Chess with Errol

World Chess Championship will be played in Chennai

The FIDE Presidential Board has confirmed that Chennai, India, will serve as the venue for the World Chess Champion-ship match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and the highest ranked player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, from November 6 to November 26, 2013. 

White to play

White to play This position was reached in a game between Adolf Anderssen [White] and Johann Hermann Zukertort in Breslau, 1862.

Who is the greatest?

Three weeks ago, I came upon a story published on the internet captioned ‘The name of the game is domination’ by Albert Silver.

In Section C of the Tata Steel 2011 chess tournament which is currently being played in the Netherlands, Tania Sachdev registered as the lowest-rated player of all three sections, A, B, and C. With three rounds to be played, Tania is already close to achieving a coveted grandmaster norm and is currently in sixth place in Section  C of the tournament, competing among male grandmasters and some international masters. In photo, Tania examines the chess board carefully during her game with J W De Jong (2437) whom she defeated in 46 moves.

Nakamura v Vachier-Lagrave

In the Tata Steel 2011 chess tournament which ends today, it is world champion Vishy Anand and US champion Hikaru Nakamura who lead the field with seven points each in Group A after ten rounds.

Adams v Howell

The London Chess Classic was played from December 8-15, 2010 at the Olympic Conference Centre, Kensington, England.

Hou v Humpy

The 2010 Women’s World Chess Championship is being held at Hatay, Turkey and ends today.

The youngest, and new national chess champion of Guyana, 19-year-old Taffin Khan, from West Demerara. Today is the final day of the National Schools’ Championship chess tournament. The Guyana Chess Federation hopes that Taffin’s success in chess will inspire other youths to become involved in the game and assist in spreading it within their various communities.

Schools’ championship ends today

Today marks the second and final day of the National Schools Chess Championship, where schools from some of the regions are given the opportunity to oppose each other in the wonderful game called chess.

Leitao v El Debs

Our illustrious neighbour Brazil, held its National Chess Championship recently with grandmaster Giovanni Vescovi emerging as the sole winner and tying a national record that has stood for over fifty years.

Taffin Khan: The new champion

Guyana has crowned a new teenage chess champion in Taffin Khan, 19, the youngest ever to my knowledge since the Guyana Chess Association was established in 1972.

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