National Junior Chess Championship gets under way
The National Junior Chess Championship began over the weekend for eight qualifiers. Seven juniors played the qualifying tournament and got into the championship. The national champion Cecil Cox qualified automatically. The tournament is a round robin one with a time limit of one-and-a-half hours per game. The seniors will play their qualifying tournament from next [...]
Ilumzhinov wins another four years as FIDE president
The incumbent President of the World Chess Federation or FIDE, (Fédération Inter-nationale des Échecs), Kirsan Ilumzhinov, was re-elected on Wednesday to serve for another four years. Ilyumzhinov became president in 1995. Ilyumzhinov campaigned under the banner headline, ‘One World. One Vision,’ and defeated his challenger Anatoly Karpov by 95 to 55 votes. There were three abstentions. Karpov [...]
It is now anybody’s tournament
At the halfway point in the DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament, Taffin Khan, Omar Shariff and Shiv Nandalall are leading with four points each with four games to go. The tournament is a round robin one. Each of the leaders has dropped a game: Shariff defeated Khan, Nandalall defeated Shariff and Learie Webster outplayed Nandalall. [...]
Sham Khan leads the juniors in the DDL Topco tournament
Tutorial high school student Sham Khan leads the juniors in the DDL Topco Juices qualifying tournament for the national chess championships. So far, Sham has been having a successful tournament as he remains unbeaten on four points from four games. Queen’s College student Cecil Cox, who is the current national junior champion, is automatically seeded to [...]
Topco Juices Chess Tournament under way
The DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament began yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. The eight round swiss system tournament will be played in a junior and a senior category. For the juniors, the tournament is being used as a qualifier for the upcoming national chess championships. DDL has also sponsored the qualifiers for the seniors, and this tournament [...]
Taffin Khan ties for fourth place at UMADA Cup tournament
Guyana’s Taffin Khan set the tone for future Guyanese participation in chess within the region when he made an impressive showing at the UMADA Cup recently in Trinidad and Tobago. In the nine-round tournament, Taffin scored five wins, two draws and two losses against players rated higher than himself. The average rating of players in [...]
Working towards a Caribbean Chess Union
The FIDE elections seem to be galloping towards a spectacular finish as we observe the two candidates for President, the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Anatoly Karpov campaigning through the Caribbean and the world, to make an impact upon voter countries. Each country has one vote and FIDE comprises 165 member nations. Guyana, I believe, is [...]
Zhao v Chiburdanidze
The Women’s Grand Prix, a series of elite tournaments organised by FIDE and Global Chess, is being held in various countries of the world. There are six tournaments spread over two years with three tournaments every year. The Grand Prix is part of the Women’s World Championship cycle. The current one is being held in [...]
Rapid chess tournament set for Saturday
Apex Insurance Brokers Inc is sponsoring a one day rapid chess tournament for players at the junior and senior levels on Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. Registration begins at 9.30 am and the first pawn will be pushed at 10.30 am. The tournament consists of seven rounds. Adult non-members of the federation would be [...]
Chess is a game anyone can play
“Chess is a versatile model for decision-making.” – Garry Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) took a step closer towards the inevitable recognition of the ancient game in Guyana recently by staging, successfully, the FIDE-rated tournament which sought to include our players on the world stage. There are thousands of people [...]
Guyana represented at FIDE Sub-Zonal tournament
Following two de-cades and a bit more of inactivity on the international circuit, chess seems to be finding its way back into the Caribbean limelight through Guyanese participation in two recent FIDE-ranked tournaments. First, there was the FIDE Sub-Zonal Tournament which was held in Nassau two weeks ago; and running almost simultaneously with that was the [...]
Two new chess tournaments for the Caribbean
The disclosure that the President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has initiated two new tournaments for the Caribbean, is good news for Guyana. Although the details are not known as yet, we feel a sense of euphoria at the announcement. If one tournament is geared towards strengthening the chess talents of our region, then Guyana should [...]
Nijboer v Van Kampen
The annual Dutch Chess Champ-ionship is underway with Jan Smeets and Friso Nijboer sharing the lead after three rounds. Grandmasters Loek van Wely and Anish Giri are also participating. Here is Nijboer’s first round win against Robin Van Kampen. Nijboer, Friso (2567) – Van Kampen, Robin (2481) 2010 Dutch Champion-ship Eindhoven NED (1), 11.6.2010 1.e4 [...]
Second round of Topco Juices tournament for today
The DDL Topco Juices annual mid-year chess tournament is underway and the second round will be played this morning from 10am at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. Eyes will be focused on the six players who have qualified for participation in the upcoming FIDE tournament. The six players who will represent Guyana in the tournament are [...]
Six winners to participate in July FIDE rating tournament
The Kei-Shar’s FIDE Qualifying Tournament was a keenly contested event that brought out most of Guyana’s exemplary chess players. National Champion Wendell Meusa prevailed with an outstanding performance. Only Taffin Khan held him at bay with a fighting draw. FIDE (World Chess Federation) is organizing a nine-round tournament in Guyana in July, which would be [...]