{"id":26433,"date":"2025-02-09T02:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26433"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:02:21","slug":"gcf-and-pegasus-hotel-team-up-to-launch-new-chess-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gcf-and-pegasus-hotel-team-up-to-launch-new-chess-club\/","title":{"rendered":"GCF and Pegasus Hotel Team Up to Launch New Chess Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 20, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has officially launched the Pegasus Chess Club in collaboration with Pegasus Hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event took place at the hotel\u2019s Kingston Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly established club aims to offer a welcoming environment for both casual and competitive players to learn and share their passion for chess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaboration between GCF and Pegasus Hotel spans a two-year agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pegasus Chess Club will be open to members on Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm and will also be available to guests of the hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monthly memberships are available for both casual and professional players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandon Badal, Managing Director of Pegasus Hotel Guyana, expressed that the club was an important step in contributing to the growth of chess in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark the launch, Badal participated in a ceremonial first match against FIDE Master Anthony Drayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anand Raghunauth, President of the Guyana Chess Federation, noted that the new club will benefit local sports by increasing community participation and providing a venue for promoting Guyana&#8217;s chess talent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He encouraged other stakeholders to engage in this initiative, helping to nurture and grow the chess community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club will also host GCF tournaments, further solidifying its role in developing chess in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pegasus Chess Club is set to be a cornerstone in the development and promotion of the sport in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 20, 2025 The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has officially launched the Pegasus Chess Club in collaboration with Pegasus Hotel. The event took place at the hotel\u2019s Kingston Pegasus Suites&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26435,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26433\/revisions\/26435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}