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Cuba’s Jose Raul Capablanca, who from 1914 to 1924 played 126 tournaments and match games and lost only 4. The New York Times commemorated Capablanca’s loss in this headline: “Capablanca loses 1st game since 1914”. He contested 578 official tournament games in his career and lost only 36 of them. (Photo: Chessbase)

In praise of Jose Capablanca

Last month, March, represented 110 years since the suave Cuban chess player Jose Raul Capablanca won the great San Sebastian Chess Tournament.

France’s No 1 chess player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. A former child prodigy, Lagrave earned the coveted title of grandmaster at age 14. Now he’s one of two leaders of the influential Candidates Tournament with a strong chance of qualifying for the World Championship. (Photo: Pascal Simon, Berlin 2019)

All eyes are on upcoming Candidates Tournament

The second half of the World Chess Federation’s (FIDE) 2020/2021 Candidates Tournament begins on April 19 with seven rounds to go.

Anish Giri, winner of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational Chess Tournament. Giri qualified for the grandmaster title at 14 years, 7 months and 2 days and is the Dutch national chess champion. (Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit)

Giri wins Carlsen Invitational

Anish Kumar Giri, 26, a Dutch chess grandmaster, was declared the winner of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational Rapid/Blitz Online Tournament last Sunday and pocketed US$60,000 for his efforts.

USA’s Wesley So (Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour)

Chess should be played as widely as possible

The idea that chess should only be played by a select minority is to be abhorred.

Russia’s world champion Anatoly Karpov (Photo by David Llada)

Face to face chess is returning

Internationally, chess is progressing; seemingly it is overcoming the hindrances that resulted from COVID-19.

Manuel Aaron, India’s first international master, 1962

Federation should move to promote chess in Essequibo

Once elections are held the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) may wish to begin addressing chess for the Essequibo coast in a regulated format.

Chess Federation should hold election soon

Before the end of the first quarter of 2021, a strenuous effort should be made for the election of office bearers of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to be held.

Taffin Khan sweeps 2020 championship

With 6½ points from seven games World Chess Federation (FIDE) national master Taffin Khan emerged victorious in the recently concluded 2020 National Chess Champion-ship.

Khan leading national champion race with 5½ points

With one day of games left to be played in the delayed 2020 National Chess Championship, World Chess Federation (FIDE) national master Taffin Khan was on Thursday leading the scores with 5½ points after six games.

Jorden van Foreest Photo by Harry Gielen/ https://jorden.vanforeest.com/

Dutch Grandmaster wins at Wijk aan Zee

Dutch player Jorden van Foreest won the prestigious 2021 Tata Steel Masters Tournament last Saturday, at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.

Anthony Drayton, the 2019 national chess champion of Guyana

Postponed 2020 national championship now being played

The senior 2020 National Chess Championship of Guyana, which had been postponed since March last year, began yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna of India playing in the Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in the Netherlands (Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit)

Fourteen grandmasters competing in Tata Steel tournament

Today will see Round Eight in the annual Tata Steel Tournament being played in Dorpshuis de Moriaan, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

Mikhail Tal (Dutch National Archives photo)

Mikhail Tal’s chess: romanticism and sacrifice

Mikhail Tal (1936-1992), a Soviet/Latvian chess player, was an interesting man.

This year should be a better one for chess

The column expresses its optimism for chess in 2021. The production of a vaccine to temper the spread of COVID-19 is music to our ears as we anticipate a healthier year and a rosier future for local and international chess.

The best chess player is an intuitive artist

“You can’t ignore it and you can’t explain it” – Agatha Christie describing intuition.

Online tournaments have strengthened local players

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Whither the origin of chess

A senior official of the International Chess Federation, known by its French acronym FIDE, once noted that perhaps the game of chess was devised by aliens.

Guyana should be aiming to produce a grandmaster

Two weeks ago, Guyana contested the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Worldwide Youth and Cadet Tournament online.

Arysh Raghunauth is already a two-year veteran of the game at 10 years of age. He defeated Bermuda’s Flaganan Daylan and William Antony Salvane. Raghunauth had lost to Daylan in the 2019 Carifta Games in Curacao. He is being tutored by the Indian International Master Atanu Lahiri and is a student at Mae’s Under 12 school.

Guyana well represented at FIDE cadets and youth championships

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) held its online World Cadets and Youth (Under 10-18) Rapid Chess Championships and Guyana was represented in all of the categories.

Netflix series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ brings upsurge of interest in chess

The new Netflix series which embodies chess as a sport, art and science is named after the popular chess opening, “The Queen’s Gambit”.