Chess with Errol

Bobby Fischer arriving for his match with Boris Spassky (Photo: Chessbase)
Bobby Fischer arriving for his match with Boris Spassky (Photo: Chessbase)

Fischer vs Spassky: a look back

Recently, I came across some interesting revelations about the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky World Championship Chess Match.

The Kasparov vs Karpov saga

In the 1980s, Garry Kasparov was taking the world by storm which reminds me of a time in the 1920s when Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba was beating everyone in chess.

The London duel

Last week I mentioned the fact that two world chess championships were held in September 1993 which was unusual and unprecedented.

Young Guyanese show mettle at CAC chess festival

The fact that a Guyanese player, Kataleya Sam, was decorated with a bronze medal in the under-10 category at the recent 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Youth Chess Festival which was held in Trinidad and Tobago, speaks volumes for Guyana’s energetic chess development.

Youth strides in chess

When the seven-round Diamond Fire and General Insurance Women’s Chess Championship Qualifiers ends today at the School of the Nations, Georgetown, the winner is likely to be either former women’s national champion Sasha Shariff or Jessica Callender.

More accommodation needed for women in chess

The 2023 seven-round National Women’s Chess Qualifiers Tournament for selection to contest the National Championship has begun at the School of the Nations, Georgetown with four of the stars of last year’s Chess Olympiad in India, Sasha Shariff, Anaya Lall, Nellisha Johnson and Jessica Callender among those in contention.

Vladimir Kramnik (Photo: Michelle Lassak)

Can Couchman retain his U-16 title?

Tomorrow’s important national Under-16 Chess Championship Tournament at the Marian Academy follows the inaugural tournament of the Global Chess League (GCL) in Dubai and the 50th Dortmund Chess Festival in Germany.

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