Guyana’s chess players experience best day with 5 wins
In what can be described as ‘the best day for Guyana’ at the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE’s) World Youth and Cadet World Cup, there were 5 wins across two rounds in one day.
Keron Sandiford
The Under-18 boys were able to register 5 points for Guyana with round-three victories for Under-18 player Keron Sandiford over Adian Mart of the Bahamas and Oluwadare Oyeyipo over Shamir Martin of Jamaica.
In Round 4, Under-18 player Akili Theophil of the University of Guyana enjoyed a victory against Pablo Gonzalez Lopez of Puerto Rico, and the Queen’s College Under-16 player Kishan Puran defeated Chung Hei Au of Hong Kong, while his schoolmate and fellow Under-16 player Raveon Adonis got the better of Luyepo Sautio of Zambia.
Under-12 female competitor Anaya Lall is still to register a win.
Kishan Puran
World Youth and Cadet World Cup is an online tournament catering to countries worldwide. The tournament takes on the 10-Round Swiss format, and has been running category by category since August 5.
Oluwadare Oyeyipo
The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has prepared and sent 22 young local players to the tournament in 5 categories, namely: Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16 and Under-18. The GCF’s “Chess in Schools” programme, which FIDE supports, has been credited for the success of the students thus far.
