Chess with Errol

FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich has confirmed that 13th world chess champion Anatoly Karpov, who had been involved in an accident and was hospitalised, has been released from hospital and is doing well. During his hospital stay, Karpov sent greetings to Cap d’Agde, France where a rapid chess festival has been held in his honour and name for the past 20 years. (Photo: Natalya Bulanova via Europe Echecs)
FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich has confirmed that 13th world chess champion Anatoly Karpov, who had been involved in an accident and was hospitalised, has been released from hospital and is doing well. During his hospital stay, Karpov sent greetings to Cap d’Agde, France where a rapid chess festival has been held in his honour and name for the past 20 years. (Photo: Natalya Bulanova via Europe Echecs)

China took gold at World Team Championship

Three weeks ago, China won the prestigious World Team Championship in Jerusalem, defeating Uzbekistan in the final match.

Mikhail Botvinnik (left) and Bobby Fischer during their encounter at the Varna, Bulgaria, Chess Olympiad in 1962 (Photo: Chessbase)
Mikhail Botvinnik (left) and Bobby Fischer during their encounter at the Varna, Bulgaria, Chess Olympiad in 1962 (Photo: Chessbase)

A look at the 1962 Botvinnik-Fischer clash

For many years, chess players associated winning with the Soviet Union and afterward, with Russia.

Hikaru Nakumura (Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes)

The work to promote chess must continue

Now that the matter of the ousting of Frankie Farley from the presidency of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is being addressed by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), we should continue with the business of circulating the game of chess to the general public.

Hans Niemann (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Can Niemann’s lawsuit succeed?

By now it is common knowledge that world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, 32, a Norwegian grandmaster, ceased participating in the Sinquefield Cup tournament because he felt that American grandmaster Hans Niemann, 19, had cheated in their game.

Chess master Anthony Drayton (right) congratulates top junior chess player Kyle Couchman following his victory in the recent simultaneous exhibition at the Giftland Mall (Photo: Shiv Nandalall)

FIDE commission to probe Niemann cheating allegations

As the controversy in international chess deepens, the World Chess Federation’s (FIDE) Fair Play Commission (FPL) has announced that it will set up an investigatory panel to investigate world chess champion Magnus Carlsen’s contention that American Hans Niemann cheated during a  tournament last month in St Louis Missouri.

A representative of Marics & Company Ltd (left) presents a cheque for $100,000 to Marcia Lee, Company Secretary of the Guyana Chess Federation. The funds will assist the Olympiad team which travels to India next month.

Sponsorship is important

For a number of years, the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) most magnanimous sponsors for tournaments were Keishar’s Enterprise and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL).

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