Chess with Errol

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen (left) reacts at the 2018 Sinquefield Chess Tournament in August during his much-awaited encounter with Fabiano Caruana. Carlsen had a winning game but misplayed the position and gave Caruana a draw. The world championship match between Carlsen and Caruana began on Friday.
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen (left) reacts at the 2018 Sinquefield Chess Tournament in August during his much-awaited encounter with Fabiano Caruana. Carlsen had a winning game but misplayed the position and gave Caruana a draw. The world championship match between Carlsen and Caruana began on Friday.

Guyana’s chess champion may not come from the capital

“Never let anyone know what you are thinking,” Mario Puzo, The Godfather  Guyana’s progressiveness in chess hinges on spreading the royal game to the four corners of the country.

Loris Nathoo in deep concentration at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Nathoo played Board Three for Guyana against the finest third boards worldwide. One hundred and eight-three countries contested the Olympiad with China taking gold in the men’s and women’s categories. 
Loris Nathoo in deep concentration at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Nathoo played Board Three for Guyana against the finest third boards worldwide. One hundred and eight-three countries contested the Olympiad with China taking gold in the men’s and women’s categories. 

Drayton awarded FIDE Master title

The creation of the top title of chess Grand Master for Guyana is not a doomed struggle.

Part of the Guyana chess team in Batumi. In the background is the famous Black Sea which is the one of the principal tourist attractions in Georgia. At the Olympiad, Guyana performed creditably. China took gold in the men and women’s categories.
Part of the Guyana chess team in Batumi. In the background is the famous Black Sea which is the one of the principal tourist attractions in Georgia. At the Olympiad, Guyana performed creditably. China took gold in the men and women’s categories.

Guyana seen benefiting from involvement in international chess

By encouraging our appearance at the 2018 Chess Olympiad, President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) James Bond has cast the nation’s involvement in international chess in concrete.

A representative of Demerara Distillers Limited (left) receiving a plaque of appreciation for her company at the GCF dinner 

Nakamura wins St Louis chess tour

American chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura emerged triumphant at the elite Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz leg of the Grand Chess Tour, which has become one of the world’s foremost chess events.

 The three candidates for the presidency of the world chess organization, known by its French acronym, FIDE, clockwise from left: Georgios Makropoulos (Greece), Arkady Dvorkovich (Russia) and Nigel Short (England). Current FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has withdrawn from the election which takes place this September at the FIDE Congress in Batumi, Georgia. FIDE’s national federations number well over 150, second only to FIFA. (Photo: Chessbase)

FIDE to elect new president

National chess players Anthony Drayton and Loris Nathoo each won games against higher-ranked FIDE chess players at the strong Jamaican Open Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica, recently.

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