Cuban Painters Share their Art to Foster Chess Practice in Cuba

Boldface names of Cuban painting will come together at the Habana Libre Tryp Hotel on Friday April 15, to inaugurate Chessboards, a collective exhibit aimed at fostering passive practice of the game on the island, especially among children and youngsters.

 

Summoned by the Excelencias Group and the Jose Raul Capablanca Chess Players Club, 17 artists donated works inspired by the science game in a bid to highlight the figure of the Cuban chess player, world champion from 1921 to 1927, and better known as the Mozart of Chess.

 

Although the pieces comprised in the display are in line with the same theme, each and every one of them shows the personal hallmark of artists Zaida del Rio, Alicia de la Campa, Sinecio Cuetara, Gabriel Antonio Cuetara de la Campa, Milton Bernal, Alberto Sautua, Landy Mesis Alvarez, Enrique Wong Diaz, Irving Torres Barroso, Adrian Cuba Valdes, Jorge Salvador Guanche Garcia, Guillermo Zaldivar Rodriguez, Jose Antonio Oliva Alfonso, Reynaldo Lazaro Alvarez Villamil, Hector Montaner Naranjo, Iskra Ravelo Garcia and Ricardo Labarca Lebrigio.

 

Through April 22, people interested watching the collective exhibit can go to the famous Havana hotel, where members of the Jose Raul Capablanca Chess Players Club gather huddle every Friday.

 

This Club was founded back in 2015 by Mr. Francisco Martinez, an official of Spain’s Embassy to Cuba, with the purpose of perpetuating the name of the glorious Cuban chess player.

 

Furthermore, thanks to the support provided by Mr. Luis Basterra, General Manager of the Habana Libre Tryp Hotel, the members of the Club have a space of their own to share their moves and boost initiatives, just like Chessboards, in an effort to foster the development of the game on the island nation.

 

This project has counted on the valuable contribution of the provincial and national chess commission, whose representatives are always looking for alternatives and the support of institutions to help this game gain momentum.