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Sandiford dominates heading into final round
Milex National Junior Chess Championship…
Kaieteur Sports – An eighth-round victory against defending Junior Chess Champion Ricardo Narine brings Keron Sandiford to the top of the scoreboard heading into the final round of the Milex National Junior Chess Championship.
Sandiford now has 7 points after eight rounds. Yesterday, he was to face Kishan Puran.
Ronan Lee and Keron Sandiford contested an intriguing match.
Sandiford’s closest challenger is Under14 Champion Kyle Couchman, who has trailed him closely throughout the tournament. Couchman has 6.5 points currently and faces young Nicholas Zhang in round nine.
Depending on the outcome of these two decisive matches for the front-runners, there is still hope for Couchman to edge Sandiford to claim the victory. This is only if Sandiford loses or draws his match against Puran.
Couchman lost his point advantage in round eight when he drew his match against Matthew Singh. The two played a tense match which ended with an almost symmetrical end position, with both players having connected rooks on open files and four pawns each on the king’s side.
Qualifying champ Ethan Lee has 5.5 points following victories over siblings Alexander and Nicholas Zhang on day four.
Oluwadare Oyeyipo and Mathew Singh are both on 5 points.
Ricardo Narine is now on 4 points, having defeated Alexander Zhang on Tuesday and subsequently losing to title challenger Keron Sandiford. Ronan Lee has 3.5 points and will face Singh in the final round. Alexander Zhang has 1.5 points.
Games are live-streamed on livechesscloud.com and youtube.com. The final match yesterday was schedule to bring to a close the National Junior Championship where a new National Junior Champion for 2023 will emerge.
The Guyana Chess Federation is fielding a team to the U-18 XIV Youth Chess Festival in Trinidad next month. Official players for the tournament were selected from the junior competitions which were held this year. The GCF also issued an open invitation to its members to participate.
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