Chess with Errol

The first round of the ten round qualification tournament for the National Chess Championships was played last evening and continues today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Complex. Eight

Chess World chess champion Vishy Anand paid a surprise visit to Botswana three weeks ago as a guest of the Indian technology company NIIT, and the Botswana Chess Federation.

With one tournament still to go, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is already the winner of the 2008-2009 Fide Grand Prix.

Chess This year’s Staunton Memorial, which pits top English grandmasters against their Dutch counterparts, was played from August 8-17.

Chess The Guyana Chess Federation continues to foster the enhancement of chess countrywide by reaching out to those communities which never had an opportunity to learn and play the ancient game.

Chess The national qualification chess tournament for entry into the national championships promises to be a long exhausting struggle, as participants compete for one of seven places to progress into the nationals.

Chess The Guyana Chess Federation will host a one-day workshop for students and teachers at the Cottonfield Secondary school on the Essequibo coast next Saturday .

Preparing for the national championshipsWendell Muesa has won his third chess tournament for the year following his victory in the Sasha Cells eight-round swiss tournament.

Chess For the Sasha Cells chess tournament, a beginner’s section was introduced.

The Sasha Cells is under wayThe Sasha Cells eight-round swiss tournament began last Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, and four rounds have been completed so far.

Chess The two positions below occurred at the Bazna invitational tournament in which six of the world’s top grandmasters participated.

Gelfand v Nisipeanu The Chess Society of Bucharest is staging a double round–robin tournament from June 14-25 in Bazna, featuring six of the finest chess players who are currently active on the international circuit.

A player to watchWendell Meusa, a 21-year-old Guyanese who has been living in Barbados for ten years, and who recently returned to Guyana, gave an impressive display of chess talent during last Sunday’s one day rapid tournament that was held at the YMCA.

Nine-round rapid chess tournament  today Chess has entered a new era in its development.

Chess with Errol Tiwari Today’s feature game is taken from the 2009 Linares super-tournament that was held in March.

A young man’s game All other things being equal, confidence wins games.

A chess exchange programme may be possible The impromptu visit of German grandmaster Rainer Buhmann to Guyana has deepened the conviction held by local chess players that for sure, the oldest game known to man is on the rise, and that in time, we may yet present our country as a global player on the international stage.

Chess (with Errol Tiwari)What is a grandmaster? Where did the term ‘grandmaster’ come from?

Grandmaster Buhmann  introduced some fresh ideasThe Guyana Chess Federa-tion (GCF) does not have the magical crystal ball to predict exactly the future for chess in Guyana, but what it sees gives us hope for the upliftment of the game.

Grandmaster’s visit Conventional wisdom holds that if we help ourselves, someone who matters will help us. As