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Efforts should be made to expand chess in Guyana

The failure of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to engineer a national chess championship during 2016 was excruciating to those persons who qualified for the tournament, and markedly embarrassing for those who are in tune with the game.

Time to capitalize on opportunities for chess

As we acknowledge the new year, it is neither the time nor the place for superfluous words.

2016 was a rewarding year for chess

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.

So shows great form at London Chess Classic

At the conclusion of the sixth round of the elite London Chess Classic tournament (on Thursday), which opened on December 9 and ends today, US grandmaster Wesley So maintained the lead in a field which boasts eight of the world’s top ten chess players.

Carlsen-Karjakin 2016, Karpov-Kasparov 1985: a comparison

Last week’s column mentioned that this year’s World Championship 12th game of classical chess between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin under standard time controls did not compare favourably to the 1985 World Championship 24th and final game of the Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov match.

Magnus Carlsen (Photo credit:Andreas Kontokanis Piraeus, Greece)

Carlsen retains title in birthday present to himself

Norway’s chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen turned 26 on Wednesday, and captured chess’ biggest prize, the world championship title on his birthday.

Will World Chess Championship be decided by blitz games?

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Carlsen still favourite as World Chess Championship crosses halfway mark

Magnus Carlsen is a big favourite to retain the World Chess Champion title.

Bobby Fischer vs Mikhail Tal during one of their many encounters. They both became world chess champions - Tal in 1960 and Fischer in 1972.

Carlsen tipped to retain title

During the 1960s into the 70s, even today when someone says you are playing chess like Tal, that person is paying you an enormous compliment.

Will Carlsen remain top gun?

The FIDE World Chess Championship match between the current world champion and Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and his Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin begins on Friday in Manhattan, New York.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen (left) and his challenger for the title Sergey Karjakin. It’s the first time two players who have come of age in the computer era are fighting for the title; this represents a generational shift in chess.

Carlsen schools chess hustlers in Washington Square Park

Bobby Fischer, America’s most successful chess player, contested a fair number of chess blitz games in Washington Square Park, Manhattan.

Eleven-year-old Indian chess master beats Paraguayan grandmaster

The South American grandmaster from Paraguay, Axel Bachmann (2645), was confident as he faced the lad from India during the final round of the competitive Isle of Man International Chess Tournament last Sunday.

Norwegian chess grandmaster and current world champion Magnus Carlsen, 26, will defend his world championship chess title next month against Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, also 26, in New York. One week following the conclusion of the 2016 Chess Olympiad, Carlsen played a simultaneous handicap match against 11 hand-picked opponents in New Jersey as a warm-up exercise. Each of his opponents had 30 minutes per game, while the world champion had 30 minutes for his total eleven games. Carlsen won handsomely 11-0. In the photo, Carlsen replays one of the games of his opponents from memory.

Chess world anticipates Carlen, Karjakin showdown

For the next two months, the eyes and minds of the chess world would be focused on the world chess championship title match.

Maria Varona-Thomas (in photo), qualified for the international chess title of Woman FIDE Master at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, two weeks ago. It was the first major title for a female chess player from Guyana. Maria contested the required 11 games on Board One for Guyana and scored victories against fellow board one players from the following countries: Tanzania, Aruba, Chinese Tai Pei, Sudan, Fiji, Barbados and Palestine. She drew with Qatar and Wales. Maria lost against Zambia and Singapore. She placed 21st from a total of 663 women participants at the Olympiad.

Maria Varona-Thomas should be commended for her exemplary performance in Baku

Hardly anyone expected Guyana to qualify for a major international chess title.

Varona-Thomas becomes first Woman FIDE Master

Cuban-Guyanese Maria Varona-Thomas has become the first Woman FIDE Master (WFM) from Guyana, following her successful participation at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Haifeng Su, in photo, one of Guyana’s successful chess players at the conclusion of round six of the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Azerbaijan. There are five rounds yet to be played in the competition. Su, playing board No 4, scored victories against opponents from Guatemala and Fiji, and achieved draws with representatives from Guernsey and Malta. Taffin Khan, playing board two, also garnered 3 points for Guyana with two wins and two draws (a win = 1 point; a draw = 1/2 point; a loss = 0 point). Guyana played Bermuda on Friday in its 7th round match.

India takes the lead

Following the conclusion of round six of the 42nd Chess Olympiad currently in progress in Baku, Azerbaijan, India’s men have taken the lead ahead of such behemoths as Russia, the US, China, Ukraine and the Netherlands.

The culturally rich opening ceremony of the 42nd Chess Olympiad took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday evening. A number of Azerbaijan’s renowned artists, choreographers and composers lent their artistry to what could be described as a grand spectacle. The ceremony featured some aspects of the chess tradition in Azerbaijan. Guyana is there with a male and female chess team among the 181 nations that are participating. In the photo, our female team highlights the Guyana flag which was carried during the ceremony. From left, Jessy Clementson, Sherrifa Ali, Yolander Persaud, Maria Thomas and Julia Clementson.

Guyana is represented at the 42nd Olympiad

These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.

Guyana team leaves for Baku Olympiad

The Guyana Chess Olympiad team leaves for Baku, Azerbaijan, this week to attend the 42nd Chess Olympiad.

Roberto Neto, 19, (left) is a member of the 2016 Guyana Olympiad chess team. A newcomer to the game, he enjoyed some robust successes by defeating the senior and junior national champions on occasion. Although he only began playing the game in 2010, Neto has been competing regularly in tournaments and has become a prominent fixture in competitions. In this photograph, he faces St Stanislaus’ student Gansham Alijohn in a recent tournament.

So wins Sinquefield Cup

The intriguing Sinquefield Cup, the elite grandmaster chess tournament which featured seven of the world’s top 10 players has been completed, with a resounding victory for the US’s Wesley So.

Guyana’s Chess Olympiad players will have opportunity to see grandmasters in action

Following six rounds of scintillating chess, the Sinquefield Cup is off to a brilliant start in St Louis, Missouri.