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Anand and Kramnik face off in world championship Here is the first game of the World Champion-ship match between defending champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik that was played on Wednesday.

Chess players battle their opponents at the Hotel Tower for a chance to play in the National Chess Championships of Guyana. A maximum of seven players would go forward in the senior division and eight from among the juniors. National Champion Kriskal Persaud has qualified automatically as the current National Champion. Last year’s Junior Chess Champion Ronald Roberts cannot advance in the junior category since he is now over the stipulated age of 18 years, and is therefore considered an adult. Roberts is playing among the seniors this year. On the second chess board, Shiv Nandalall ponders his next move as Ronuel Greenidge studies the board. Both players are favourites to go forward. 
Chess players battle their opponents at the Hotel Tower for a chance to play in the National Chess Championships of Guyana. A maximum of seven players would go forward in the senior division and eight from among the juniors. National Champion Kriskal Persaud has qualified automatically as the current National Champion. Last year’s Junior Chess Champion Ronald Roberts cannot advance in the junior category since he is now over the stipulated age of 18 years, and is therefore considered an adult. Roberts is playing among the seniors this year. On the second chess board, Shiv Nandalall ponders his next move as Ronuel Greenidge studies the board. Both players are favourites to go forward. 

Chess war raging in the Lotus Room

It was through chess that I formed my character. More than anything else, chess teaches you to be objective.

Pet Corner

Leptospirosis – infectious jaundice Over the years I have spoken and written so much about this disease that at one time my friends used to call me Dr Lepto.

Hazel Simmons-McDonald

Arts On Sunday

Poui accepts Simmons-McDonald’s burnt offerings The editors of Poui, the Cave Hill Literary Annual, “are happy to see that so many of our regular contributors continue to send us work” while at the same time they feel “it is good to find a number of new voices”. 

The Camp Street prison

Consumer Concerns

Let us improve the conditions of the lock-ups It was reported in the Sunday Stabroek of October 5 that a murder suspect was to receive $75 a day for ‘inhumane’ jail conditions.

A Gardener’s Diary

Petunias give my sprits a lift Life and work in the garden rotate with remarkable speed, and absolutely nothing seems to come round with such speed as the Christian festival of Christmas.

Frankly Speaking

Welcome, Ambassador Jones A warm sincere welcome to you Mister Ambassador representing the most-talked-about nation in the world, the United States of America (USA).

America’s crisis election

By Joseph S. Nye Joseph S. Nye Jr. is Distin-guished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead.

In the Diaspora

The people of Haiti deserve water, food and shelter not criminalization(This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guy-anese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Why is there money to occupy but not to feed?

Garry Kasparov might be retired but he is still active in chess with the Kasparov Chess Foundation, a non-profit educational organization that works with schools and communities across the United States to promote chess as a cognitive learning tool. Recently he visited the Harlem Children’s Zone, an anti-poverty and education initiative. Presidential candidate Barack Obama visited the Zone and praised the programme in a speech last year. In picture, Kasparov gives Rochelle Ballantyne one-on-one attention as Rochelle’s colleagues had all resigned. Naturally Rochelle would have preferred not to have this kind of attention during the simultaneous exhibition.

Chess

A chess tournament is not for the fainthearted It is said that a chess tournament is not for the fainthearted.

Guyana and the wider world

EPA: Moral Hazard and the Betrayal of the Public’s Interest Perspective Put in a proper analytical frame two crucial considerations have emerged out of my column last Sunday, which continued the analysis of the Guyana Consultation on the CARIFORUM/EC, EPA and its aftermath.

Business Page

Curbing Corruption – The Corruption Perception Index Introduction Not unexpectedly, the Government has taken issue with the ranking accorded Guyana in the Transparency International (TI) Index for 2008 announced late last month.

Ian On Sunday

Greed brings down a nation In the 1987 film “Wall Street”, ruthless stock trader Gordon Gecko, played by Michael Douglas, famously declared “Greed is Good.”

Consumer Concerns

There must be public consultation on issues that affect citizens The editorial in Sunday Stabroek of October 5 should be studied by every citizen of Georgetown.

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