One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people – men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.
Photo by Joanna dhanraj
Rising Sun is a tiny, sleepy West Coast Berbice village, approximately 76 kilometres from Georgetown; there are less than a dozen families residing there.
Introduction
Last Sunday’s column introduced a simple basic ‘Setting’ (as energy analysts label it) or more commonly, analytical framework drawn from energy economics, under which the Guyana 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) will be appraised in coming columns.
The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (city council) have voted overwhelmingly to support a renegotiated contract for the establishment of parking meters in certain parts of the city.
The rapidly proliferating presence of the social media in our lives is transforming how society works – and creating dangers which need to be addressed.
For Me – The Back-Yard
Play your Carnival, play your masque,
Dance with your Country Club set,
Hop, jump at your midnight fete;
For these things I’ll never ask –
Take them all and leave for me
The back-yard scene at dusk:
The haze of blue wood-smoke,
Morning mist amid mango leaves
And the nancy-story fantasies
That the cries of kiskadees
From long, long ago evoke.
When the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) introduced Horticulture as part of its Agriculture Science Syllabus some ten years ago, both students and teachers were at a loss as to where to access such information or who to turn to for help.
India’s chess superstar Viswanathan Anand, Holland’s Anish Giri, Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and the US’s Wesley So are co-leaders in the exclusive Masters category of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament ongoing in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, after five rounds of the 13-game competition.