At 18 years old, Gukesh Dommaraju often referred to as Gukesh D of India, is the youngest person in the history of chess to have ever qualified to become a contender for the title of World Champion.
Chinese grandmaster and world chess champion Ding Liren, 32, will defend his title against India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, 18, in a 14-game classical match starting November 25 in Singapore.
Although there are a substantial number of chess tournaments happening around the globe this November, the 2024 FIDE World Championship Match commencing November 25 takes precedence.
The Guyana Women in Chess Community (GWICC) is on a mission to increase women and girls’ participation in chess and will today host another Queenside Rapid Chess Tournament encouraging female chess players of all skill levels.
After five rounds of the 2024 US Chess Championships being held in St Louis, Missouri, favourite grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip were leading the competition.
The ‘Overseas Friends of Guyana’s Chess from the USA donated a total of five tournament size chess sets to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) in June, which were subsequently presented to the St Ignatius Primary School, Lethem in Region Nine through the Allied Arts Division, Ministry of Education.
Russia’s chess grandmaster Boris Spassky became a household name in the West during his encounter with America’s Bobby Fischer in the 1972 “Match of the Century” World Championship contest.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the teams which will participate in the 45th Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, from September 11-22, 2024.
Queen’s College student Aditi Joshi, 14, supplemented her international FIDE rating by scoring the most points for Guyana at the recent 2024 Pan-Am Youth Chess Championship, in Florida, USA.
During the 2024 Junior Championship Qualifier Tournament sponsored by Moo Milk, which was contested earlier this month, Mahir Rajkumar outplayed Italy Ton-Chung.
Grand Prix No 4, the last of the intensely competitive chess tournaments for seniors in a classical mode, was won by Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge who played unbeaten throughout the eight-round competition.