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The Berbice Inter-Schools Chess Championship was hosted successfully by the Berbice Chess Association (BCA) last month. The team Championship was won by the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School. The Siparuta Primary School placed second. In photo: Vice-President of the BCA Steve Leung (left) presents a trophy to the second-place finishers. (Photo: Krishnanand Raghunandan)

More effort needed to expand chess in Guyana

Given the current uneven situation in chess, it would be difficult for me to have a cup of tea and exchange pleasantries with the administrators of the board game in Guyana.

Murphy Bagot (left) a student of the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School, placed first in the individual category of the 2019 Berbice Inter-School Chess Championship held at the St Aloysius Primary School. He receives his chess trophy from Georgia Howton, English teacher of the Orealla Primary Top School. The word ‘Top’ is used to describe the school because it carries a secondary science department. (Photo: Krishnanand Raghunandan)

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Vryman’s Erven wins Berbice schools chess team title

Vryman’s Erven Secondary School captured the first prize in the team category of the 2019 Berbice Inter-Schools Chess Championship recently.

Taffin Khan (left) and Anthony Drayton clashed last Sunday in the qualifier for the National Chess Championship. The game was drawn. Khan emerged winner of the competition and Drayton placed second. Khan and Loris Nathoo were the two persons to play unbeaten throughout the competition. At the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Georgia, Khan and Drayton played Guyana’s top chess boards. (Photo: Irshad Mohammed)

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Surprise, disappointments as 7 qualify for national championship

“In chess you should be as cool as a cucumber,” Yuliya Snigir – actress/chess player The qualifier for the National Chess Championship has ended and seven persons were identified to proceed into the final stage.

St Stanislaus student Chelsea Juma, the only woman participant in the qualifier for the 2019 National Championship, faces Shiv Nandalall, a former national chess player and a past president of the Guyana Chess Federation. Nandalalll disappeared from chess in 2012 but is now back. Juma, meanwhile, is fine-tuning her tactics and strategies for participation in the Caribbean Junior Chess Championship to be held in Curacao this month. (Photo: Irshad Mohammed)

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National chess champion to be crowned today

The third round of the qualifier for the 2019 National Chess Championship has been completed and Taffin Khan and Davion Mars are the two leaders of the competition.

Taffin Khan, who represented Guyana at 2018 Chess Olympiad, begins today’s National Qualifier Chess Tournament as a favourite to win.

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Khan, Drayton, Nathoo among favourites as qualifier opens

The qualifier for the National Chess Championship begins today starting at 10.00 am at the Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue, opposite the Government Technical Institute.

This poster announces details surrounding the 2019 National Chess Qualifier for entry into the National Chess Championship. The qualifier begins next Sunday, April 7, at the Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue, opposite the Government Technical Institute. Registration for the qualifier commences at 9 am. Two games will be played on Sunday with a time factor of 90 minutes per player per game with an additional 30-second increment from the first move. The qualifier is an open tournament, meaning any person, including juniors, can participate.

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Three-pronged format developed for national championship

“The difference between genius and stupidity: genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein The National Chess Champion-ship begins next Sunday, April 7, 2019.

Eight-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi, an immigrant from Nigeria who currently resides in New York, poses with his trophy. He captured the New York State Primary Chess Championship in the kindergarten-to-third-grade bracket. ‘Tani’, as he is familiarly called, played undefeated in the Championship, where he outmaneuvered his opponents from elegant private schools with pricey chess tutors. Tani learnt chess a little over a year ago. (Photo: GoFundMe)

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Jagnandan wins local title as junior chess continues to rise

Andre Jagnandan, 19, a University of Guyana law student, was crowned the 2019 Junior Chess Champion of Guyana last Sunday.

De Sinco-Milex supports chess: Isha De Abreau (right) an official of De Sinco Trading hands over a cheque to St Stanislaus College student Chelsea Juma for her to attend the Carifta Games in Curacao this month. At left is Wendell Meusa, a FIDE national chess instructor and head of the Wendell Meusa Chess Foundation of which Juma is a student. Juma said her desire is to return to Guyana with a medal and a win for her country.

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Competition stiff for national junior chess title

University of Guyana law student Andre Jagnandan, 19, is one of the contenders for the title of National Junior Chess Champion.

This poster depicts the seven qualifiers for the National Junior Chess Championship and the current national junior champion. The contenders for the national title will meet shortly in a Championship Tournament.

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Qualifiers named for national junior championship

In chess as in life, when people cannot figure out what you are doing, they are kept in a state of terror – waiting, uncertain, confused.

Teenager Nellisha Johnson, a member of Guyana’s 2018 team to the Chess Olympiad, which was held in Batumi, Georgia, is participating in this year’s qualifier for the National Junior Chess Championship. The qualifier will select seven persons along with the previous national junior champion to compete for the 2019 National Junior Championship. Johnson lost her first game of the qualifier to Chelsea Juma, a capable player among the women.

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Wheels begin to turn for national championships

The wheels of the 2019 National Chess Championships have begun to turn with the current hosting of the qualifier for the National Junior Championship.

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Qualifier for Junior Championship opens today

The qualifier for the National Junior Chess Championship begins today from 10 am at the Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue, opposite the Government Technical Institute.

Flashback! This was the cover of the January 1977 chess magazine Ajedrez which was published by the Guyana Chess Federation. President of the federation Burnham is at centre. The occasion was a cocktail reception at the Residence for the first presentation of the Burnham Trophy to the winner of the National Chess Championship. From left are: Nigel Jagan, Wendell Jackman, Aftab Karimullah, Roy Khan and Michael Chan.

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National junior championship qualifier starts next week

The qualifier for the National Junior Chess Championship begins next Sunday, February 24, at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue (opposite the Government Technical Institute).

President of the Guyana Chess Federation James Bond (centre) with the winners of his Birthday Bash Celebratory Chess Tournament, which was held on Saturday, February 2. Bond created a one-day, 12-round Blitz Chess Tournament to honour the nation’s youth who adore the speed chess phenomenon. On Bond’s right are the Seniors: Anthony Drayton, Davion Mars and Roberto Neto and on his left, the Juniors: Andre Jagnandan, Saeed Ali and Joshua Gopaul, representing first to third in both categories.

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Chess off to a roaring start

Chess got off to a roaring beginning this year as two successive tournaments were held in late January and early February.

President of the Guyana Chess Federation James Bond (left) presents the winner of last Saturday’s chess tournament Davion Mars with his trophy at the National Resource Centre. Mars, a student of the University of Guyana, overcame a field of enthusiastic players to be crowned champion of the one-day tournament.

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Davion Mars wins year’s first chess tournament

University of Guyana student Davion Mars won the Saturday, January 26 edition of the rapid-blitz chess tournament which was held under the auspices of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF).

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Viswanathan Anand after their game at the Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Holland. Carlsen and Anand fought for over six hours before Anand cracked giving the world champion the victory. It was Carlsen’s first win against Anand in classical chess since 2015 at the Grenke Tournament. The two met twice for the world title and Carlsen won both times. (Photo: Tata Steel Chess Twitter)

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Chess year begins with fun, semi-rapid tournament

The story of 2019 chess in Guyana began modestly yesterday with a one-day, semi-rapid tournament.

Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (right) and Anish Giri, the Netherlands’ strongest chess player, during their clash at the 2019 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Giri, one of the world’s top ten chess players, was defeated by Nepomniachtchi, who holds the lead. (Photo: Alina l’Ami)

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Nepomniachtchi took early lead in Tata Steel Masters group

After six rounds of the elite Masters Group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, Russian chess grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi was in the lead.

The current women’s world chess champion Ju Wenjun. The Candidates Tournament scheduled for May in Kazan, Russia, will identify a player to contest the 2019 World Championship Match against Wenjun at a venue and date to be announced in due course. Last month, Wenjun won the 2018 World Rapid Chess Championship. (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

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New women’s world chess championship to follow candidates’ format

Arkady Dvorkovich, the recently appointed president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), has instituted a new format for the Women’s World Chess Championship.