XXIX TORNEO MAGISTRAL DE AJEDREZ “CIUDAD DE LEON” LEÓN DEL 9 al 13 DE JUNIO DE 2016 NOTA DE PRENSA Primera Semifinal Vishy Anand derrota por la mínima a David Antón La primera semifinal de la XXIX del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León se ha disputado esta tarde desde las 16:30 en el Auditorio de […]
Anand vs Young Talents
YOUNG TALENTS AGAINST THE FIVE TIMES CHAMPION OF THE WORLD A consolidated format and four very attractive players for different reasons ensure the success of the 29th edition of the Magistral Ciudad de León , from the 9th to the 13th of June in the Auditorium. A five-time world winner ( Viswanathan Anand , India, […]
Wei Yi defeated Vachier-Lagrave to win Leon 2015
Chinese prodigy Yi Wei retains the title in 28th Magistral Ciudad de Leon 2015 The 28th Magistral Ciudad de Leon 2015, one of the top classics of the international chess circuit, took place from 11-15th June at the Cuidad de Leon Auditorium in Leon, Spain. The event kept this year its traditional format: four players, the […]
FIDE Skills Management Committee at the Magistral Ciudad de Leon
On the occasion of the 28th Magistral Ciudad de Leon Tournament the FIDE Skills Management Committee (SMC) was invited to give a speech at the local Club de Prensa. The Chairman and GM Roberto Mogranzini was invited by the tournament organizer IM Marcelino Sión Castro to introduce to the Spanish audience some of the ideas […]
Sponsors maintain their support
XXIII CIUDAD DE LEÓN “Chess is very important to us” Sponsors maintain their support for the tournament in times of financial crisis LEONTXO GARCÍA (Press Officer). Madrid Chess is important in Leon. All institutions and companies sponsoring the tournament (June, 3-7) for many years are still there, in times of financial crisis, due to the […]
Big names at Ciudad de León
Magistral Ciudad de León 2010Friday, 12 February 2010 10:51 Levon Aronian form Armenia, currently ranked 5th on the FIDE list and Grand Prix winner, Boris Gelfand from Israel, 7th player in the world ranking and FIDE World Cup winner, the best Cuban player Leinier Dominguez Perez and Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain make up the […]
Leon Super Rapid
Past Champions: 1988 Javier Campos Moreno Chile 1990 Julio Granda Perú 1991 Eugeny Vladimirov Rusia 1992 Boris Gulko EEUU 1993 Leonid Yudasin Israel 1994 Alexander Beljavsky Ucrania 1995 Alexei Shirov España 1996 Viswanathan Anand India 1997 Vesselin Topalov Bulgaria 1998 Gary Kasparov Rusia 1999 Viswanathan Anand India 2000 Viswanathan Anand India 2001 Viswanathan Anand India […]
XXII MAGISTRAL CIUDAD DE LEÓN
XXII MAGISTRAL CIUDAD DE LEÓN Fast, smart and broadcasted Live and special TV programmes for the best coverage from Sevilla-87 LEONTXO GARCÍA (Press Officer) The elegant Auditorium of Leon has been carefully inspected by the Castilla y Leon TV technicians in order to determine the best location for cameras, microphones and control desk. They are […]
Chess and TV
XXII Ciudad de Leon Masters, Chess and TV – a Promising RomanceThe local Castilla y Leon channel will broadcast the end of every game liveReport by Chessdom.com Those who maintain that chess doesn’t fit well on TV have probably never watched the Leon Chess Masters. The players’ faces reflecting a huge tension on time trouble […]
Anand defeated Ponomariov
After winning the first 2 games, Anand drew the last two games to defeat GM Ponomariov by the score of 3-1 to advance to the final. Anand, V (2786) – Ponomariov, R (2717) [C18]XX Ciudad de Leon Leon ESP, July 6, 2007 – Game 1 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ […]