Almost 30 players face off in GAICO Chess tournament

Sep 26, 2019 Sports

Three Rounds of fighting Chess were completed at the weekend in the GAICO Construction Grand Prix Tournament at the National Racquet Centre

Chess players locked in intense battle last weekend during action in the GCF latest tournament. 2

. Former National Champion Taffin Khan along with Loris Nathoo are on top so far with three consecutive wins, while their junior counterparts, former Junior Champion Joshua Gopaul, Ethan Lee and Samirah Gobin scored two wins apiece.Former National Senior Champion, Wendell Meusa, back after a long break from competitive chess, and senior player Glenford Corlette, are closely trailing Khan and Nathoo on two and a half points each.
The opening rounds of the competition, which attracted 28 chess players, saw Senior and Junior players facing each other over the chess board in tense battles of the mind. Round Four was scheduled for yesterday.
The inaugural tournament is the first in a series to attract the best chess players to represent Guyana at the 2020 Chess Olympiad in Russia. Reigning Senior Champion Anthony Drayton has automatically qualified for the Guyana team by dint of his current status.

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