From Doctor Lafora to Paterna
The club was founded by residents of Paterna in 1959 as Club Ajedrez Doctor Lafora. Its first social venue was the Centro de Educación y Descanso, also known as Café La Plaza or Casino de la Plaza.
In 1960 it adopted the name Club de Ajedrez Paterna.
Teaching entered the story almost immediately. School chess began in 1961 with a children's tournament involving local schools and organizations.
In 1975 the club registered ten youth-team players as part of a generational renewal. Two years later, Paterna resident Joaquín Ballester became Spanish school chess champion.
A 1988 agreement then brought the club into Paterna's municipal sports school, and in 1994 the municipality awarded it the Gold Insignia for its cultural work.
Four seasons to the top tier
The club's most concentrated national rise began with the 2018 Second Division title. It finished runner-up in the First Division a year later and was included in the 2020 División de Honor field.
Paterna placed second in Spain's top team division in 2020. The following year brought third place in the classical championship and an unbeaten victory in the Spanish Rapid Team Championship for Clubs.
The Casino returns as a stage
Casino de la Plaza reappeared as a club venue in recent years. The site associated with the club's founding hosted the fifth Torneo Internacional Club Ajedrez Paterna in 2024 and the sixth in 2025, both organized by the club.
Sources
- 1.Joaquín Ballester, presidente del Club Ajedrez Andreu Paterna, La Canyada Te Guía
- 2.Clubes, Ayuntamiento de Paterna, Servicios Deportivos Municipales
- 3.Laboratorio SYS Paterna campeón 2ª Div. Nacional, Federació d’Escacs de la Comunitat Valenciana
- 4.Circular 30/2019: CECLUB 2020, Federación Española de Ajedrez
- 5.CECLUB División de Honor, Federación Española de Ajedrez
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- 6.Campeonato de España de Ajedrez Rápido por Equipos de Club, Federación Española de Ajedrez
- 7.Campeonato de España por Equipos de División de Honor VIII Centenario Alfonso X El Sabio, Federación Española de Ajedrez
- 8.V Torneo Internacional Club Ajedrez Paterna, Federació d’Escacs de la Comunitat Valenciana
- 9.VI Edición Torneo Internacional Club Ajedrez Paterna, Federació d’Escacs de la Comunitat Valenciana
- 10.Orden de Fuerza: Club Ajedrez Andreu Paterna, Federació d’Escacs de la Comunitat Valenciana
- 11.Circular 04-2026: Clasificaciones 2025 y categorías CECLUB 2026, Federación Española de Ajedrez
- 12.7ª edición Torneo Internacional Club Ajedrez Paterna, Federació d’Escacs de la Comunitat Valenciana
- 13.El GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko se proclama campeón del VI Torneo Internacional Blitz de Paterna, Federació d’Escacs de la Comunitat Valenciana
- 14.Andreu Barberá SL, nuevo patrocinador del laureado Club Ajedrez Paterna, Noticias CV
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