One of the beautiful things about chess is that it consumes the player intellectually. It becomes more challenging as the player grows more competitive.
Although chess stimulates the mind intellectually, chess and education have nothing in common. People tend to disbelieve that. Bobby Fischer dropped out of high school in Brooklyn at age 14 and became the greatest chess player the world had ever seen. He won the world championship title, wrote chess treaties that were in use for generations and made a great deal of money playing high stakes chess.
Recently, Mobile Money Guyana (mmg+) partnered with the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to host the National Under-14 Rapid Chess Tournament in the Open and Girls categories at Queen’s College. There were some 70 participants competing in separate age groups. Winners of the Under-14 age groups were Kyle Couchman and Anaya Lall. President of the GCF Anand Raghunauth noted the turnout was the largest to date at the junior level. Meanwhile, Product Marketing Manager of mmg+ Diana Gittens commented: “Chess is an important sport that plays a vital role in the cognitive development of children and young people and we are supporting the activities of the Chess Federation in promoting the game among youths”.
Internationally, chess competitions among the young are becoming increasingly popular and they generate a lot of interest and lucrative sponsorships.
Chess Game
White: Dinara Wagner
Black: Anna Muzychuk
Event: 2023 Women’s Grand Prix, Munich, Germany, February 3
Type of Game: Gruenfeld Defence, Modern Exchange Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6
9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Bg7 16. f4 Rfd8 17. c4 e6 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Rf1 exf4 20. Rxf4 Qd6 21. Rcf1 Rc7 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Rf3 Be5 24. g4 f6 25. g5 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 b6 30. a4 Be5
31. Bf4 Bxf4 32. Rxf4 Qe7 33. Kg2 Qe8 34. D6 Qc6+ 35. Re4 Qxd6 36. Rf4 Rd7 37. Rf2 Qe7 38. Kh2 Rd4 39. Kg1 Re4 40. Qd5+ Kg7 41. Rf7+ Qxf7 42. Qxe4 Qd7 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qxg5 45. Qb7+ Kg6 46. Qxa7 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg3 Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 h5
51. Qb7 Qb3+ 52. Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kg3 Qd3+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kg3 Qe3+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+
57. Kg3 Qd6+ 58. Kg2 h4 59. Qe4+ Kg5 60. Qe3+ Qf4 61. Qe7+ Kf5 62. Qd7+ Ke4 63. Qc6+ Kd4 64. Qxb6 Qg3+ 65. Kh1 Qf3+ 66. Kh2 Qf2+ 67. Kh1 h3 68. Qd6+ Kc3 69. Qe5+ Kb4 70. Qb8+ Ka3. 0-1. White resigns.
