Interview #34 | José María Salazar - "Educational and social chess in the Canary Islands"

Interview with José María Salazar, President of AMA and CEMENA, by José Manuel Sierra Lozano, Director of EXPOCHESS. In the interview we discussed the following points:

-CEMENA, birth, objectives, educational and social chess.
-Occupational Centers with people with Functional Diversity, people with Visual Impairment...
-Training for monitors with titles of European Chess Professor of the European Chess Union "ECU"; FEDA diploma recognized by the CSD.
-Chess in Canarian schools (120 schools, PROA+ 21-22 project).
-"The Chess Bus" to approach the most disadvantaged.
-World chess records broken in the Canary Islands
-Proposal to beat a new chess world record in Madrid coinciding with the "FIDE Candidates Tournament".
-"CEMENA en EE UU" for the integration of Spanish-speaking immigrants in the US through chess ($50,000).
-Approval by the Parliament of the Canary Islands, in 2012, of the proposal No Law on the implementation of chess in the Canarian educational system.
-Birth and development of Living Chess in the Canary Islands.


Who is Jose Maria?
Jose Maria Salazar Martin.
-President and founder of AMA and CEMENA.
-President and founder of the Moya Chess Club.
-President and founder of the Villa de Firgas Chess Club.
-Vice-president of the Mogán Chess Club.
-Creator of the new Arguineguín Chess school (Artemi Semidán).
-Chess monitor accredited by FEDA.
-40 years of experience teaching chess.



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