FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022: Chennai, India: FM Anthony Drayton records first win for Guyana

FIDE Master Anthony Drayton has recorded Guyana’s first win in the FIDE Chess Olympiad being played in Chennai, India. He created one of the biggest upsets in the first round of the Open division when he defeated Andorra’s Jordi Fluvia.
Drayton, rated at 1928, has been elated at the victory, noting that Fluvia is the highest rated opponent he has ever defeated. Fluvia has a rating of 2451, and is an International Master, a ranking which is just below the title of Grandmaster.
Guyana is ranked 152 out of 188 teams, while Andorra is ranked 58th in the Open tournament.
This victory for FM Anthony Drayton will improve his ELO ratings. The win for Drayton has resulted in Guyana moving to 98th in the standings after the first round.

The Guyana Open team was, however, unsuccessful in their face off with the highly rated Andorra team, and lost the match 1-3.
The Guyana Women’s team also lost against Mexico 0-4. Mexico are ranked 54th in the world out of 150 participating countries.
Guyana’s players have had more chances to rack up points on July 30th when Round 2 commenced at 3pm IST.
Guyana’s Open team players, consisting of Taffin Khan, Anthony Drayton, Roberto Neto and Ethan Lee, faced off against Nicaragua; and Guyana’s Women’s team players, consisting of Pooja Lam, Sasha Shariff, Nellisha Johnson and Jessica Callender, faced off against Hong Kong. Results will be published later.
The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. The games are played using the Swiss system and consists of 11 rounds.
The games are played using the electronic clocks and boards approved by FIDE.