Stabroek Weekend

Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (right) and Anish Giri, the Netherlands’ strongest chess player, during their clash at the 2019 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Giri, one of the world’s top ten chess players, was defeated by Nepomniachtchi, who holds the lead. (Photo: Alina l’Ami)
Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (right) and Anish Giri, the Netherlands’ strongest chess player, during their clash at the 2019 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Giri, one of the world’s top ten chess players, was defeated by Nepomniachtchi, who holds the lead. (Photo: Alina l’Ami)

Nepomniachtchi took early lead in Tata Steel Masters group

After six rounds of the elite Masters Group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, Russian chess grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi was in the lead.

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) at a pond in Linden (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) at a pond in Linden (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

White-rumped Sandpiper

The White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) is a small migratory bird from Canada and Alaska. It travels south for the winter.

Lucas stock index

Last Update: 510.29                                                             Movement: -0.67% Currebt Update: 506.88                                                       YTD Movement: -0.55%                                                       LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 0.67% during the second period of trading in January 2019.

Exploiting the sentiments of the electorate

In a lengthy article, “Countries at the Crossroads 2011: Guyana,” written for “Freedom House” before the general elections of that year, Assistant Professor Joan Mars, of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice of the University of Michigan-Flint, said: “Elections are constitutionally due to be held in 2011.

Value we often don’t notice

As I get older, I have come to realize, time and again, that we are often oblivious to things of great value in the culture we inhabit, and I have to admit that I didn’t come to this position on my own. 

LUCAS STOCK INDEX

Last Update: 514.87                           Movement:0.89% Currebt Update: 510.29                         YTD Movement: 0.89% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 0.89% during the first period of trading in January 2019.

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