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'''Technical University of Madrid''', (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, '''UPM''')<br/>
in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid Madrid], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Technical Schools of Engineering and Architecture, originating mainly in the 18th century <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_University_of_Madrid Technical University of Madrid from Wikipedia]</ref>. The UPM is associated with computer chess as host of the [[WCCC 1992|Seventh World Computer Chess Championship]] in [[Timeline#1992|1992]] <ref>[http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/event.php?id=20 Madrid 1992 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>, and the [[Leonardo Torres y Quevedo|Torres Quevedo]] Museum of Engineering <ref>[http://www.upm.es/institucional/UPM/MuseosUPM/MuseoTorresQuevedo Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Museo "Torres Quevedo"]</ref>, Institute of Civil Engineering, where the still functional [[El Ajedrecista]] can be visited <ref>[http://www.torresquevedo.org/LTQ10/images/TelekinoMilestone2007.pdf Torres-Quevedo Museum of Engineering - Early Developments in Remote-Control, 1901 - The Telekine] (pdf, Spanish/English) [http://www.caminos.upm.es/ Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos] (Institute of Civil Engineering) - [[Technical University of Madrid|Universidad Politécnica de Madrid]]</ref>. During the WCCC 1992 an exhibit in the tournament hall <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Bob Herschberg]] ('''1992'''). ''The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Report on the Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#15_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4]]</ref>.

=People=
* [[Ramón Galán]]
* [[Agustín Jiménez]]
* [[Fernando Matía]]
* [[Diego Rodriguez-Losada]]
* [[Pablo San Segundo]]

=See also=
* [[El Ajedrecista]]
* [[Leonardo Torres y Quevedo]]
* [[WCCC 1992]]

=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_University_of_Madrid Technical University of Madrid from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.upm.es/internacional Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)]
: [http://www.upm.es/institucional/UPM/MuseosUPM/MuseoTorresQuevedo Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Museo "Torres Quevedo"]

=References=
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