GM Nigel Short to take on 20 players simultaneously in Chess Exhibition at State House

Apr 19, 2023 Sports

Kaieteur News – Grandmaster Nigel Short will face 20 Guyanese chess player at the same time today, Wednesday April 19, at the State House.

In this thrilling exhibition event, local players will be granted the rare opportunity to showcase their skill and strategies against a seasoned champion known for battling the best player in the world.

GM Nigel Short (Photo by David Llada)

At just 10 years old, GM Short competed in a simultaneous exhibition where he defeated Victor Korchnoi (a soviet-swiss grandmaster considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion).

This was when he started gaining recognition as a prodigy and subsequently rose to dominate English chess in the 80s and 90s, culminating in a challenge for the World Championship in 1993.

In the exhibition match, he will take on well known players such as former Open National Champion CM Taffin Khan, FM Anthony Drayton, Davion Mars, Roberto Neto, Ethan Lee, WCM Sheriffa Alli, Jessica Callender, Nellisha Johnson, 2022 National Women’s Champion Pooja Lam, 2022 Junior Champion Ricardo Narine, 2023 Under-14 Open Champion Kyle Couchman, 2023 U14Girl’s Champion Anaya Lall, 2023 National U-12 Champion Aquilani Swaminadha and 2022University of Guyana Champions Keron Sandiford and Sasha Shariff.

Young and emerging talents in the chess community such as Micaiah Enoe, Ronan lee, Mayas Khan and siblings Alexander and Nicholas Zhang were also granted spots to play.

The Guyana Chess Federation is happy to host GM Short. As the FIDE Director of Chess Development, GM Short is here to promote chess as a sport in Guyana and offer advice about chess in education programmes through the implementation of sustainable systems which can have long-term benefits for children and adults alike.

As part of his brief visit to Guyana, the ex-world chess championship finalist will also engage local chess enthusiasts at a meet and greet on Wednesday, April 19, at the Amazonia Mall from3pm to 5pm, sponsored by Jade’s Wok.

Members of the public are all invited.

This Simultaneous Exhibition has been sponsored by Arrow ten, Marics, Mobile Lubricants, Topco, Diamond Water and Digicom. The GCF wishes to express gratitude to the sponsors for this event at State House, especially to His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali for granting the use of State House for the hosting of the Chess Exhibition.

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