Anand, Topalov, Arjun and Santos meet in León (2024)

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26-6-2024-The 37th edition of "Magistral Ciudad de León" takes place on 28-30 June in the auditorium of the city.Jaime Satnos will try to defend his title against two living legends and a rising star: Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov and Arjun Erigaisi.In 2023, Santos became the second Spaniard to beat the event after Boris Gelfand in the final.

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The Ciudad de León Masters Tournament, a traditional event in the annual international circuit, is celebrating its twenty -seventh edition in 2024.A knockout for 4 players with a quick time control will again be the format of the event.

Four strong big champions participate in the knockout.Favorite at fansChangeAttempting to win the tournament for the tenth time - the Indian legend won the event for the first time in 1997 and took the title for the last time in 2016. His old colleagueVeselin TopalovWill also come to León where he won the event in 1996. To join the veterans will beJaime Santos, WHOlast yearbecame the second Spaniard to win the tournament, andArji's OpRaderering, currently ranked 4E On the live review list.

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There will be three matches, one per day, from Friday to Sunday. The semi-finals will be played on Friday and Saturday and the two winners will face each other on Sunday.

Each match consists of four quick games (20 minutes before the game plus 10-second increments from move one). In the event of a tie, two blitz games will follow (5 minutes + 3 second increments if there is still a tie). , the winner of the match is determined at Armageddon (white gets 6 minutes, black gets 5 minutes and draw).

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Jaime Santos defeated three-time champion Boris Gelfand in the final last year

A number of parallel activities will take placePicturesque townLocated in the autonomous area of ​​Castilla y León.

  • XI chess and financial competitionsponsored byThe restless investor
  • Conference on Chess, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber ​​Security
  • Simultaneous exhibition of former world champion Veselin Topalov
  • Conference of the famous chess journalist Leontxo García: "Living history of Magistral Ciudad de León"
  • Open Chess Tournament - 8 rounds with fast time control (see the participants))
  • Blitz -rurning

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- Master of León (@ajedrezleon)6. June 2024

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Connections

  • Official website
  • Santos beats Gelfand in the final, wins Leon Masters(2023)
  • Gelfand beats Anand in the Play-Off, Leon Masters wins(2022)
  • Boris Gelfand triumphs in Leon(2021)
  • Leinier Dominguez wint de Leon Masters(2020)
  • Maghsoodloo Masters Leon(2019)

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Carlos Alberto ColodroCarlos Colodro is a Latin American philologist from Bolivia. He has been working as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. Much of his work takes place in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his main interests, along with literature and music.

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