'Day of Chess' planned for Sunday in Berbice

'Day of Chess' planned for Sunday in Berbice

Following the staging of several competitions last year, the Oasis Café Chess Club will stage a `Day of Chess' event in Berbice on Sunday.
The event will be held at the Future Line Family Entertainment Centre at Number 19 Village, Corentyne.
President of the Oasis Chess Club, Irshad Mohamed, told Stabroek Sport yesterday that the main purpose of the visit was to spread knowledge of the game and to develop a wider pool of players.
The Oasis Chess club will conduct a tutorial which will involve teaching interested players the moves, how to use the score sheet and clock and how players are classified.
"We see this as a day of chess simply because we intend to teach the game to all interested players up there (Corentyne) as well as to be exposed to some of the top players there that we do not know about," Mohammed said.
Mohammed added that the contingent travelling to Berbice would engage each other in exhibition games as part of the day's activities.
National senior champion Kriskal Persaud, junior national champion, Ronald Roberts; senior players: Shiv Nandalall, Loris Nathoo and Ronuel Greenidge along with a number of junior players including Sheriffa and Saeed Ali, Devendra Singh and Sham and Kana Khan, are all expected to be part of the event.
Persons with chess sets are asked to bring them along and persons who are interested in accompanying the Oasis Chess Club to Corentyne are asked to contact Irshad Mohammed on 664-1650.