The executive committee of the new Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has approved the contents of a Grand Prix (GP) arrangement making it possible for the first in a series of six chess tournaments to be held from this weekend.
The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is gearing up for its first 2019 Grand Prix chess tournament under the new administration.
Kriskal Persaud, a former national junior and senior chess champion of Guyana, won last Sunday’s Berbice Open Chess Tournament without dropping a game.
A five-year (2019-2024) draft development plan for the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) was prepared by executive member Loris Nathoo.
Sarcasm is like a good game of chess. Most people do not know how to play chess.
Playing chess and administering chess are unequivocally two separate aspects of the brilliant mind game.
Re-migrant businessman Frankie Farley captured a majority of the votes in last Sunday’s Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) election and is now the new president of the organisation.
The 2019 elections of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is to be held today during the federation’s annual general meeting, which is scheduled to start at 10 am at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue.
Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated the French No 1 grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to win the vital FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia, last week.
Whilst the local chess fraternity is quietly anticipating the Guyana Chess Federation’s elections set for Sunday, August 4, at the National Resource Centre, with local Frankie Farley challenging the incumbent James Bond for the presidency, it is an appropriate time to publicise some international news.
The diagram represents a puzzle which was created in 1968 by eminent Hungarian-American chess grandmaster and world championship candidate Pal Benko.
The Red Cherry Restaurant sponsored seven-round chess tournament for children and youth to improve the quality of their game and ensure that chess is more competitive is being hosted this weekend.
The 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will be held on July 21 at the Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue, from 10 am.
FIDE Candidate Master Maria Varona-Thomas played some excellent chess over two weekends this month to win the Women’s National Chess Championship.
Anthony Drayton outplayed his six opponents over two weekends of magnificent chess and captured his first ever national title.
Following the conclusion of the first three rounds of the 2019 National Chess Championship, there are two leaders with the maximum three points (a win = 1 point; a draw = ½ a point; a loss = 0 point).
The 2019 National Chess Championship began yesterday with no confirmed favourite in place.
The final of the 2019 Guyana National Chess Championship begins on Saturday, June 1, but there is no indication whether national chess champion Wendell Meusa will participate.
The 2019 final of the National Chess Championship is expected to begin on Saturday June 1, although an official announcement is yet to be made.
The qualifier for the 2019 National Chess Championship ended on Sunday, April 14, but so far no announcement has been made as to when the final phase of the National Championship would begin.
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