The Guyana Chess Federation, recently announced plans to send a male and a female team to this year’s Chess Olympiad in Azerbaijan.
While in the past male teams have participated at previous Olympiads, this will be the first time that the GCF will be sending a female team although female players have participated previously.
“After much deliberation, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is pleased to announce the selection of two teams which will represent Guyana at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan this September. In an unprecedented move, Guyana will participate in both the Absolute section and, for the first time in history the Female section.”
So stated the press release from the defunct GCF of its decision to send teams to this year’s Chess Olympiad.