Chess with Errol

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.

The Neal & Massy /Seven Seas National Chess Championship ends today with the final two rounds being played at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Following five rounds of the Neal and Massy/Seven Seas National Chess Championship, it is former national chess champion Kriskal Persaud

The 2010 Seven Seas National Chess Championship began yesterday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

A seven round swiss system rapid chess tournament will be played today in New Amsterdam.

Last Tuesday, the Government of South Africa made a giant stride for the popularization and development of chess in the country when it launched the Moves For Life chess programme at a gala dinner.

Two dozen chess players are fighting to gain a place in the National Championship. 

The National Junior Chess Championship began over the weekend for eight qualifiers.

The incumbent President of the World Chess Federation or FIDE, (Fédération Inter-nationale des Échecs), Kirsan Ilumzhinov, was re-elected on Wednesday to serve for another four years.

At the halfway point in the DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament, Taffin Khan, Omar Shariff and Shiv Nandalall  are leading with four points each with four games to go.

Tutorial high school student Sham Khan leads the juniors in the DDL Topco Juices qualifying tournament for the national chess championships.

The DDL Topco Juices Chess Tournament began yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. 

Guyana’s Taffin Khan set the tone for future Guyanese participation in chess within the region when he made an impressive showing at the UMADA Cup recently in Trinidad and Tobago.

The FIDE elections seem to be galloping towards a spectacular finish as we observe the two candidates for President, the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Anatoly Karpov campaigning through the Caribbean and the world, to make an impact upon voter countries.

The Women’s Grand Prix, a series of elite tournaments organised by FIDE and Global Chess, is being held in various countries of the world.

Apex Insurance Brokers Inc is sponsoring a one day rapid chess tournament for players at the junior and senior levels on Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.

“Chess is a versatile model for decision-making.” – Garry Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) took a step closer towards the inevitable recognition of the ancient game in Guyana recently by staging, successfully, the FIDE-rated tournament which sought to include our players on the world stage.

Following two de-cades and a bit more of inactivity on the international circuit, chess seems to be finding its way back into the Caribbean limelight through Guyanese participation in two recent FIDE-ranked tournaments.

The disclosure that the President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has initiated two new tournaments for the Caribbean, is good news for Guyana.

The annual Dutch Chess Champ-ionship is underway with Jan Smeets and Friso Nijboer sharing the lead after three rounds.