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Chess development programme in evidence

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Eight months into the year, the strength of Guyana’s player-development invisible programme was in evidence during the Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament. We saw Anthony Drayton, Taffin Khan and Clement Corlette competing at the top of their game in the senior category of the competition. It means therefore, that a development 20131229chessprogramme is not as concealed as it had seemed. Chess is being played and new moves are being practiced, in private homes, at the Bourda mall, in South Road and on the internet, which are the regular meeting places for chess players of Region Four. Now we are eagerly awaiting the national junior and senior competitions.

In my estimation, the standard of local chess is improving although the number of local tournaments have been limited. It means the games of grandmasters are being studied and at times dissected, and chess puzzles are being studiously confronted. To determine to what extent we have improved, we need to play more inter-regional tournaments. Suriname is only a modest drive away and we can begin from there. For next year’s programme, the Guyana Chess Federation should include Suriname as a primary destination in an attempt to improve our chess. If we intend to travel to the 2016 Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held next September in Baku, interaction with Suriname remains vital. For the 2016 Olympiad, we have to be bold enough, and presumptuous enough, to go after massive titles. Each member of the Guyana team should earn a coveted, but elusive FIDE title. That should be our aim.

Wei Yi (right), a Chinese 16-year-old grandmaster faces Russia’s Peter Svidler in the rigorous 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup that is currently happening in Baku, Azerbaijan. Eight players remain in the competition from the 128 grandmasters who qualified to match minds with the finest chess players on the planet. Wei drew his first game with the black pieces and currently has the advantageous white pieces for game two against one of Svidler ultra-solid defences.
Wei Yi (right), a Chinese 16-year-old grandmaster faces Russia’s Peter Svidler in the rigorous 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup that is currently happening in Baku, Azerbaijan. Eight players remain in the competition from the 128 grandmasters who qualified to match minds with the finest chess players on the planet. Wei drew his first game with the black pieces and currently has the advantageous white pieces for game two against one of Svidler ultra-solid defences.
Michael Chapp Jumbo, a Nigerian chess player, placed third in the junior category of the Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess that was contested recently. In the photo, Michael receives his bronze medal and trophy from senior official of the PNC/R Lance Carberry.
Michael Chapp Jumbo, a Nigerian chess player, placed third in the junior category of the Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess that was contested recently. In the photo, Michael receives his bronze medal and trophy from senior official of the PNC/R Lance Carberry.

In international chess, the field of 128 grandmasters who participated in the 2015 FIDE World Cup, has narrowed to eight players. The nations that are still alive are the US, Russia, China, France, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Azerbaijan.

There are two Russians and one each from the other nations. Neither Magnus Carlsen nor Vishy Anand participated in the tournament. The winner of the World Cup will have an opportunity to compete in a challengers’ tournament to oppose world champion Carlsen. The unfinished games are as follows: Peter Svidler ( Russia) vs Wei Yi (China); Anish Giri (the Netherlands) vs Maxime La Grave (France); Hikaru Nakamura (USA) vs Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine); S Mamedyarov (Ukraine) vs Sergey Karjakin (Russia). Eljanov has defeated Nakamura in the first game and requires a half point or a draw to knockout the American. All eyes are on the Svidler/Wei Yi match. The World Cup ends on October 5.

Chess games

The following games were played at the FIDE 2015 World Cup which is being contested in Baku, Azerbaijan.

White: Ding Liren
Black: Wei Yi

20150927chess1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qd6 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Qa4 Nb6 13. Qd4 f6 14. Bf4 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Nf7 Nxd4 17. Rc1 e5 18. Rh4 exf4 19. Nxd8 f3 20. exf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Re8+ 22. Kd2 Bxf3 23. Nf7 Bc6 24. b4 a6 25. a4 Nxa4 26. Re1
Nb6 27. Rg4 Rg8 28. Re7 Nd5 29. Nd6+ cxd6 30. Rxh7 g5 31. Re4 Rg6 32. Re6 g4 33. Rxd6 Nxb4 34. Rh8+ Kc7 35. Rd4 Nd5 36. h7 Rh6 37. Rxg4 Ne7 38. Rg7 Kd7 39. Rf8 1-0.

White: Hikaru Nakamura
Black: Michael Adams

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. e4 c5 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. a4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Ndb5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bd7 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. a5 Na4 17. e5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rd7 Ra6 23. Rxb7 Rxa5 24. e6 g5 25. Bxg5 fxe6 26. Bf4 Rf7 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb2 Ra3 29. Be5 Rb3 30. Re2 Rb5 31. Bf4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Rb7 33. Rde1 Rb6 34. Kg2 Rc8 35. Re4 Rb2 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. R1xe3 Rc5 38. Rxe6 Rf5 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. R3e7+ Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Rf8+ Kxe7 44. Rxf5 Kd6 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. g4 Kc6 47. Ra4 Kc5 48. h4 Rd7 49. g5 Kb5 50. Rb4+ Kc5 51. Rb8 a5 52. Ra8 Kb6 53. h5 Rd3 54. h6 1-0.

White: Peter Svidler
Black: Veselin Topalov

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. a3 Bd8 17. Bg1 h5 18. b3 Ne5 19. f4 Ned7 20. b4 Qa8 21. Bd3 Be7 22. h3 Rc7 23. Re2 h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Nf3 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 hxg3 27. Qe1 Nf6
28. Qxg3 Nh5 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg3 Nh5 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qh4 g6 33. Ng5 Qd8 34. Rd1 Nh5 35. Qg4 e5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Bxg5 38. fxg5 Nf4 39. Rc2 b5 40. c5 Nxd3 41. Rxd3 e4 42. Rd4 e3 43. c6 Re5 44. h4 Rce7 45. Re2 Qb6 46. g3 a5 47. Kg2 axb4 48. axb4 Qa7 49. Rd3 Re4 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qd8 Rxb4 52. Rd1 Rbe4 53. Qxd6 Qa4 54. Rde1 Qc4 55. h5 gxh5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. g6 fxg6 58. Qxg6+ Rg7 59. Qxh5 Qd4 60. Ra2 Rf4 61. Ra8+ Rf8 62. Rxf8+ Kxf8 63. Qh8+ Kf7 64. Rf1+ Ke7 65. Qf8# 1-0.

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