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Wesley So (left) and world champion Magnus Carlsen (right) (Photo by Lennart Ootes)

Carlsen and So tie in Chess 9LX tournament

Start position: The St Louis Chess Club in the US held its annual Chess 9LX 2020 Tournament as an online competition owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children at a chess tournament in Georgetown

ChessKid programme can impact 1,000 children – Nathoo

Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) official Loris Nathoo believes that the ChessKid programme initiated by the federation could impact the lives of some 1,000 children by 2022.

GCF should be commended for chess-in-schools programme

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has launched a free online Chess-in-Schools programme in partnership with ChessKid.com,

Blunder saw Taffin Khan lose to Honduras opponent

The game between Nahun Gavarrete, of Honduras, and Guyana’s Taffin Khan at the International Chess Federation’s 2020 Online Chess Olympiad last month sizzled with known theory until Khan committed a horrendous blunder and resigned in frustration.

Defeat of Bahamas was boost for Guyana

When Guyana defeated the Bahamas 6-0 at last month’s 2020 International Chess Federation Online Olympiad, it signalled a boost in chess for our nation although we failed to proceed to a further qualifying round.

Loris Nathoo competing at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Tbilisi, Georgia. At the 2018 Olympiad, Nathoo captained the Guyana team and competed as a player. At the 2020 Online Olympiad which officially concludes today, Nathoo also captained the Guyana team.

Chess federation makes plans to grow the game

Chess playing on a high level requires a certain type of mind – though exactly what kind the psychologists have not yet determined.

Sasha Christina Shariff (left) competing against Yolander Persaud at the 2020 Women’s Chess Championship Qualifier Tournament. Both players represented Guyana at the 2020 Online Olympiad.

Shariff delivered master stroke with Ruy Lopez play during Olympiad

Sasha Christina Shariff, playing in the Girls-Under 20 section of the 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad, stuck to the general principles of chess and outplayed her Bahamian opponent with elan.

Guyana’s top player at the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad Wendell Meusa. Meusa shared the two top boards for Guyana and demonstrated he was an elite contender by winning all five of his games.

Meusa showed his mettle

Meusa, a Guyanese national chess player, toppled emerging giants from Nicaragua, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Aruba, and Trinidad and Tobago to win his five games in the virtual World Chess Federation (FIDE) 2020 Chess Olympiad.

Marian Academy student Ethan Lee represented Guyana at the FIDE 2020 Online Olympiad in the Under-20 category and had mixed fortunes

Guyana out of online Olympiad despite astute playing by Meusa

Guyana played in its first virtual tournament ever at the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Online Olympiad on July 31, and August 1 and 2 and gave a good account of itself although it failed to move on to the next round.

Yolander Persaud (at right), who is representing Guyana in this weekend’s games at the 2020 Chess Olympiad

Guyana opposes nine countries as online chess Olympiad opens

Guyana opposed nine countries on Friday, Saturday and today for the start of the online 2020 Chess Olympiad.

Samirah Gobin (at left) is one of Guyana’s representatives for the 2020 Chess Olympiad. Samirah will play in the Women’s section on Board Two. On her left is her sister Suriyah. The photo was taken during the last National Women’s Chess Championship.

Guyana readies for Olympiad with online tournaments

“Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others, chess.” – Evan Esar World Chess Day, observed on July 20, coincides with the birth anniversary of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), which was founded on July 20, 1924.

Guyana to participate in online FIDE Olympiad

Having already moved its Olympiad to 2021, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has now organised an Online Rapid Chess Olympiad, which will be held from July 22 to August 30, this year.

The Hastings tournament

This week, to emphasize for beginners the longevity of chess, we take a look at the famous Hastings tournament, hosted by a club in England in 1895.

White has been checkmated! Black’s Bishop calls the check. White cannot get out. Two Kings cannot stand next to each other and black’s Knight controls the g8 square, which White cannot cross.

An Introduction to Chess: Ways to terminate a game (Part 2)

Last week, looking at the eight ways to end a chess game, we examined checkmate, resignation, timeout, and stalemate.

An Introduction to Chess: Ways to terminate a game

How do chess games end? In a previous article it was stated that the principal aim of chess was not to swap pieces, but rather to checkmate the King.

An Introduction to Chess: More notes on notation

This week we return to notation to allow readers a better understanding of how the pieces move and capture, how to react when the King is in check and how to bring a chess game to its conclusion.