Chess

Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Aditi Joshi is leading the Guyana 2025 National Women Chess Championship following four victories in four games. She is a full point ahead of her closest rivals. Joshi, 14, a Queen’s College student, earned her WCM title when Guyana participated in the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. Joshi (right)  and Aniyah Couchman face each other. 
Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Aditi Joshi is leading the Guyana 2025 National Women Chess Championship following four victories in four games. She is a full point ahead of her closest rivals. Joshi, 14, a Queen’s College student, earned her WCM title when Guyana participated in the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. Joshi (right)  and Aniyah Couchman face each other. 

During the pandemic persons took up chess as a hobby and as a challenge. Solving puzzles became popular. Each week the column gives a puzzle and the solutions are given the following week. I have no doubt that serious chess players benefit from solving puzzles in Guyana and internationally.  I came across this puzzle which I found interesting. Through a combination White plays and wins. 

The solution is as follows- Be3 if Qa6 Qxa6 bxa6 Rxc8 Rxc8 Bxe6 or if Qxb2 Rxc8.