As Anthony Drayton continues on his quest for chess supremacy, the young man has edged past Guyana’s number one ranked player, Wendell Meusa in the World Chess Federation (FIDE) international rankings. This disclosure came as the organisation released its quarterly update of rankings and ratings.
Drayton has been on a successful streak, recently winning the Georgetown Chess Classics with seven wins out of seven games. He is now ranked at 1973, just one point in front of Meusa.
Anthony Drayton
Additionally, more of Guyana’s senior players have moved up the rankings. Taffin Khan now sits at 1900, while Loris Nathoo is ranked at 1765 and Ronuel Greenidge at 1728. Guyana’s female chess champion, Maria Varona-Thomas is now ranked at 1762.
The senior players will seek to surge into the 2000+ category in the Sub zonal scheduled for Kingston, Jamaica this June and the World Chess Championships in Batumi, Georgia this September.
Meanwhile, the country’s junior chess players have not been left out of the ranking success. Four junior players have found themselves breaking into the ranking system, owing to a fruitful stint at this year’s CARIFTA Games.
Junior Chess Champion Joshua Gopaul is now ranked at 1312, while Jaden Taylor follows at 1131. The second-place finisher at this year’s female chess championships, Nellisha Johnson has also found herself on the rankings at 1123. And Ethan Lee is now ranked at 1121.
Guyana now has a total of 28 internationally ranked players.
