Chess with Errol

Students pay attention to a chess instructor at the Pegasus Hotel last Sunday. The Pegasus is open to chess players every Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm.
Students pay attention to a chess instructor at the Pegasus Hotel last Sunday. The Pegasus is open to chess players every Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm.

The chess prize money pyramid

There has been speculation about the lifetime earnings of elite chess players since last week’s article on the top earners of 2024.

Wilhelm Steinitz, 1836-1900 (Photo: Wikipedia)

Championship blunders

The world witnessed the regrettable blunder the champion made during the final endgame of the 2024 World Championship Chess Match.

A jubilant Gukesh Dommaraju following
his victory (Photo: the Times of India)

India celebrates Gukesh Dommaraju

Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, of India, captured the undisputed World Championship Chess Crown by beating Chinese world champion Ding Liren two Thursdays ago 7.5 to 6.5 in Singapore as was reported in the Chess Column last Sunday.

Five tournament-size chess sets were recently donated to the East Ruimveldt Secondary School through the Guyana Chess Federation by “the Friends of Guyana Chess” of the USA. Presenting the sets on behalf of the GCF was Shiv Nandalall. Headmistress of the school Katheryn Fraser noted that the introduction of the game would greatly benefit students.

Level head necessary in competitive chess

At the conclusion of round nine of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship on Thursday, the players were tied at 4.5-4 .5 in the 14-game encounter.  The first player to reach the 7.5 points mark wins the contest.

The Guyana Chess Federation
presents the President’s Cup Chess Tournament today at State House starting at 09:30 hrs. It’s a
seven-round,
15-minute plus five-second increment
tournament. The categories are an Open and Female

Stakes high at World Chess Championship

Scores were tied after the first three games of the FIDE 2024 World Championship Tournament between challenger Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, a rising chess star from India and champion Ding Liren of China.

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