Errol Tiwari

The year 2010 was a significant one for the Guyana Chess Federation.

The London Chess Classic was played from December 8-15, 2010 at the Olympic Conference Centre, Kensington, England.

The 2010 Women’s World Chess Championship is being held at Hatay, Turkey and ends today.

Today marks the second and final day of the National Schools Chess Championship, where schools from some of the regions are given the opportunity to oppose each other in the wonderful game called chess.

Our illustrious neighbour Brazil, held its National Chess Championship recently with grandmaster Giovanni Vescovi emerging as the sole winner and tying a national record that has stood for over fifty years.

Guyana has crowned a new teenage chess champion in Taffin Khan, 19, the youngest ever to my knowledge since the Guyana Chess Association was established in 1972.

The Neal & Massy /Seven Seas National Chess Championship ends today with the final two rounds being played at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Following five rounds of the Neal and Massy/Seven Seas National Chess Championship, it is former national chess champion Kriskal Persaud

The 2010 Seven Seas National Chess Championship began yesterday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

A seven round swiss system rapid chess tournament will be played today in New Amsterdam.

Last Tuesday, the Government of South Africa made a giant stride for the popularization and development of chess in the country when it launched the Moves For Life chess programme at a gala dinner.

Two dozen chess players are fighting to gain a place in the National Championship. Among

The National Junior Chess Championship began over the weekend for eight qualifiers.

The incumbent President of the World Chess Federation or FIDE, (Fédération Inter-nationale des Échecs), Kirsan Ilumzhinov, was re-elected on Wednesday to serve for another four years.

At the halfway point in the DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament, Taffin Khan, Omar Shariff and Shiv Nandalall  are leading with four points each with four games to go.

Tutorial high school student Sham Khan leads the juniors in the DDL Topco Juices qualifying tournament for the national chess championships.

The DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament began yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. The

Guyana’s Taffin Khan set the tone for future Guyanese participation in chess within the region when he made an impressive showing at the UMADA Cup recently in Trinidad and Tobago.

The FIDE elections seem to be galloping towards a spectacular finish as we observe the two candidates for President, the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Anatoly Karpov campaigning through the Caribbean and the world, to make an impact upon voter countries.

The Women’s Grand Prix, a series of elite tournaments organised by FIDE and Global Chess, is being held in various countries of the world.