Félix Sicre
Encyclopedia
Félix Sicre was a Cuban chess
master.
He became the first Cuban champion
in 1860, and lost the title in 1862 match against Celso Golmayo Zúpide
. Sicre lost all games to Paul Morphy
, during his two visits in Havana in October 1862 and February 1864.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
He became the first Cuban champion
Cuban Chess Championship
In the second part of the 19th century, Celso Golmayo Zúpide had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. In 1912–1937 Cuban Championship as Copa Dewar occurred...
in 1860, and lost the title in 1862 match against Celso Golmayo Zúpide
Celso Golmayo Zúpide
Celso Golmayo y Zúpide was a Spanish–Cuban chess master.He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre...
. Sicre lost all games to Paul Morphy
Paul Morphy
Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion. He was a chess prodigy...
, during his two visits in Havana in October 1862 and February 1864.
Further reading
- Andrés Clemente Vázquez, La odisea de Pablo Morphy en La Habana, La Propaganda Literaria, Habana 1893.