Stabroek Weekend

Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin meets the press following his sensational victory in the 2016 Candidates Chess Tournament in Moscow. Karjakin will oppose Norway’s world chess champion Magnus Carlsen for the title in New York in November.
Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin meets the press following his sensational victory in the 2016 Candidates Chess Tournament in Moscow. Karjakin will oppose Norway’s world chess champion Magnus Carlsen for the title in New York in November.

Sergey Karjakin wins Candidates Chess Tournament

Russia cemented its ascent and influence in chess last week, after more than a decade by realizing a challenger for the approaching November world chess championship title match.

Striated Heron in a pond in the Botanical Gardens, Georgetown.  (Photo by Kester Clarke)

Striated Heron

Striated Herons (Butorides striata) are often seen standing still at edge of ponds and trenches where they wait to ambush prey such as small fish, frogs and insects. 

Rasta man’s shop at Middle Walk.

Buxton

(Part 1) “Everyone knows about Buxton, yet few people know Buxton,” this was the lament of the former village councillor Owen McGarrell when he spoke with the World Beyond Georgetown.

God shares

A long-time friend of mine, Tradewinds drummer Clive Rosteing, sent me an email this week concerning a news story about the American NFL star Cam Newton who had recently sent a very warm congratulatory note to retiring quarterback star Peyton Manning, publicly praising Peyton lavishly, and citing him as a role model for aspiring athletes. 

Stupid melons

I know from our newspapers, and from many a conversation, that our political masters and mistresses are going at each other in Parliament and elsewhere as they always have and, apparently, always will, except for Sam Hinds who I find maintains a calm dignity even in his  most adversarial communications which no one else seems able to achieve.

The region is unprepared for new technologies like drones

Drones, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) loved by hobbyists, but which have important everyday commercial and other applications, are starting to become an issue in the Caribbean, raising unusual questions for governments and the tourism industry about freedom, safety and security.

One of a pair of
Blue-and-yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna) in the Botanical Gardens.  (Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Blue and yellow Macaw

Blue-and-yellow Macaws usually mate for life. They prefer to nest in dead palm trees as is the case here in the Botanical Gardens and they feed on a wide range of fruits, particularly palm nuts and leafbuds.

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