Loris Nathoo and Glenford Corlette both amassed 5 ½ points but it was the former player that clinched the first prize after the tie-break system was employed when the UNIPARTS Senior Chess Championship Qualifiers concluded at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports Club, Sunday November 4 last.
Five other players have qualified for the National Championships and a crack at Taffin Khan’s national title slated to get underway soon. Those players are Kriskal Persaud, Frankie Farley, Maria Thomas, Shiv Nandalall and Craig Sylvester. At the end of the qualifiers their scores read: Kriskal Persaud and Frankie Farley (5 points apiece), Maria Thomas (4 ½), Shiv Nandalall and Craig Sylvester (4 each).
The tournament began in late last month and was conducted under the auspices of the Guyana Chess Federation.