Despite losing to national chess champion Taffin Khan; former national champion Kriskal Persaud was declared the winner of the penultimate round of the inaugural Red Cherry ladder tournament on Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.
Persaud and Khan ended with the same score but Persaud was declared the winner on the tie-breaker system.
The win earned him a trophy, $5000 cash prize and a Red Cherry voucher.
Khan took the runner up spot while Ronuel Greeenidge placed third. Greenidge scored an upset win over Khan in the day’s first match but lost to Persaud.
The accumulated points standings of the top 10 players at the end of Sunday’s play read: Taffin Khan 78, Kriskal Persaud and Ronuel Greenidge 66 apiece, Anthony Drayton 56, Saeed Ali and Glenford Corlette 52 apiece, Chino Chung 51, Roberto Neto 50 and David Khan 45 and Irshad Mohamad 39.
The sixth and final preliminary round will run off tomorrow from 4.30pm at the same venue.
The most outstanding junior and female player will receive trophies at the end of the preliminary rounds while the top four senior players will meet on August 11 to determine the overall champion.
The scores from the preliminary rounds would not be considered for the finals.
The winner will take home $50,000 cash, a Red Cherry voucher of the same value and a trophy. The second to fourth place winners will be awarded Red Cherry vouchers and medals.
