Trailing Khan by half a point after Tuesday’s fourth round, Meusa went all out for a win last Thursday but the move backfired and he crashed to defeat.
The points standings after five rounds reads Khan points, Errol Tiwari four, Meusa and Irshad Mohamed three-and-a-half, Brian Thompson and Shiv Nandalall three each, Loris Nathoo, two and a half, Carlos Allicock, Chino Chung, Dennis Dillon, Ryan Singh and Nowrattan Persaud, two points each and Michael Pereira, one–and-a-half points.
The tournament will continue today from 10am at the Keishar’s Sports Club.
In other key matches on Tuesday, Shiv Nandalall was unable to convert a winning position against Errol Tiwari and lost; Irshad Mohamed got past Chino Chung while Nathoo and Pereira played to a draw.
On Thursday Tiwari secured an endgame win over Thompson; Mohamed got past Allicock; Nandalall got the better of Chung; Nathoo defeated Persaud and Dillon defeated Pereira.
