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Minister Anthony gives thumbs up as Chess Federation hosts Umada Cup 2014
Guyanese chess players have recently shown great improvement when they participated
Minister Anthony is flanked by Wayne Browne and Irshad Mohamed (L&R respectively).
in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway with two local players, Anthony Drayton and Ronuel Greenidge being promoted to Candidate Masters after turning in credible performances.
Those two players now join with other local players to contest for honours when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) hosts the Umada Cup 2014 at the Sleep Inn Hotel, Brickdam, Stabroek, from November 27-December 1.
President of the GCF, Irshad Mohamed, was joined by Wayne Browne, the individual in charge of fund raising activities (GCF) and hosted a press conference at the tournament venue, the Sleep Inn Hotel, Brickdam, Stabroek, yesterday morning. He revealed that 17 countries have been invited to compete and to date more than 10 of them have endorsed their participation; he is confident that this number will increase before the competition gets underway.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Frank Anthony attended the press conference and in delivering brief remarks noted that chess continues to be one of the rapidly developing disciplines. He said that he is confident that the Federation is capable of hosting the tournament saying it is a major milestone for the improvement and development of the sport. “I am truly excited from the Ministry’s point of view and must note the input of (FIDE) President, (Kirsan Llyumzhinov), who facilitated local chess players’ involvement in international tournaments that witnessed vast improvement of Guyanese players,” said Mr. Anthony.
Meanwhile, the tournament will be played in the Conference Centre of the Sleep Inn Hotel and Mr. Mohamed revealed that the competition will be divided into two categories, Open and Challenge. He did not disclose the participants in the respective categories but hinted that most of the local stalwarts will be representing Guyana. He explained that this country enjoys such privileges as the host country.
The GCF President further issued an invitation to all Guyanese to visit the venue and support the local players during the tournament.
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