| 19/12/2020 – 12:59 pm (GMT-4)
The Cuban Grandmaster of Chess Roberto G. Pantoja he took it against the island regime on behalf of those like him who disagree with the system, and clarified that he is not a mercenary but a young man who loves his country.
“Everyone who thinks or disagrees is a mercenary, etiquette is always timely and ‘fixes’. GM Lázaro Bruzón Batista, along with other Cuban chess masters, announced a simultaneous to support the MSI in Cuba they put on a national simultaneous show … Why can’t there be a spontaneous event? Why do we do everything as a sequel? “, asked Pantoja.
“Cuban chess is experiencing one of its worst moments, alongside the Cuban sports movement, multimillion-dollar thefts in the INDER (until March 2020 there was no state budget delivered because they were still aware of the last of these theft), ill-treatment of athletes at the national level, throughout the sports pyramid, poor organization and logistics of events … A long list that talks about functional problems and corruption. Why can’t I as a Cuban citizen denounce? ” , he added.
The chess player said he has friends who believe in the revolution, in the process, in their need. “In this regard, why can’t the revolution respect my feeling and see that I am conscientiously dissenting? I AM NOT A MERCENARIAN, I AM A YOUNG MAN WHO LOVES CUBA,” he argued.
Several chess players and Cubans in exile they summoned a simultaneous chess in support of the Sant Isidre Movement (MSI). The appointment will be this Saturday at Club Miami, located at 12625 45th Street in the Southwest.
The simultaneous one, entitled Félix Sicre in honor of the first unofficial Cuban chess champion in 1860, is an initiative of the Sant Isidre i Som + Movement.
The initiative will feature the participation of the Cuban Grandmasters for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Lázaro Bruzón and Holden Hernández, and Marcel Martínez, FIDE master.
Faced with this news, the Cuban government he also summoned a simultaneous chess giant across the island this Saturday, with the aim of evoking “the role of Fidel Castro Ruz as a chess promoter” and greeting in advance the 60th anniversary of the INDER, which is celebrated on 23 February .
Last July, Grand Master Pantoja having to appear before a disciplinary court at the “Giraldo Córdova Cardín” High Performance Training Center, where he received pressure for his posts on social networks, where, among other things, he denounced the non-payment for months of the monthly stimulus of 100 CUC that the INDER pays the athletes.
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