The Topco Juices sponsored Junior Chess Championship Qualifying tournament which is organized by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) starts today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Camp and Hadfield Streets from 3pm.
This tournament is especially important for junior chess players since the top seven finishers will be eligible to participate in the Closed National Junior Chess championships scheduled for November.
Senior chess players, who would be playing separately, are also invited to participate in the eight round event. The qualification tournament for the Senior Chess Championship will take place at a later date.
At a simple presentation ceremony at Demerara Distillers Limited, the sponsorship cheque to the local chess body, was handed over by Brand Manager Jeranzee Marques who in brief remarks re-affirmed his company’s support to chess.
He stated that he had observed that with publicity and support from interested persons, chess has been growing from strength to strength.
Treasurer of the Guyana Chess Federation Shiv Nandalall expressed gratitude to the official and agreed that financial support for chess was always critical to the game’s development.
For each round, juniors will get 60 minutes per player while seniors will get 90 minutes each, plus 30 seconds increment for each move.
Scoring of moves is compulsory and players are reminded to walk with pens. Trophies and cash prizes are at stake. For more information interested persons can contact Irshad Mohammed on 664-1650 or Shiv Nandalall on 225-8270(office hours). Registration begins at 2pm.