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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, November 16, 2008 | 0 CommentsVan Wely v Shirov
The 38th Chess Olympiad began last Wednesday in Dresden, Germany. A record 152 countries are participating in the event.
Today’s game is taken from the Aerosvit 2008 tournament which was played in June, in the Ukraine. Van Wely falters against Alexei Shirov.
Van Wely, …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 0 CommentsDavid de Caires was a lover of the ancient game
Mr de Caires has died and we in the local chess fraternity are saddened at his passing. Chess has lost a dear and cherished friend. He loved this ancient game for all its complexities and for its rich …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 0 CommentsNational Championships begin on Saturday
Fourteen games will be played in the National Chess Championships which begin on Saturday at the Ocean Spray Hotel. Like last year, the championships will be played in a Junior and a Senior category and promise to be a gruelling month …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 26, 2008 | 0 CommentsEight junior, eight senior players to compete in nationals
The qualification tournament to decide the players for the National Chess Championships has been completed. Eight junior, and eight senior chess players have advanced to compete for the titles of National Junior and Senior champions of Guyana. …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 0 CommentsAnand and Kramnik face off in world championship
Here is the first game of the World Champion-ship match between defending champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik that was played on Wednesday. Anand pressed for a win with the White pieces, but developed some time trouble, and …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 0 CommentsA chess tournament is not for the fainthearted
It is said that a chess tournament is not for the fainthearted. Like any other sporting conflict, its importance applies the kind of pressures, which only the strong and the toughest can survive. A serious championship contender can …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsTournament to identify candidates for the National Championships begins Sunday
The preliminary chess tournament to decide the candidates for participation in the National Championships begins next Sunday at the St Stanislaus College on Brickdam.
The tournament, an eight-round swiss system event, will be conducted separately in the Junior …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, September 21, 2008 | 0 CommentsWorld champion Viswanathan Anand loses to Levon Aronian
Anand, V (2798) - Aronian, L (2751)
Grand Slam Final Bilbao ESP (8), 10.9.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 d6 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ne7 12.Rg1 0-0 13.Be3 Bxe3 …
Morgan Heritage wowed Guyana
By Errol Tiwari | Tuesday, September 9, 2008 | 7 Comments- though show was overly long
The night was as Morgan Heritage proclaimed, “not a dancehall show but a reggae concert” essentially devoid of club revelry and suggestive music but big on positive vibes and soft, thought-provoking tunes.
Morgan Heritage on stage on Friday night.
It evoked the …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 2 CommentsWorking towards producing a Guyanese grandmaster
‘I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in (to a tournament). I’m always confident’- Bobby Fischer
Can we produce a grandmaster? In the spirit of exuberance and fierce patriotism, I would scream “Yes we can.” …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 0 CommentsNurturing grandmasters
Suddenly, almost overnight some would say, India and China have emerged from chess obscurity to sit among the giants of the great game.
Flashback: Former national chess player Tony Hanoman is surrounded by junior chess players from the Guyana Chess Federation. Hanoman currently …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 1 CommentKamsky v Gelfand
The Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament is being played (August 17-31) in Moscow. The players are former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich, currently the world’s second highest ranked player, Vassily Ivanchuk (4th), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (8th), Alexei Shirov (9th), Peter Leko (10th), Gata Kamsky (17th), …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 0 CommentsWorld Junior Championships
The World Junior Championships concluded last evening in Gaziantep, Turkey. Youths who had not reached their 20th birthday at the beginning of the tournament, were eligible to participate. A total of 195 chessplayers from 60 countries competed for championship honours.
Women’s International Master Betul …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 0 CommentsMorozevich v Polgar
The 2008 Chess Classic took place a week ago at Mainz, Germany, with world champion Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Alexander Morozevich in attendance.
Anand and Carlsen, the sensational Norwegian teenager, reached the final of the tournament. Many believe Carlsen is the …
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By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 0 CommentsCompetition at Oasis and practice at Saints
Proprietors of the Oasis Cafe, William and Nisa Walker, sponsored a grand knockout chess tournament over the past two weekends that attracted some of the strongest chess players in the country.
Tiwari receiving the winner’s cheque and trophy from William …
