Unbeaten Drayton leads ECI chess tournament

Anthony Drayton is unbeaten after three rounds of the Engineering and Construction Inc (ECI) chess tournament, and by virtue is setting pretty atop the points standing.

Players engrossed in battle at the National Resource Centre last weekend
Players engrossed in battle at the National Resource Centre last weekend

Drayton has racked up a clean slate of three wins from three, and is the only player to have earned the maximum number of points on offer at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue.
Wendell Meusa and Taffin Khan, both former senior national champions, are locked in second spot on 2.5 points, accrued from two wins and a draw each.
players- Maria Thomas, Davion Mars, Roberto Neto, Errol Tiwari, Chino Chung and Kristoff Persaud- have accumulated two points apiece, while Obeng Quamina, Calvin Giddings, Ghansham Allijohn, Jessica Callender, John Wong and Jayden Taylor have one point each.
Three players have yet to get off the mark, having suffered defeats in all their games. They are Frankie Farley, Nellisha Johnson and Shazeeda Rahim.
The final four rounds of the seven-round Swiss format tournament will contested this weekend at the same venue. Games will get underway at 09:30h on each day.