Chess is getting younger by the day

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
New Amsterdam Multilateral School emerged the winner of the 2017 Berbice Inter-Schools Chess Championship last month as the newly established Berbice Chess Association held its first activity. In photo: Krishnanand Raghunandan (right), President of the Berbice Chess Association presents the winning team with a trophy. The members of the winning team are: Charran Woarti, Demetre Prettipaul, Yutesh Dyal and Devon Kissoon.
New Amsterdam Multilateral School emerged the winner of the 2017 Berbice Inter-Schools Chess Championship last month as the newly established Berbice Chess Association held its first activity. In photo: Krishnanand Raghunandan (right), President of the Berbice Chess Association presents the winning team with a trophy. The members of the winning team are: Charran Woarti, Demetre Prettipaul, Yutesh Dyal and Devon Kissoon.

“I tried to be reasonable; I didn’t like it.” – Clint Eastwood

In the game of chess, you cannot be reasonable. If you do, you cannot execute checkmate. When two inseparable friends clash, friendship ceases temporarily when white makes the first move on the chess board. Chess players acknowledge this unwritten rule with reverence. That is why you feel no remorse when you overcome a younger opponent, sometimes a mere child, in competition. Chess is styled in that manner. The game is getting younger by the day. International masters and grandmasters are emerging earlier than before. We sometimes seriously reflect on the words of the late, great chess genius Bobby Fischer: “When I was 11, I just got good.”

That is why chess associations around world