The 97mo. Absolute Chess Championship will be held for the first time in the Rio Negro city of San Carlos de Bariloche from December 1 to 10 and the participation of the best chess players in the country is expected, it was officially reported this Tuesday.
Of the competition, which, for the first time and after almost a century, will not be held in Buenos Aires, will be from the game of the renowned chess players Alan Pichot, Sandro Mareco, Diego Flores, Fernando Peralta, Federico Pérez Ponsa, among other major competitors
The official opening will be on Thursday, December 1 at 3:30 p.m., and the tournament will be played over 11 rounds. and the first of them will take place on the same day from 4:00 p.m. While the closing and coronation of the champion will be on Saturday 10 at 10:00 a.m., they reported from the organization of the event.
This championship is organized by the Argentine Federation together with the Secretary of State for Culture and Chess from Río Negro and the Alto Valle Chess Club and will be held at the Monte Carlo Hotel from the lakeside city.
During the 10 days of the major competition, “The Bariloche Chess School, together with the organizers of the event, will develop activities for local chess players in different spaces”they indicated from Provincial Culture.
“The Absolute Chess Championship marks a milestone in the history of the Federation and the province and comes to Bariloche for the first time”, they assured.
According to the schedule of activities, On Wednesday, December 7 at 10 o’clock, the Spanish Grand Master, Pepe Cuenca, will carry out a school activity of simultaneous games in the Civic Center of the city.
On Thursday 8, at the Hotel Monte Claro, with limited space for 50 people, 7 rounds of blitz will be played, games of a maximum of 10 minutes each.with participants from Rio Negro and teachers who wish to join.
for his part On Friday 9 at 10 at the Spanish Mutual Association, the International Master, Fabián Fiorito, together with the FIDE Master Francisco Fiorito, only 12 years old, will give a talk for local chess players.
Finally On Friday 9 at 2:00 p.m., a quick tournament will also take place at the Spanish Mutual Association with games lasting a maximum of 50 minutes..