So wins Sinquefield Cup

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Roberto Neto, 19, (left) is a member of the 2016 Guyana Olympiad chess team. A newcomer to the game, he enjoyed some robust successes by defeating the senior and junior national champions on occasion. Although he only began playing the game in 2010, Neto has been competing regularly in tournaments and has become a prominent fixture in competitions. In this photograph, he faces St Stanislaus’ student Gansham Alijohn in a recent tournament.
Roberto Neto, 19, (left) is a member of the 2016 Guyana Olympiad chess team. A newcomer to the game, he enjoyed some robust successes by defeating the senior and junior national champions on occasion. Although he only began playing the game in 2010, Neto has been competing regularly in tournaments and has become a prominent fixture in competitions. In this photograph, he faces St Stanislaus’ student Gansham Alijohn in a recent tournament.

The intriguing Sinquefield Cup, the elite grandmaster chess tournament which featured seven of the world’s top 10 players has been completed, with a resounding victory for the US’s Wesley So. The most fascinating competitions remaining for 2016 are the biennial Chess Olympiad and the World Championship Chess Match.

ChessLogoThe Chess Olympiad begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 1, while the Championship Match will be contested in Manhattan in November.

Guyana is attending the Chess Olympiad, not as a contestant, but as a participant. It takes a while to be able to compete for medals at the Olympic level in chess. This sport works with the mind. It is necessary, therefore, to prepare your lines and systems theoretically beforehand for the Olympiad, than to depend on someone else at the final moment. The Olympiad is a tight, intense two-week competition. There is no time to familiarize oneself with new lines or alternate systems.