By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 0 Comments
David 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 0 Comments
National 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 26, 2008 | 0 Comments
Eight 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, …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 0 Comments
Anand 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 0 Comments
A 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments
Tournament 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, September 21, 2008 | 0 Comments
World 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 …
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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 2 Comments
Working 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’- …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 0 Comments
Nurturing 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: …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Kamsky 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
World 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 0 Comments
Morozevich 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 …
By Errol Tiwari | Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 0 Comments
Competition 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 …