Chess with Errol

Guyana’s Olympiad chess team along with officials of the Guyana Chess Federation paid a courtesy call on President Irfaan Ali and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Charles Ramson at State House recently. Also present were FIDE’s Disciplinary Commission Councillor Yolander Sammy (a Guyanese) and President of the Guyana Deaf Association Sabine Macintosh. Guyana’s woman reserve player Anaya Lall is hearing impaired. At the meeting, President Ali pledged to support the expansion of chess across Guyana.
Guyana’s Olympiad chess team along with officials of the Guyana Chess Federation paid a courtesy call on President Irfaan Ali and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Charles Ramson at State House recently. Also present were FIDE’s Disciplinary Commission Councillor Yolander Sammy (a Guyanese) and President of the Guyana Deaf Association Sabine Macintosh. Guyana’s woman reserve player Anaya Lall is hearing impaired. At the meeting, President Ali pledged to support the expansion of chess across Guyana.

Guyana looks to improve rank, gain titles at Olympiad

Americn chess master I A Horowitz, commenting on Bobby Fischer’s self-confidence in the New York Times prior to the Spassky-Fischer world championship chess match in 1972, was quoted as saying: “..confidence

A representative of Marics & Company Ltd (left) presents a cheque for $100,000 to Marcia Lee, Company Secretary of the Guyana Chess Federation. The funds will assist the Olympiad team which travels to India next month.

Sponsorship is important

For a number of years, the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) most magnanimous sponsors for tournaments were Keishar’s Enterprise and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL).

Davion Mars vs Ethan Lee 

Gaico Grand Prix

Today, we celebrate the magnificent return of face-to-face chess in pictures with the hosting of the Gaico Grand Prix Tournament at the National Stadium, Providence.

Grand prix marks return to face-to-face chess

Three years after the last behind-the-board classical chess game was contested in 2019, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is ready to re-commence this traditional activity with the Gaico Grand Prix Chess Tournament which begins on Saturday, March 19 at the National Stadium, Providence.

Loris Nathoo plays chess with Alessandra Ng-a-Fook of the St Ignatius Secondary School

Donation will help expand chess in Region Nine

JuLo’s Enterprises, a stationery and ice cream shop in Grove, East Bank Demerara, last weekend donated two FIDE- approved tournament-sized chess sets and one FIDE-approved DGT chess clock to the St Ignatius Secondary School in Lethem, Region Nine.

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