Promoting chess can redound to the benefit of all Guyanese

“The ultimate strength of our country and our cause will be not in powerful weapons or infinite resources or boundless wealth, but will lie in the unity of our people.” – Excerpt from a speech delivered by US President Lyndon B Johnson on March 31, 1968, Washington, DC.

That is the identical message which President David Granger has been promulgating to listening ears since he assumed office one month ago almost to the day. Undoubtedly, he has recognized there is maximum strength in uniting a nation’s people. The coalition demonstrated the point successfully by amassing the winning numbers a month ago when it mattered. History teaches us that the progress of a people is measured by its unity of purpose. Altogether, can the ancient game of chess