The Calvià Chess Festival 2017-International Amateur Open will be held from 7th to 15th October
Saturday, 29th April 2017
The 14th edition of the Calvià Chess Festival 2017-International Amateur Open of Calvià which will be held at the sala Palmanova from 7th to 15th October, and that has the support of Fundación Calvià and the Ajuntament de Calvià has been presented this morning.
The presentation event was attended by the Mayor of Calvià, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal, who thanked the event's organisers (the Club Ajedrez Mallorca Isolani) for their commitment to Calvià of this Festival in which last year participated 127 players from 24 countries, many of whom come with companions and stay in establishments of the area during the week in which the Chess Festival takes place.
The presentation event took place within the framework of the Chess Campus that takes place this weekend in Kathmandú Park, and was attended by the councillor of the area of Magaluf, Alfonso Molina, and the organiser of the Calvià Chess Festival, Sergio Estremera.