Cuba Hit New Chess Record

World | April 30, 2004, Friday // 00:00
Cuba Hit New Chess Record Cuba has broke its own world record in simultaneous chess play. The 2002 record was also attended by President Fidel Castro, but he did not play this time. Photo by WN.

Cuba has broken its own world record for the most people playing chess simultaneously. Nearly 13,000 chess fans gathered in the centre Cuba city of Santa Clara for the mass game. Former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov also took part in the event, held in a square dominated by a statue of the Che Guevara, himself a keen chess player. Some 11,320 Cubans, including President Fidel Castro, set the 2002 record, but the president did not play this time.

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