Murcia Three clubs will represent the National Chess Federation of Murcia, Totana, Lorca and Vistabella (Murcia)
Totana host 10 to August 14 the Chess Championship of Spain, in the form of club teams, which will include about 180 players from 24 clubs from Group II that corresponds to the federations of Andalucia, Castilla La Mancha, Madrid, Valencia, Baleares, Murcia, Extremadura and Castilla La Mancha.
The Championship will be held in rooms at the Hotel "Executive Sport", which played a total of 6 rounds, while held on the same days in the town of Padrón coruñés the same tournament for the rest of Group I Spanish federations, the north of Spain.
Councilman Sports totanero Bartholomew Pallares, and President of the Murcia Chess Federation, Antonio Gallego, who has had this competition in collaboration with the city of Totana and bring together the top clubs from eight Spanish territorial federations.
Each club consists of teams of four players and a reserve, as well as technical and federation, it is expected that about 300 athletes and fans congregate in this discipline over the next week in Totana.
The Region of Murcia will be represented at this championship for chess clubs in Totana, territorial champion team has participated in more editions in the National, and clubs and Vistabella Lorca (Murcia).
Currently, the champion of Spain in Group II, the southern peninsula, is the Motril Club, followed by teams Almagro (Ciudad Real), La Merced, Huelva and Mislata (Valencia).
The president of the Chess Federation thanked Murcia totanero Consistory and the hospitality business collaboration, as well as the Spanish Federation in the territorial confidence to hold an event of this importance and stressed the importance to the sport in the autonomous host it first.
For its part, the mayor of Sports Federation congratulated for having achieved Murcia Totana convene the most important chess players the national scene and highlighted the fact that sport contributes to promoting tourism in the municipality and the region in general.
