Chess federation makes plans to grow the game

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
Loris Nathoo competing at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Tbilisi, Georgia. At the 2018 Olympiad, Nathoo captained the Guyana team and competed as a player. At the 2020 Online Olympiad which officially concludes today, Nathoo also captained the Guyana team.
Loris Nathoo competing at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Tbilisi, Georgia. At the 2018 Olympiad, Nathoo captained the Guyana team and competed as a player. At the 2020 Online Olympiad which officially concludes today, Nathoo also captained the Guyana team.

Chess playing on a high level requires a certain type of mind – though exactly what kind the psychologists have not yet determined. – Harold Schonberg

An ambitious chess project is being considered for increasing the number of schools which play the cerebral game. The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) wants to have more children involved in chess. The architect of the project is Loris Nathoo, who served recently as team captain of Guyana for the online 2020 FIDE Chess Olympiad.

Nathoo feels, strongly, that for chess to make a desired impact, “we have to grow the game”. He explained: “The GCF is looking at the involvement of a sizable number of schools from every region. Growing the game to the four corners of Guyana would give us some golden opportunities of creating champions. The idea is not a novel one. But we have a plan.”