Stabroek Weekend

Chess with Errol

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Next year promises to be exciting for the children ‘Every decision we make builds our character and forms the basis of our future decisions’ – Garry Kasparov The hosting of a National Schools Chess Championship marks the fulfilment of a dream for the Guyana Chess Federation and Dr Frank Anthony.

The Guyana Chess Federation displayed three banners advertising the National Chess Championships outside the National Library, and on the roadways leading to Georgetown from the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara, compliments of Shamdas Kirpalani and Swiss House Cambio. In picture is the banner on the East Bank of Demerara.
The Guyana Chess Federation displayed three banners advertising the National Chess Championships outside the National Library, and on the roadways leading to Georgetown from the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara, compliments of Shamdas Kirpalani and Swiss House Cambio. In picture is the banner on the East Bank of Demerara.

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The finals are today Today, we play the final round of the National Chess Championships.

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Half-way point We have now passed the half-way mark of the National Championships and still a clear winner among the Seniors cannot be identified.

Some Juniors concentrate on their games at the National Chess Championships which continue today at the King’s Plaza Hotel in Main St.  

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Van Wely v Shirov The 38th Chess Olympiad began last Wednesday in Dresden, Germany.

Chess with Errol Tiwari

David de Caires was a lover of the ancient game Mr de Caires has died and we in the local chess fraternity are saddened at his passing.

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National Championships begin on Saturday Fourteen games will be played in the National Chess Championships which begin on Saturday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Haatram Parbat faces Brian Thompson in the just concluded qualification chess tournament for entry into the National Championships. In the background Omar Sharif and Robert Arjoon ponder their moves.

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Eight junior, eight senior players to compete in nationalsThe qualification tournament to decide the players for the National Chess Championships has been completed.

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Anand and Kramnik face off in world championship Here is the first game of the World Champion-ship match between defending champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik that was played on Wednesday.

Garry Kasparov might be retired but he is still active in chess with the Kasparov Chess Foundation, a non-profit educational organization that works with schools and communities across the United States to promote chess as a cognitive learning tool. Recently he visited the Harlem Children’s Zone, an anti-poverty and education initiative. Presidential candidate Barack Obama visited the Zone and praised the programme in a speech last year. In picture, Kasparov gives Rochelle Ballantyne one-on-one attention as Rochelle’s colleagues had all resigned. Naturally Rochelle would have preferred not to have this kind of attention during the simultaneous exhibition.

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A chess tournament is not for the fainthearted It is said that a chess tournament is not for the fainthearted.

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Tournament to identify candidates for the National Championships begins Sunday The preliminary chess tournament to decide the candidates for participation in the National Championships begins next Sunday at the St Stanislaus College on Brickdam.

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World champion Viswanathan Anand loses to Levon AronianAnand, V (2798) – Aronian, L (2751) Grand Slam Final Bilbao ESP (8), 10.9.2008 1.e4

Part of the mammoth crowd at the Digicel Red Hot Summer Scorcher concert last Friday night.

Morgan Heritage wowed Guyana

– though show was overly long The night was as Morgan Heritage proclaimed, “not a dancehall show but a reggae concert” essentially devoid of club revelry and suggestive music but big on positive vibes and soft, thought-provoking tunes.

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Working towards producing a Guyanese grandmaster ‘I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in (to a tournament).

Primary and secondary school students representing a sprinkling of schools from Georgetown, the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara, proudly recite the national pledge before beginning a chess instruction class at the Malteenoes Sports Club on Wednesday. Malteenoes President Lance Hinds in association with the Guyana Chess Federation launched chess classes recently at the club for youths wishing to play the game. Young people are free to join the chess classes at Malteenoes and can contact Mr Hinds for further information.

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Nurturing grandmastersSuddenly, almost overnight some would say, India and China have emerged from chess obscurity to sit among the giants of the great game.

International Master Harika Dronavalli from India, the new Girls World Junior Chess Champion

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Kamsky v Gelfand The Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament is being played (August 17-31) in Moscow.

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Morozevich v Polgar The 2008 Chess Classic took place a week ago at Mainz, Germany, with world champion Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Alexander Morozevich in attendance.

Nandalall (left) and Tiwari at work during the final game of the Oasis knockout chess tournament

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Competition at Oasis and practice at Saints Proprietors of the Oasis Cafe, William and Nisa Walker, sponsored a grand knockout chess tournament over the past two weekends that attracted some of the strongest chess players in the country.

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