Exponential increase in women and girls playing chess

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
Two Saturdays ago, Secretary of the GCF Mrs Marcia Lee (seated, centre) hosted a chess get-together at the Duke Lodge in Kingston
Two Saturdays ago, Secretary of the GCF Mrs Marcia Lee (seated, centre) hosted a chess get-together at the Duke Lodge in Kingston

Never before in Guy-ana’s history has there been 50 or more girls and women playing chess. In the 1970s when the Guyana Chess Association was established, I can recall there was Cyrilene Massiah, a student of St Joseph High School, who was the lone female player in a chess tournament. She was a strong and seasoned contender, matching thinking power in theore-tical conceptions with her male counterparts. After-ward, there was Ms Carter, Ms Chin and still after-ward there was Diedre Joseph.