Chess with Errol

Ian Nepomniachtchi (Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman)

Ian Nepomniachtchi or Ding Liren

The Candidates Tourna-ment has been organised by FIDE, chess’s international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Championship.

Chess grandmaster Nigel David Short
Chess grandmaster Nigel David Short

Boost for local chess from British grandmaster’s visit

The highest ranking chess grandmaster ever to visit Guyana, England’s Nigel David Short, MBE, paid a four-day visit to these shores last week and competed against 20 simultaneous boards successfully without losing or drawing a game.

Winners of the De Sinco Ltd Under-12 National Chess Championships
with Vice-President of the GCF Irshad Mohamad (right)

New GCF leadership installed

Director of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Irshad Mohamad was appointed recently to serve as vice-president after that post became vacant when Anand Raghunauth, who was vice president, assumed the presidency.

Turkish Grandmaster Mustafa Yilmaz plays the black pieces against Vaishali Rameshbabu at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
(Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023)

Stars stand out at Tata Steel tournament

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, which ends today in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, drew five participants in the world’s top ten, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating system.

Magnus Carlsen (left) with Fabiano Caruana in foreground and Vincent Keymer (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Carlsen rebounds

After losing Chess.com’s World Speed Chess Championship to American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura recently, world champion Magnus Carlsen rebounded to claim FIDE’s World Rapid Championship title last week.

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