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Wendell Meusa wins Engineering & Construction Inc. one day rapid chess tournament
National senior chess champion, Wendell Meusa, rebounded from a loss to his predecessor,
Meusa (sitting extreme L) shows off his hardware with other participants of the tournament.
Taffin Khan, to cart off the honours when the ECI Company One Day Rapid championships concluded at the sponsor’s Sports Club, Friendship, East Bank Demerara, Sunday afternoon last.
Meusa ended the day on six points while Anthony Drayton finished on 5 ½ points to claim the second spot. Khan had to settle for third place after losing to Roberto Neto and Anthony Drayton to eventually finish on 5 points while Craig Sylvester (4 ½) and Errol Tiwari (4) filled the 4th and 5th places respectively. Maria Thomas, Carlos Patterson and Alex Joseph ended jointly in the cellar on two points apiece.
Roberto Neto and Carlos Rahaman scored 4 points apiece but the former player benefited from the tie break system to seal off the top place in the junior category while the latter secured the second slot. Lindener, Carlos Rahaman took the third place with Saeed Ali closing off the top 4 places after benefiting from the tie break system.
The other points standing read: Saeed Ali and Ron Motilall 3 ½, Davion Mars and Christian Shivrattan 3, Owen Mickle and Carsen Shivrattan 1 ½ each. The organizers would like to express a special thanks to ECI for the contribution towards this tournament.
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