Chess with Errol

Participants in the Berbice Schools Chess Tournament that was held last week at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School. Forty-five students competed for honours.
Participants in the Berbice Schools Chess Tournament that was held last week at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School. Forty-five students competed for honours.

Kei-Shar’s tournament starts today

The annual Kei-Shar’s chess tournament begins today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club at Hadfield and Camp Streets.

Executive member of the Guyana Chess Federation Dennis Dillon assisting the Bank of Guyana Chess Team with their preparations for the 8th Intra Regional Central Bank Games to be held in Guyana over the Easter weekend. From left in photo are Joseph Lall, Amrita Singh, Jason Allicock and Leonardo Butcher. Missing from the photo is the remaining team member, Hilton Johnson.

The Intra-Regional Central Bank Games

In about a week’s time, the Bank of Guyana’s chess team will oppose their counterparts from the Caribbean in a regional chess competition at the 8th Intra-Regional Central Bank Games.

Little Vashti Ramnarine from Mae’s is becoming a fixture at tournaments whenever her sisters Mandy and Miranda are participants. Vashti is learning the game. She can move the pieces correctly and understand how they move, but she has not been successful in defeating either of her sisters as yet. Before the year ends, the Federation is optimistic that Vashti would be one of its new tournament competitors. In photo, Vashti as she appeared at the Trophy Stall Chess Tournament last Sunday.

Always ask why

The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss.

Green v Eggleston

The annual Hastings tournament ended in a four-way tie for first place between grandmasters Mark Hebden, British champion David Howell, Andrei Istratescu of Romania and Romain Edouard of France.

St Stanislaus College, winner of the National Schools Chess Championship faces McKenzie High during the tournament. In foreground at right is Ron Motilall from Saints, and his opponent is Ashanti Richmond of McKenzie. Both schools demonstrated a fair standard of play, but Saints emerged the victor in the clash. At the table, the two schools alternate seating with McKenzie in the second spot at right.

More youths are involved

The distinctive National Schools Chess Cham-pionship that was held last weekend for the second year in succession sent an unambiguous message to the organisers and sponsors of the tournament.

May the best school win

ChessWe are not expecting chess games which feature deep and inventive play from those schoolchildren who have converged in Georgetown for the National Schools Chess Championship. 

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