The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is seeking stronger ties with the international chess community to assist in its ongoing programme of development.
Recently, Vice-President of the GCF Anand Raghunauth attended a meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, at which President of FIDE (World Chess Federation) Arkady Dvorkovich and other senior officials of chess administration for the Americas were present. At that forum, Raghunauth outlined the GCF’s plans for the future. Promising agreements were made with the federations of Uruguay, Costa Rica and Barbados for mutual support.
The first joint project would be to assist the GCF to acquire FIDE ratings and titles, the first step towards producing a grandmaster. Hybrid tournaments will be introduced, where competing players would be placed in a single location to oppose players from another country in a similar location and the process will be supervised by FIDE arbiters to forestall cheating. This type of exposure will enable the GCF to create a larger pool of rated players.
On the international scene, American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura defeated Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian to capture the Berlin Grand Prix moving one step closer to the 2022 final of Candidates’ Tournament.
Chess game
1. e4e5 2. Nf3Nc6 3. Bb5a6 4. Ba4Nf6 5. O-OBe7 6. Re1b5 7. Bb3O-O 8. h3Bb7 9. d3d5
10. exd5Nxd5 11. a4Nd4 12. Nbd2Nxb3 13. Nxb3Nb4 14. Nxe5Qd5 15. f3Bd6 16. d4Rae8
17. axb5axb5 18. Bd2Nc6 19. Bf4Kh8 20. Bh2Nxe5 21. dxe5Bxe5 22. Bxe5Rxe5 23. Rxe5Qxe5 24. Qd4Qg5 25. Qc5Qxc5+ 26. Nxc5Bd5 27. Ra7c6 28. Nd3g6 29. Rc7Ra8 30. Nb4Kg7 31. Nxc6Bxc6 32. Rxc6Rd8 33. g4Rd2 34. h4h5 35. gxh5gxh5 36. b4Rd4 37. c3Rxh4
38. Kg2Rf4 39. Kg3Rf5 40. f4h4+ 41. Kxh4Rxf4+ 42. Kg5Rf3 43. Kg4Rd3 44. Rc5Kf6
45. Kf4Ke6 46. Ke4Rd8 47. Rxb5Rd1 48. Rb6+Kd7 49. Rf6Ke7 50. Rf3Ke6 51. Rd3f5+
52. Kd4Rb1 53. Re3+Kf6 54. Re8f4 55. Rb8Kf5 56. b5f3 57. Ke3Rb3 58. Kd3Kg4 59. Kc2f2 60. Rf8Rxb5 61. Rxf2Rc5. 1-0. Black resigns.
White: Hikaru Nakamura
Black: Levon Aronian
Event: FIDE Grand Prix 2022, Berlin, Germany, February 17
Type of Game: Ruy Lopez
