The Chess Federation of Bahia and the Itaberabense Chess Club promote the Itaberaba Chess Festival on October 28th and 29th
The Chess Festival is an opportunity for the development of chess in the territories of Chapada Diamantina in Piemonte do Paraguaçu
Festival participants will have the opportunity to participate in an exciting rapid 10+5 chess and simultaneous chess exhibition with IM Roberto Molina (Minas Gerais)
GM Everaldo Matsuura (São Paulo) and FIDE CM  Luciano Zallio and Jayme Miranda (Bahia)
Bahia is a State of Brazil as large as France
Atlantic Forest and the Coastal and Marine biomes
indigenous peoples were subjected to Portuguese colonization
millions of African people were slaved to work in plantationsand
Nature was exploited to serve foreig interests
several internal conflitcs took place and at the end few people concentrate power and resouces
This led to a diverse but also an unequal society
Unfortunately 12 of the 50 most violent cities of Brazil are in Bahia
The Itaberaba Chess Festival will be at the forefront of taking a step towards guaranteeing the participants rights by expressing in its regulations that harassment
discrimination and offenses are subject to punishment
and IA and IO Kaiser Mafra recognize that the Festival is pioneer in Brazil in that matter
The topic of sports discipline and ethics is an issue that has gained more relevance in international sports with several cases of allegations being publicized
The Bahian Chess Federation and the Itaberabense Chess Club
were open to discuss with the Brazilian Women's Chess League ideas to improve regulations to build together a more respectful environment for everyone
A move forward to the build a more equal society
The Chess Federation of Bahia was founded in 1960 and is the highest entity of chess in Bahia
the first Brazilian to win the title of international female chess master
seven-time Brazilian and two-time South American champion
represented the country five times in the category's Olympics
The Federation is associated with the Brazilian Chess Conferedation
The Clube Itaberabense de Chess is a dynamic team that holds weekly tournaments transmitted in live streaming since November 2020
It currently has more than 1300 participants
The Brazilian Women's Chess League is an independent movement that began in 2013 with the aim of publicizing
promoting and bringing together women chess players and those involved in chess in Brazil
This is a space for articulation and dialogue between amateur and professional chess players that aims to create a strengthened community that seeks solutions to transform national chess so that it truly becomes an absolute space
Itaberaba Chess Festival [Website]Date: October 28th and 29th
The event is supported by the city of Itaberaba and the Rapid Chess tournament is supported by the Superintendence of Sports of the State of Bahia
an agency linked to the Secretariat of Labor
Contacts:Bahian Chess Federation: Luciano Zallio
71 9252-8341Itaberabense Chess Club: Vinicius de Carvalho
71 9675-4787Brazilian Women's Chess League: Gina Leite