The year 2013 ended with great sports news for the spanish chess because he just celebrated the U-8 to U-18 World Championship in the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates and besides that four Spanish players have finished in the top ten of the ranking, David Anton with 8 points e Irene Nicolás with 8.5 they have won the world runner-up in their respective categories. In the image you can see both players, international masters, with their silver medals with their coach David Martínez Martín, international teacher since 2006 and working in Chess with a head. David trains David Antón and Irene Nicolás.
As Miguel Illescas recently told us, David Antón is one of the great promises of chess in Spain and together with Irene we hope they can give many headlines and many sporting successes. From what I have been able to read in the press, in the many specialized chess sites that exist on the Internet and by the conclusions drawn from the interview with Miguel Illescas, chess in Spain is in very good health although the challenge is to consolidate this great potential They have these young people and get them to compete and perform at the highest level. And that requires investment and a lot of commitment.
Irene Nicolás Y David Anton They were born in Murcia although I think David lives in Madrid and Irene in Alicante. In the Irene World Cup he won eight games, lost two and signed tables in another game, that is, in addition to winning, he shows a lot of courage and ability to compete.
We will be very attentive to the evolution of these two great athletes and many others who are writing their names for national and international tournaments where there is great quality. And we wish that some of them are encouraged to try to become one of those extraordinary players who contribute to renew the Spanish sports landscape that, in my opinion, is excessively dedicated to a single sport.
