The Sociedad Democracia Arrecife has been the venue chosen by the Canary Islands Chess Federation to host the Canary Islands Chess Championship, coinciding with the San Pedro 2020 events, programmed by this centennial entity.
This competition will take place on July 11 and 12, celebrating the last two rounds that were postponed due to the state of alarm caused by
Covid-19.
The team representing the Sociedad Democracia Arrecife, "Lanzaloe", leads the general classification of the competition, having many possibilities to represent Canarian chess in the Spanish Championships, which will be played in Linares from August 24 to 28.
The newly appointed president of the Sociedad Democracia Arrecife, Juan Carlos Alonso López, has thanked the Canary Islands Chess Federation for their trust and stressed that "it is a pride to celebrate this prestigious event." "We encourage the entire society of Lanzarote to come and support these great promises of Canarian chess," he said.
Matches and schedules
With schedule from 16:00 on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th from 09:00. the ten participating teams will decide the Champion as well as the relegations of this League.
The matches on Saturday will be CA Fundación La Caja-CA Fundación Cajacanarias, CA Grandama Santa Lucía-CA Roque Niquiomo, CA Vecindario-CA Lanzaloe, CD Herbania-CA Los Realejos, CA Guia-CA Ebano-Barrio Nuevo Viña Nava.
On Sunday, on the last day, the matches will be CA Ebano-Barrio Nuevo Viña Nava-CA Fundación La Caja, CA Los Realejos-CA Guia, CA Lanzaloe-CD Herbania, CA Roque Niquiomo-CA Vecindario, CA Fundación Cajacanarias-CA Grandama Santa Lucía.
The Lanzarote team, which has 23.5 points, is followed in the standings by the teams CA Fundación Cajacanarias (20 Pts), CA Ebano-Barrionuevo Viña Nava 1 (9 Pts), CA Guía (18 Pts), CA Fundación La Caja 1 (7 Pts), CA Vecindario (12 Pts), CA Los Realejos (10.5 Pts) 8th.- CD Herbania (8.5 Pts), CA Grandama Santa Lucía (8.5 Pts), and CA Roque Niquiomo (3 Pts)
The next day will be next Saturday, March 14 in each of the venues of the teams participating in this Canary Chess League.
