With the national junior chess championships completed the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will stage the qualifying tournament for the national senior chess champions beginning Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.
The seven round, Swiss system tournament will be sponsored by Uniparts Auto Spares of Sheriff Street. The company on Monday handed over the sponsorship cheque to Shiv Nandalall, president of the GCF.
The top seven players from this qualification tournament will join defending champion Taffin Khan to contest the 2012 Closed national chess championships in mid November.
Registration will begin on the day of the tournament from 15:30hrs and will last one hour before the tournament officially kicks off.
The registration fee will be $800 for senior non-members of the Guyana Chess Federation while members would pay a reduced fee.
Close to $50,000 in cash prizes, medals and a trophy will be awarded to the top seven challengers at the end of the tournament.
