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The FIDE Candidates’ qualifying match to determine a challenger for world champion Vishy Anand between Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov and the USA’s Gata Kamsky is under way. The first game of the eight round match was drawn, but Topalov played convincing chess to upset his opponent in game two. The match is being played in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has a prize fund of US$250,000. The winner qualifies to play Anand for the world championship title later this year.

Kamsky, G (2725) – Topalov, V (2796)
World Chess Challenge Sofia BUL (2), 18.2.2009

1.e4 e5. 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5!?
5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.d4 Qe7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nc3 White has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. He is far ahead in development and has an active pair of bishops.  9…Ng6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Rae1 Ne6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.Bd2
d5!  15.f4 Qc5+! 16.Kh1?! d4 17.Bf5 Rf7?!  18.Ne4 Qd5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6 Rc7!! A fantastic move, starting a powerful counterplay. 22.c4? dxc3 23.Bxc3 d4

David Khan and Kenrick Braithwaite concentrate on their game last Sunday at the beginning of the Topco Juice Mashramani tournament hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation. The tournament is sponsored exclusively by Demerara Distillers Limited under the Topco Juice brand. At the end of three rounds, National champion Kriskal Persaud is leading among the seniors and Khalid Gajraj among the juniors. The remaining four rounds to conclude the tournament will be played on Sunday, March 1.
David Khan and Kenrick Braithwaite concentrate on their game last Sunday at the beginning of the Topco Juice Mashramani tournament hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation. The tournament is sponsored exclusively by Demerara Distillers Limited under the Topco Juice brand. At the end of three rounds, National champion Kriskal Persaud is leading among the seniors and Khalid Gajraj among the juniors. The remaining four rounds to conclude the tournament will be played on Sunday, March 1.

Everything is over now. Kamsky is a clear pawn down . 24.Bb4 Bd7 25.Rf2 a5 26.Ba3 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Bb2 Ra6 29.Ne4 Rac6 30.Kg1 Rc2 31.g3 d3 32.Rd1 f5.  White Resigns!  0-1.

White has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. He is far ahead in development and has an active pair of bishops.  9…Ng6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Rae1 Ne6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.Bd2
d5!  15.f4 Qc5+! 16.Kh1?! d4 17.Bf5 Rf7?!  18.Ne4 Qd5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6 Rc7!! A fantastic move, starting a powerful counterplay. 22.c4? dxc3 23.Bxc3 d4
Everything is over now. Kamsky is a clear pawn down . 24.Bb4 Bd7 25.Rf2 a5 26.Ba3 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Bb2 Ra6 29.Ne4 Rac6 30.Kg1 Rc2 31.g3 d3 32.Rd1 f5.  White Resigns!  0-1.

Taking the lead

We don’t really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we’ll let you know.
– Bruce Pandolfini

When the Nobel laureate in economics Robert Mundell, a Canadian known as the ‘Father of the euro’ visited Nanjing, China, a few years ago, he said that the best way for Chinese cities to show their openness to the world was by organising chess tournaments, because of their value for intelligence, harmony, universality, history and adaptation to the internet. Last year, the city of Nanjing took the lead among Chinese cities, and hosted a super chess tournament with a difference, which featured the world’s leading grandmasters.

Two West Demerara Secondary School students observe the traditional handshake before beginning their game at the school’s Mashramani tournament. School teacher Vishnu Rampersaud is conducting a round robin inter-house chess tournament for students of the West Demerara Secondary. There are 23 participants, and the leaders of the tournament are Meikel Mohabir, Emanuel Ambadkar, Mahendra Sahadeo and George Jeffers. The students are using the chess sets which were donated to the school recently by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.
Two West Demerara Secondary School students observe the traditional handshake before beginning their game at the school’s Mashramani tournament. School teacher Vishnu Rampersaud is conducting a round robin inter-house chess tournament for students of the West Demerara Secondary. There are 23 participants, and the leaders of the tournament are Meikel Mohabir, Emanuel Ambadkar, Mahendra Sahadeo and George Jeffers. The students are using the chess sets which were donated to the school recently by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

Among the novel features of the tournament were the provision of specially tailored Chinese suits for the players and organised visits to places of interest that exemplified traditional Chinese culture.

In Guyana, in a similar but less significant way, a school from West Demerara has chosen to take the lead among other schools for developing the game. The Nanjing tournament naturally created much interest and excitement among Chinese chess players, much in the same way that we hope that West Demerara can inspire other schools to organise tournaments and spread chess widely and quickly, around the country.

School teacher Vishnu Rampersaud organised a round robin chess tournament at the West Demerara Secondary School and 23 students chose to participate. Although tournaments were organised in schools previously, none, to my knowledge, were organised on the West Demerara. And this is what makes the tournament important. We are quietly moving away from the traditional chess-playing schools in Georgetown, to areas where activity was insignificant, or non-existent in the past.
The Guyana Chess Federation wishes to publicly acknowledge the efforts of Mr Vishnu Rampersaud for organising this landmark tournament. We know that even children who are not performing well in school are inspired by chess and show a better attitude towards learning. The power of chess to transform young minds is remarkable.

20090222draftWe also know that chess is one of the latest pedagogical tools for young students. Through the medium of chess, children learn disciplined thinking skills which are applicable to other endeavours. Congratulations West Demerara!

National chess champion Kriskal Persaud seems to be in top form as he has so far played unbeaten in the DDL Topco Juice Mashramani tournament being contested at the YMCA. After three rounds, Kriskal has the maximum three points, defeating Shiv Nandalall in the process. The current Junior National champion Taffin Khan, now playing among the seniors, is also playing well. He  dropped a game but could bounce back with four games still to be played.

The tournament has attracted some new faces and seems set for an exciting finish. It concludes on Sunday, March 1.

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