIMA) of the University of Navarra and the Real Madrid Foundation. More than 500 fans of all ages gathered in the largest open chess tournament in Spain. The proceeds will go to the research of the Alzheimer's disease that is carried out in the CIMA and to the Physical Activity Program for the elderly of the Real Madrid Foundation.
The event started with an intergenerational exhibition between the 5 oldest players (such as the Aragonese Juan Codina, 95 years old, who participated for the second time in this charity tournament) and the 5 youngest players. Between all of them, they had more than 400 years of chess fondness.
During the inauguration, Julio González Ronco, director General Manager of the Real Madrid Foundation, assured that "this is an event of the family, by the family and for the family. We intend that through a game, which we have all played with our grandparents and parents, we will be able to help the research program of CIMA of the University of Navarra". According to Mariano de Pablos, director tournament coach, "at CIMA we are very happy to have been able to organize this tournament with the Real Madrid Foundation and to be able to collaborate with their program for the elderly".
Ukrainian grandmaster Alexandre Zubov, tournament championThe Ukrainian international grandmaster Alexandre Zubov was proclaimed champion in the first category of the tournament, followed by the Cuban Lelys Stanley Martinez and the Asturian Javier Agüera.
By age, in the U-8 category, the winner was Gorka Tafall; in the U-10, Teo Bucica; in the U-12, Álvaro Candela; in the U-14, Alejandro Serrano; in the U-16, David Blanco and in the U-18, Theodor Dan. The first veteran by points was Eduardo González.
partnership The event had the support of Binter, German Suarez Investments and group Anfi, as well as the support of the Guadarrama 12 Brigade of the Spanish Army, the Spanish and Madrid chess federations and Chess24.
33 arbiters of the Madrid Chess Federation, three of them international, under the direction of Miguel Ramos as chief international arbiter, watched over the development tournament under the Swiss system of competition.
