By Donald Duff in New York Defending champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Serjey Karjakin, yesterday drew the fourth match of their 12-match championship series for the World Chess title after a marathon 94-move effort at the Fulton Market Building, South Street, Seaport, Manhattan.
By Donald Duff in New York The third game of the World Chess Championship match between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Serjey Karjakin ended in an exciting draw at the Fulton Market Building here yesterday, after over six hours of play in a game which lasted 78 moves.
From Donald Duff in New York The second game of the Agon sponsored FIDE World Chess Championship match between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Serjey Karjakin ended in a draw yesterday, at the Fulton Market Building, Fulton Street, Manhattan, after only 32 moves.
From Donald Duff in New York Defending champion Magnus Carlsen opted for a sneak attack in game one against challenger Serjey Karjakin last night, but the Russian refused to budge, and the game ended in a draw after 42 moves of round one, of their scheduled 12-match World Chess Championship series, here at the Fulton Market Building in New York.
From Donald Duff in New York In sport, being the favourite does not necessarily translate into being the winner.
Fresh from winning the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) national junior chess championships, 19-year-old Saeed Ali has his eyes set on participating in next year’s World Junior Chess Championships where he hopes to acquire a Masters title, Candidate or FIDE at the very least.
President of the Guyana Boxing Board Peter Abdool said yesterday that he was shocked to hear of the death of Maurice `Busy’ Boyce.
The schedule of three tests, three One Day Internationals (ODI) and three T20s is just enough to whet the appetite and not enough to make one feel as if one is being saturated with the monotony.
President of Guyana David Granger says that his government is willing to consider the erection of an international cycling facility at Durban Park and will be making a decision shortly.
“You never miss the water till the well runs dry,” is a popular idiom that simply means that oftentimes people are not grateful nor appreciative of something until it is no more.
To many Guyanese sportsmen and women of today the name Lynn deCambra McLeod might not ring a bell.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is billed for next month.
Not many Guyanese racquet wielders can boast of winning the `Holy Grail’ of regional table tennis.
The national table tennis championships are definitely on this weekend. That’s the word from president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe.
Orin `Vege” Hickerson is a table tennis player who is known for having a strong offensive game but the former national junior player has reserved his strongest attack for the current administrators of the sport.
From Donald Duff in Barbados The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced that it had approved three recommended changes to the One day game, suspended the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) and approved a strategy for the continued development of the game.
From Donald Duff in Barbados The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executive Dave Richardson yesterday said that the organization was unable to intervene in Guyana’s cricket controversy because it did not have the authority to do so.
By Donald Duff in Barbados After a week of meetings of the various committees, affiliates and associate members that make up the International Cricket Council (ICC) the annual conference of the organization will come to an end today at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados.
From Donald Duff in Barbados As the International Cricket Council’s General Manager- cricket, Australian Geoff Allardice has his plate full.
From Donald Duff in Barbados Pakistan cricket icon and former test captain Zaheer Abbas was, as widely expected, yesterday afternoon confirmed in the post of president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), following a meeting of the ICC Board here in Barbados.
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