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The countdown to the 21st edition of the “Magistral Ciudad de León” started yesterday, April 15th, at the headquarters of Sports newspaper Marca, in Madrid.
The host was Roberto Palomar, editor-in-chief of Marca, with the presence of political representatives of Leon, like the Sports council of Leon - Natalia Rodríguez Picallo, The General Director of Sports of the Junta de Castilla y León - Miguel Ignacio González, The Sports MP - José María López Benito, the president of the Spanish Chess Federation Javier Ochoa de Echagüen, GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, the well known writer Julio Llamazares, and the Tournament Director, Marcelino Sión Castro.
At the same time, the book “Magistral Ciudad de León, 20 años de Ajedrez”, from Editorial MIC, was presented, the book relates the history of the 20 first years of the tournament. The book has plenty of photos, commented games of the 20 editions of the Leon Chess tournament, plus several more sections like a brief history of Leon; all the best players of the last two decades played in Leon, with very few exceptions. The co authors of the book are journalist Leontxo García and GM Zenón Franco Ocampos, with contributions by IM Sergio Estremera, Agustín Berrueta and Miguel Angel Nepomuceno.
The prologue was made by well known writer Julio Llamazares, from Leon, who is a chess fan, who pointed out the similitude between Chess and Literature, not only in their structure, and the constant search of beauty, but even at the physical posture of both the writer and the chess player at their work. He said it is very difficult to write a novel combining his two passions, because it is difficult for a non chess player to completely understand the chess struggle, but almost sure he will write a short story about chess players.
The tournament will be held from May 29th to June 2nd in León, Spain. The players will be World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, and Francisco Vallejo Pons. The main sponsors of the tournament are Ayuntamiento de León, Junta de Castilla y León, Diputación de León, Universidad de León, Caja Duero, ALSA, Editorial MIC, and SP Technology. The official web is http://www.advancedchessleon.com/ with complete information of the tournament.
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The book 20 years Leon
Roberto Palomar Marcelino Sión, Natalia Rodríguez Picallo, Ignacio Gonzalez and José María López Benito
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