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The 2018 World Junior Championships are underway in Gebze, Turkey, and one participant is 12-year-old Volodir Murzhin from Russia. Murzhin (right) is photographed with coach of the Russian junior chess team Grandmaster Farrukh Amonatov, who considers Murzhin a big talent since he won the European Championship for Boys Under-12 recently. (Photo: Amruta Mokal)

Chess themes and subthemes in classic Bergman directed film

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Chess Grandmaster Viktor Bologan from Moldova is flanked by President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) James Bond on the right and Director of Sport Christopher Jones. At extreme right is Vice-President of the GCF Frankie Farley. Bologan paid a visit to Guyana last week following discussions with Bond in relation to the upliftment of chess in Guyana.

Moldovan Grandmaster visits Guyana

Moldovan Chess Grandmaster Viktor Bologan paid a brief courtesy visit to Guyana last week to examine ways of enhancing the development of the game.

President of the GCF James Bond (second from right ) with colleagues at the GCF dinner. From left are Irshad Mohammed, Errol Tiwari and Loris Nathoo

Support means a lot to sportsmen and women

Whether it is the sensational Olympic games or the lesser idolized chess Olympiad, the participants’ wish is to fully realize they have the undeniable support of an entire nation.

A representative of Demerara Distillers Limited (left) receiving a plaque of appreciation for her company at the GCF dinner

Nakamura wins St Louis chess tour

American chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura emerged triumphant at the elite Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz leg of the Grand Chess Tour, which has become one of the world’s foremost chess events.

At the recent high-level 2018 Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland, Azerbaijani grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated world chess champion Magnus Carlsen. Mamedyarov, ranked No 3 in the world at 2801 Elo points (Carlsen is 2842), produced some excellent moves to outplay his opponent. Carlsen is preparing to defend his world championship title this November against American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana. In photo, Mamedyarov (left) updates his scoresheet while Carlsen looks on. (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

Lifting Guyana’s stature in international chess

Two Saturdays ago, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), hosted a successful dinner at the Promenade Gardens to support its future chess endeavours.

President of the Guyana Chess Federation James Bond (left) and CEO of Silicon Green Frankie Farley depict two models of concentration as they played a game of chess in March 2017, the same month Bond assumed the leadership of the organization. Last evening, the federation hosted a dinner at the Promenade Gardens to facilitate a team travelling to Batumi, Georgia, to compete in the illustrious 2018 Chess Olympiad in September.

Guyana to vote for FIDE president in Georgia

Last evening, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) organized a paid dinner at the Promenade Gardens to assist with the travelling expenses of a team journeying to the 2018 Chess Olympiad.

Poland’s Jan-Krzyszytof Duda, who briefly led the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany, which is an eight-player, round-robin grandmaster competition. The Sparkassen Meeting is Duda’s first super tournament of his career. (Photo: Macauley Peterson)

GCF’s first Olympiad fundraiser set for next Saturday

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will host a dinner at the Promenade Gardens, Middle St, on Saturday, July 28, from 7 pm, the first of a series of fundraisers to facilitate a team travelling to the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, in September.

American chess grandmaster Wesley So, 25 (left) congratulates India’s most recent grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 13, at the conclusion of the 2018 Leon Masters in Leon, Spain, last week. So and Praggnanandhaa played one semi-final match and So prevailed. Praggnanandhaa won the first game, but So won the match, and subsequently, the full tournament. So is the 7th highest rated chess player worldwide.

Polgar, Yifan speak on women in chess

Of the over 1,600 chess grandmasters worldwide, just 36 are women.

The three candidates for the presidency of the world chess organization, known by its French acronym, FIDE, clockwise from left: Georgios Makropoulos (Greece), Arkady Dvorkovich (Russia) and Nigel Short (England). Current FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has withdrawn from the election which takes place this September at the FIDE Congress in Batumi, Georgia. FIDE’s national federations number well over 150, second only to FIFA. (Photo: Chessbase)

FIDE to elect new president

National chess players Anthony Drayton and Loris Nathoo each won games against higher-ranked FIDE chess players at the strong Jamaican Open Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica, recently.

Ever since he became the youngest International Master in May 2016, India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa’s quest was directed at becoming the youngest chess Grandmaster. However, he did not meet the deadline. Today, he has earned the distinction of becoming the second youngest Grandmaster. In the photo Praggnanandhaa (right) plays 20 opponents at the Hogeschool Zeeland chess tournament in Vlissingen, Netherlands, in a clock-simultaneous encounter. He won 20-0.

Indian child prodigy is world’s second youngest grandmaster

India’s child chess player, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, became the world’s second youngest Grandmaster in the history of the ancient game at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 14 days on June 24, in Italy.

Soumya Swaminathan, India’s finest woman chess player, will not compete in the Asian Nations Cup Chess Championship scheduled to be held in Iran next month. Swaminathan, a lawyer, 29, has refused to wear a hijab during the championship, and therefore becomes ineligible to participate. She cited a violation of her rights to freedom of expression. (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

No place for religious dress code in sports – Swaminathan

National chess champion Wendell Meusa and national chess player Loris Nathoo are representing Guyana in the Jamaican Open Chess Championship which is ongoing in Kingston, Jamaica.

National chess player Yolander Persaud (right) smiles as she receives her tournament trophy from Director of Sport Christopher Jones at the Racquet Centre on Friday, May 25. Persaud, who is also an attorney, won the Women’s Champion of Champions Tournament, which was hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation recently. She has been nominated to represent Guyana at the 2018 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, in September.

GCF taking chess to the people

Forbes Burnham (a former president of Guyana) used to say local chess was not meant for the upper echelons of society, although it was originally proclaimed as the game of kings.

A group photo of the recipients of prizes for the 2018 men, women and junior national chess championships. Director of Sport Christopher Jones officiated at a prize-giving ceremony that was held at the Racquet Centre on Friday, March 25. Jones (sitting) is flanked by, from left: Yolander Persaud, attorney; Maria Varona-Thomas, businesswoman and Nellisha and Waveney Johnson, students. Standing are the other prize winners.

Strong local chess players tipped for Jamaican Open

When serious chess activity is contained in the local arena, chess players love to say as they refer to the uncertain situation, “All is quiet on the western front,” the title of a book on World War 11 by Erich Maria Remarque.

The Johnson sisters, Nellisha (left) and Waveney (right) flank their chess coach Rai Sharma at the presentation of prizes reception hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation at the National Racquet Centre recently. Nellisha and Waveney, students of Christ Church Secondary School, placed third and fourth respectively in the women’s national championship.

Chess federation honours national championship winners

Two Fridays ago, on May 25, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) held a prize-giving cocktail reception at the National Racquet Centre to honour the winners of the national men, women and junior championships in addition to the attractive Clash of Champions chess tournament.

Chess sisters! Nellisha, 16 (left) and Waveney Johnson, 17, enjoying a game of chess. The girls are students of Christ Church Secondary School and reside in Orealla. They learnt their chess in Orealla before coming to Georgetown. Nellisha is a member of the chess team that will represent Guyana at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, in September.

Olympiad teams named

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has named the men and women’s teams who will represent Guyana at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in September in Batumi, Georgia.

Olympiad team has practically picked itself

We have a fair idea of the composition of the team that will represent Guyana at the Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia in September.

The participants of the Clash of Champions chess tournament, which is ongoing, will have their games measured in accordance with international standards. Through their performances they can either increase or decrease their coveted FIDE ratings. Above: Glenford Corlette (left) opposes Saeed Ali, a previous national junior champion, last Sunday at the Aquatic Centre. The tournament ends today.

Meusa and Persaud likely to represent Guyana at Olympiad

National chess champion Wendell Meusa and Yolander Persaud have each gained the maximum three points in their quest to claim victories in the Champion of Champions chess tournament.

FIDE releases 2018 ratings

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has released its May 2018 Ratings and Guyana is included.

Christ Church Secondary student Nellisha Johnson, 16, in competition at the Windjammer Hotel in Kitty during the National Junior Chess Championship recently. Johnson placed second in the National Women’s Chess Championship last week. She learnt chess in her home village, Orealla.

Varona-Thomas was shoo-in for women’s champion

When the two ears are put side by side [they form] the shape of a heart.

Darwin London (right) at the Banks DIH Malta Chess Tournament held at the University of Guyana Tain Campus in Berbice, in April 2013. I participated in the said tournament and recall London seizing a pawn from me during a minor piece exchange. London is currently in secondary school and he continues winning tournaments.

The Guyana Chess Federation needs all the goodwill it can get

John London, a Berbician father of two teenage sons, Marley, 17, and Darwin, 16, in a letter published on April 11 in the Stabroek News, expressed some dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Junior Team was chosen to represent Guyana at the 7th Carifta Chess Tournament in Suriname.