In the second part of the 19th century,

Celso Golmayo Zúpide Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in Logroño, Spain – 1 April 1898, in Havana) was a Spanish–Cuban chess master. He had been generally accepted as Cuban Chess Championship, Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. He ...

had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. In 1912–1937 Cuban Championship as Copa Dewar occurred. Maria Teresa Mora was the first woman who won Copa Dewar in 1922. :

Women

References

* (results from 1902 through 1984)
Details on the 2000 edition
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Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...