Chess with Errol

The chess world is saddened by the passing of Jorge Vega Fernandez (1935-2023).

A total of 17 Special Education teachers met at the David Rose Special School in West Ruimveldt on Friday, February 3 to compete in a grand chess tournament.

Director of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Irshad Mohamad was appointed recently to serve as vice-president after that post became vacant when Anand Raghunauth, who was vice president, assumed the presidency.

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, which ends today in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, drew five participants in the world’s top ten, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating system.

Twelve years ago on January 17, Netherlands paramount chess grandmaster Anish Giri vanquished Norway’s Magnus Carlsen at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.

Traditionally, competitive chess has been played with specified time limits. When chess first appeared in India around the seventh century AD, measuring time was a critical part of the game.

Three significant occurrences took place in local chess for the year 2022.

After losing Chess.com’s World Speed Chess Championship to American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura recently, world champion Magnus Carlsen rebounded to claim FIDE’s World Rapid Championship title last week.

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura defeated Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen in a close final to win the 2022 Speed Chess Championship and claim his fifth title in that genre of chess.

The prestigious World Speed Chess Championship follows shortly after today’s Argentina vs France World Cup final.

Two students of the Vishy Anand Chess Academy, Arjun Erigaisi and Vaishali Rameshbabu, triumphed at the Tata Steel India Blitz Chess Tournament recently, surpassing some big grandmasters in the process.

Three weeks ago, China won the prestigious World Team Championship in Jerusalem, defeating Uzbekistan in the final match.

For many years, chess players associated winning with the Soviet Union and afterward, with Russia.

“I feel like I am ahead of other girls because of WACA” – Vaishali Rameshbabu The Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) is a coaching or training institution created by former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand.

About three weeks ago it was reported that former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov had an accident in Moscow and was hospitalised.

Now that the matter of the ousting of Frankie Farley from the presidency of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is being addressed by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), we should continue with the business of circulating the game of chess to the general public.

By now it is common knowledge that world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, 32, a Norwegian grandmaster, ceased participating in the Sinquefield Cup tournament because he felt that American grandmaster Hans Niemann, 19, had cheated in their game.

Where are the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) over-the-board tournaments? Especially those for the seniors?

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is continuously making progress in its endeavour to promote chess by acquiring space at the School of the Nations to popularise the ancient game.

In his first tournament after an investigation by Chess.com reported that he had likely cheated in more than 100 online games, 19-year-old American Grandmaster Hans Niemann won the first game and drew the second.