Errol Tiwari

The intention of the Guyana Chess Federation is to transform chess from backroom obscurity to a Goliath like cricket in popularity among sporting disciplines in Guyana.

The distinctive National Schools Chess Cham-pionship that was held last weekend for the second year in succession sent an unambiguous message to the organisers and sponsors of the tournament.

ChessWe are not expecting chess games which feature deep and inventive play from those schoolchildren who have converged in Georgetown for the National Schools Chess Championship. 

Schoolchildren across the country who play chess are eagerly awaiting the commencement of the National Schools Chess Championships this Saturday at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.

Reporter: ‘Mike, how are you approaching this fight?’ Tyson: ‘ With bad intentions.’

Few things are as psychologically brutal as serious chess. You spend five or six hours in total concentration, at war with another mind.

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With six rounds to go and a phenomenal three-point lead against opponents who are supposedly the strongest chess players in the country, Wendell Meusa has almost certainly established that he would be the new national champion.

Rivalries in sport are usually riveting; between individuals, and sometimes, between countries.

Chess Two years ago, when the buzz of chess was beginning to be heard, we could not anticipate that in a short time we would be representing our nation abroad.

Chess It was fighting chess throughout the National Qualification Tournament to determine the participants for the National Championships.

‘He who would accomplish little must   sacrifice little; he who would achieve much   must sacrifice much; he who would attain   highly, must sacrifice greatly.’          -James Allen   When the final clock is stopped this evening, only then will we know who the qualifiers are for the National Chess Championships of Guyana.

Chess The elimination process for determining a national champion of chess for Guyana is underway. 

The first round of the ten round qualification tournament for the National Chess Championships was played last evening and continues today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Complex. 

Chess World chess champion Vishy Anand paid a surprise visit to Botswana three weeks ago as a guest of the Indian technology company NIIT, and the Botswana Chess Federation.

With one tournament still to go, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is already the winner of the 2008-2009 Fide Grand Prix.

Chess This year’s Staunton Memorial, which pits top English grandmasters against their Dutch counterparts, was played from August 8-17.

Chess The Guyana Chess Federation continues to foster the enhancement of chess countrywide by reaching out to those communities which never had an opportunity to learn and play the ancient game.

Chess The national qualification chess tournament for entry into the national championships promises to be a long exhausting struggle, as participants compete for one of seven places to progress into the nationals.

Chess The Guyana Chess Federation will host a one-day workshop for students and teachers at the Cottonfield Secondary school on the Essequibo coast next Saturday .