CM Khan rules at 2025 National Blitz Chess Championships

Mar 21, 2025 Sports

FIDE Master Anthony Drayton

Kaieteur Sports– Candidate Master Taffin Khan was crowned the 2025 National Blitz Chess champ after staving off some word-class competition at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre as curtains came down on a keenly contested tournament.

CM Taffin Khan

After 11 rounds of extremely grueling faster-paced games held at the Exhibition Room of Pegasus, the four top finishers faced off across the board in the semifinal’s knockout, but after the final 16 rounds were complete, Candidate Master Khan stormed to the field on his way to the crown.

Khan beat the likes of 2nd place FIDE Master Anthony Drayton, third place Kyle Couchman, CM Sachin Pitamber who had to settle for the fourth spot with stiff competition aplenty among others.

CM Loris Nathoo copped the 5th spot with Saeed Ali, Women’s CM Aditi Joshi and Keron Sandiford finished in the 6th, 7th, 8th, place respectively. Notable performances came from Mahir Rajkumar, Prince Dunn, Kim Shing Chong, Oluwadare Oyeyipo, and Aravinda Singh.

Kyle Couchman.

Meanwhile, the top five players received a total of $115,000 in cash prizes, sponsored by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) at a post-tournament ceremony. CM Khan was awarded the championship trophy, and the sixth and seventh-place winners earned a free month’s membership to the Pegasus Chess Club.

The GCF extends thanks to the management of the Guyana Pegasus Hotel for providing the venue for the weekend tournaments.

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