Chess with Errol

The DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament began yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. The

Guyana’s Taffin Khan set the tone for future Guyanese participation in chess within the region when he made an impressive showing at the UMADA Cup recently in Trinidad and Tobago.

The FIDE elections seem to be galloping towards a spectacular finish as we observe the two candidates for President, the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Anatoly Karpov campaigning through the Caribbean and the world, to make an impact upon voter countries.

The Women’s Grand Prix, a series of elite tournaments organised by FIDE and Global Chess, is being held in various countries of the world.

Apex Insurance Brokers Inc is sponsoring a one day rapid chess tournament for players at the junior and senior levels on Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

“Chess is a versatile model for decision-making.” – Garry Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) took a step closer towards the inevitable recognition of the ancient game in Guyana recently by staging, successfully, the FIDE-rated tournament which sought to include our players on the world stage.

Following two de-cades and a bit more of inactivity on the international circuit, chess seems to be finding its way back into the Caribbean limelight through Guyanese participation in two recent FIDE-ranked tournaments.

The disclosure that the President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has initiated two new tournaments for the Caribbean, is good news for Guyana.

The annual Dutch Chess Champ-ionship is underway with Jan Smeets and Friso Nijboer sharing the lead after three rounds.

The DDL Topco Juices annual mid-year chess tournament is underway and the second round will be played this morning from 10am at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

The Kei-Shar’s FIDE Qualifying Tournament was a keenly contested event that brought out most of Guyana’s exemplary chess players.

The Kei-Shar’s FIDE qualifying chess tournament concludes today with Wendell Meusa in the lead with 4½ points from the five games which have been completed so far.

The game is taken from the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament that was held in March in Monaco.

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand struck back brilliantly against Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov to take the lead in their world championship match, following an unsatisfactory performance in game one. 

The annual Kei-Shar’s chess tournament begins today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club at Hadfield and Camp Streets.

The Guyana Chess Federation is preparing to host a FIDE- titled chess tournament which will enable its players to receive world chess ratings. 

The 8th Intra-Regional Central Bank Games were played last weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and the National Stadium.

The Bank of Guyana is currently hosting the 8th Intra-Regional Central Bank Games comprising nine sporting disciplines.

In about a week’s time, the Bank of Guyana’s chess team will oppose their counterparts from the Caribbean in a regional chess competition at the 8th Intra-Regional Central Bank Games.

This game is taken from the German Bundesliga, which is the strongest team championship in the world.