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Magnus Carlsen (left) and Viswanathan Anand after their game at the Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Holland. Carlsen and Anand fought for over six hours before Anand cracked giving the world champion the victory. It was Carlsen’s first win against Anand in classical chess since 2015 at the Grenke Tournament. The two met twice for the world title and Carlsen won both times. (Photo: Tata Steel Chess Twitter)

Chess year begins with fun, semi-rapid tournament

The story of 2019 chess in Guyana began modestly yesterday with a one-day, semi-rapid tournament.

Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (right) and Anish Giri, the Netherlands’ strongest chess player, during their clash at the 2019 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Giri, one of the world’s top ten chess players, was defeated by Nepomniachtchi, who holds the lead. (Photo: Alina l’Ami)

Nepomniachtchi took early lead in Tata Steel Masters group

After six rounds of the elite Masters Group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, Russian chess grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi was in the lead.

The current women’s world chess champion Ju Wenjun. The Candidates Tournament scheduled for May in Kazan, Russia, will identify a player to contest the 2019 World Championship Match against Wenjun at a venue and date to be announced in due course. Last month, Wenjun won the 2018 World Rapid Chess Championship. (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

New women’s world chess championship to follow candidates’ format

Arkady Dvorkovich, the recently appointed president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), has instituted a new format for the Women’s World Chess Championship.

Chinese chess grandmaster Ju Wenjun (left) the new 2018 Rapid World Champion, with 2018 Classical and Blitz World Champion Magnus Carlsen recently in St Petersburg, Russia (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

2018 was positive year for chess

During the closing days of December, the 2018 Rapid and Blitz FIDE World Chess Championships were played in St Petersburg, Russia.

In November, Ju Wenjun of China, 27, successfully defended her World Chess Championship title in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In the process, she raised her FIDE rating to 2575. China’s Hou Yifan remains at the top of the FIDE points table for women with 2663 following engagements with the most prolific grandmasters worldwide. Yifan is also completing a degree programme at Oxford University in England.
(Photo: ugra 2018.fide.com)

Will your favourites win 2018 chess honours?

At the end of each year, the publication Chess Base invites readers to vote for the: 1.

American chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura examining the board as he faced France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final of the London Chess Classic last week. Nakamura won the Classic in the Blitz category cementing the fact he is considered one of the finest blitz players competing internationally. (Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour)

Give the gift of a book this Christmas

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds.

Woman chess grandmaster 18-year-old Qiyu Zhou (pronounced Chee-you Jo), an Under-14 World Chess Champion, represented Canada at the Chess Olympiad starting from 2014. Recently, she published a study in relation to the number of draws contained in high level chess and which may be responsible for a decline in sponsorship. Zhou contends the number of draws in chess games have increased over the years. (Photo: Chessbase)

Drawn games becoming more widespread in chess

We witnessed recently, a series of draws in the classical games of the World Chess Championship Match.

Former World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (right) being interviewed by international journalist Sagar Shah after the 2018 World Championship Chess Match at his home in Chennai, India (Photo: Amruta Mokal)

Anand on the 2018 world chess championship match

The renown that riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

2018 World Chess Champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen with his gold medal and trophy during the closing ceremony of the World Championship Match on Wednesday last, in London, England. Carlsen defeated the USA’s Fabiano Caruana, thus retaining his title. The 12 classical games were all drawn and the match went into overtime during which Carlsen prevailed with three victories. (Photo: Niki Riga)

Valiant effort from Caruana, but Carlsen is the greatest

“Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen, World Champion once more! Valiant fight from Caruana.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen with the 9-year-old Indian-origin chess prodigy Shreyas Royal, who was given the significant honour of making one of the first moves of the 2018 Carlsen-Caruana world championship chess match. He is ranked No 4 in the chess world within his age group. Royal won an immigration contest to remain in the UK recently, and played in the 2018 British Chess Championship. He has been described as a “national asset” by British newspaper, The Guardian. (Photo: Nikolai Dunaevsky/World Chess)

Carlsen and Caruana evenly matched in World Chess Championship

Since he became chess champion of the world in 2013 following his defeat of Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, 27, can be described as the light of the chess world.

Magnus Carlsen, 27, world chess champion (Photo: World Chess/Chess Base)

Strategy, mind games and the World Chess Championship

Chess contains the concentrated essence of life. In chess, as in life, when people cannot figure out what you are doing, they are kept in a state of terror — waiting, uncertain, confused – Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power The World Championship of Chess is riddled with suppositions.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen (left) reacts at the 2018 Sinquefield Chess Tournament in August during his much-awaited encounter with Fabiano Caruana. Carlsen had a winning game but misplayed the position and gave Caruana a draw. The world championship match between Carlsen and Caruana began on Friday.

Guyana’s chess champion may not come from the capital

“Never let anyone know what you are thinking,” Mario Puzo, The Godfather Guyana’s progressiveness in chess hinges on spreading the royal game to the four corners of the country.

Loris Nathoo in deep concentration at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Nathoo played Board Three for Guyana against the finest third boards worldwide. One hundred and eight-three countries contested the Olympiad with China taking gold in the men’s and women’s categories.

Drayton awarded FIDE Master title

The creation of the top title of chess Grand Master for Guyana is not a doomed struggle.

Part of the Guyana chess team in Batumi. In the background is the famous Black Sea which is the one of the principal tourist attractions in Georgia. At the Olympiad, Guyana performed creditably. China took gold in the men and women’s categories.

Guyana seen benefiting from involvement in international chess

By encouraging our appearance at the 2018 Chess Olympiad, President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) James Bond has cast the nation’s involvement in international chess in concrete.

The gold medal which was offered at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. China won two in the overall men and women categories. The country also won two individual gold medals for outstanding personal performances in the two categories. (Photo: Nicklesh Jain)

Guyana teams shone at Olympiad

Guyana shone brightly at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

The South Sudan team that won the top prize in the E-category Open Section for Men at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

Guyana’s teams gave good account of themselves at Olympiad

“We are focused on the administration of chess to increase our reach throughout Guyana.

Arkady Dvorkovich, 46, a former deputy prime minister of Russia, was elected president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) at its congress which took place during the Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Dvorkovich defeated the incumbent Georgios Makropoulos by a 103 to 78 vote. Following his victory, Dvorkovich announced an annual budget of €3 million for developing countries. (Photo: Chess Base)

Guyana advances to penultimate round of chess Olympiad with more losses than gains

The Guyana team seeking eminence at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, entered the penultimate round of the competition with mixed fortunes albeit with more losses than victories.

The Guyana team at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia: Taffin Khan is standing; seated at left is Loris Nathoo, on his left are Nellisha Johnson, Clement Corlette and Anthony Drayton. (Photo: Amruta Mokal)

Guyana off to shaky start at Olympiad

Guyana was the first team to be interviewed at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, for the popular online magazine, Chess Base.

GPL’s Loris Nathoo (left) shares a toast with friends at the recent Guyana Chess Federation fund-raising dinner. He is representing Guyana at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Georgia.

Guyana’s finest in Georgia for Chess Olympiad

Guyana’s finest players departed these shores on Wednes-day to represent the nation at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

Seventeen-year-old Iranian chess grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo who, up to Thursday, was leading the 2018 World Juniors Chess Tournament in Gebze, Turkey, which ends today. Maghsoodloo had accumulated 7½ points from eight games, which is an impressive score taking into consideration the competition he encountered. Maghsoodloo has a FIDE Elo rating of 2649. (Photo by Amruta Mokal)

World juniors playing superb chess

The World Junior Chess Championships end today in Gebze, Turkey, and Iran is set to make its presence felt in an unforgettable manner.