Hay Festival Arequipa 2023 – Sport

Hay Festival Arequipa 2023 was held November 9-12, with 109 activities with 145 guests from 15 countries. We will offer 17 talks and workshops for students at the Hay Joven programme and 7 events for children at Hay Festivalito.

Hay Forum Moquegua took place on 8 November with four activities on education and current affairs.

Events are available at Hay Festival Anytime.

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Event HFC0

Playing chess with Julio Ernesto Granda

Plaza San Francisco
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The simultaneous exhibition with Grandmaster Julio Ernesto Granda will bring together ten chess enthusiasts of various ages from different clubs and academies, with the aim of offering an unforgettable demonstration for the audience, who are warmly invited to appreciate the strategies of International Grandmaster Julio Granda. There will be a live screening for viewers.
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Playing chess with Julio Ernesto Granda

Event HFJ9

Leontxo García in conversation with Gabriel Ñaña

Chess and writing

Universidad Continental
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Leontxo García (Spain) trains in educational chess and has experience in over 30 countries. He has spoken publicly about the educational, social and therapeutic applications of chess (with regard to brain aging and Alzheimer’s), as well as about the history of the game and its champions (he has met every world champion since Botvinnik). This Member for Educational Chess of the International Chess Federation has been a journalist since 1983. He will offer us a fascinating look at the educational potential of chess, particularly among children, linking it to the most common school subjects. He will talk to Gabriel Ñaña.
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Leontxo García in conversation with Gabriel Ñaña

Event 36

Screening of the documentary Camino de los sueños

Followed by a conversation between Savas Coban and Alejandro Millán

Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
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This extreme sportsman has set un unthinkable record: running 86 ultramarathons in 86 days. 60 km per day. Over 5,170 km in total. Between November 2022 and February 2023, the athlete ran through all the geographical zones and climates of Peru. He undertook his challenge accompanied by a camera, and now stars in the documentary that tells his story: Camino de los sueños. Savas Coban, a German of Turkish origin, talks about his run through Peru with the BBC journalist Alejandro Millán.

Duration of the documentary: 90 min

Simultaneous interpretation from German to Spanish available

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Screening of the documentary Camino de los sueños

Event 43

Leontxo García and Julio Ernesto Granda in conversation with Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos

Long live chess

Colegio de Abogados (auditorio)
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Leontxo García (Spain) is a journalist specializing in chess since 1983, and has been writing for El País since 1985, trainer in educational chess and speaker on the educational, social and therapeutic applications of chess (with regard to brain aging and Alzheimer’s), as well as about the history of the game and its champions (he has met every world champion since Botvinnik). He is also a Member for Educational Chess of the International Chess Federation. He and the chess player Julio Ernesto Granda (Camaná, Arequipa), Peruvian International Grandmaster, Child World Champion and four times Panamerican Champion, will talk to Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos, founder of APOYO and a great fan of the game.
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Leontxo García and Julio Ernesto Granda in conversation with Felipe Ortiz de Zevallos

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