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.
Three weeks ago, China won the prestigious World Team Championship in Jerusalem, defeating Uzbekistan in the final match.
For many years, chess players associated winning with the Soviet Union and afterward, with Russia.
“I feel like I am ahead of other girls because of WACA” – Vaishali Rameshbabu The Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) is a coaching or training institution created by former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand.
About three weeks ago it was reported that former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov had an accident in Moscow and was hospitalised.
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.
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.
Where are the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) over-the-board tournaments? Especially those for the seniors?
The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is continuously making progress in its endeavour to promote chess by acquiring space at the School of the Nations to popularise the ancient game.
In his first tournament after an investigation by Chess.com reported that he had likely cheated in more than 100 online games, 19-year-old American Grandmaster Hans Niemann won the first game and drew the second.
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.
With the focus of exposing chess to a wider audience, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will hold two informative chess sessions at the Giftland Mall on September 24 and October 1 from 2pm to 7pm.
The women who represented Guyana at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad moved up 16 places on the chess ladder from 136 to 120 in only their second international outing.
The Guyana team played admirably at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India and it’s time for some reflections.
The Guyana chess team which participated in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, returned home last week after some enhanced performances during 11 rounds of sustained play.
Guyana began its international chess campaign on Thursday at the Olympiad in Chennai, India, with its full ten-member squad in place.
Guyana’s finest chess players have departed for the Olympiad in Chennai, India, to face opponents from among 188 countries.
As the countdown of days continues before Guyana enters the competitive arena of the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, it may be worthwhile to look at the compositions of other teams.
Americn chess master I A Horowitz, commenting on Bobby Fischer’s self-confidence in the New York Times prior to the Spassky-Fischer world championship chess match in 1972, was quoted as saying: “..confidence
The 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Spain is drawing to a close and it seems unlikely that Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi will be toppled from his perch at the top.
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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