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Caribbean Container Inc. sponsors Jnr FIDE Rating Chess Tourney
Six unrated junior chess players will challenge four of their senior counterparts for FIDE (World Chess Federation) ratings in the Caribbean Container Inc. (C.C.I.) sponsored FIDE rating tournament which begins next weekend at Olympic House, Kingston.
The junior participants took part in the 2011 National Junior Chess Championship. They are current National Junior Champion Hai Feng Su, Cecil Cox, Ron Motilall, Anthony Drayton and the Khan brothers, Sham and Kana.
Caribbean Container Inc’s Ms. Patricia Bacchus (left) hands over the sponsorship cheque to Secretary of the Federation Vishnu Rampersaud.
The six juniors, the youngest of whom is 15 years old will clash over the chess board with senior players Taffin Khan (FIDE rating 1809), Shiv Nandalall (1715), Ryan Singh (1456) and veteran player David Khan (1386). The tournament is a single round robin encounter and consists of nine rounds. The tournament is scheduled to conclude in early May.
The junior participants are required to score at least one point each in the upcoming tournament to earn FIDE ratings. In tournament chess one point is given for a win, half a point for a draw and zero point for a loss. The ratings are an indication of a chess player’s strength and international chess grandmasters are rated at 2500 and over.
In a simple ceremony on Friday last, Company Secretary and Administrative Director of Caribbean Container Inc, Ms. Patricia Bacchus handed over the sponsorship cheque at the company’s head office, Farm, East Bank Demerara to Secretary of the Federation Vishnu Rampersaud who thanked the company official for the gesture. Ms. Bacchus also reiterated her company’s annual support, the second of its kind to chess. The tournament is organized and conducted by the Guyana Chess Federation.
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