Taffin Khan performed creditably at Olympiad

By Stabroek News On In Daily Features |
Taffin Khan contesting one of his games for Guyana at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. Khan was the most successful player for the men’s chess team at the Olympiad. He contested ten games, at times playing Board One for his country, and scored victories against Guernsey, Malta, Bermuda and Macau. He drew with Fiji, Guatemala, San Marino and Lesotho and lost to Macedonia and Ghana. Khan’s six points was the highest score from the men’s team.
Taffin Khan contesting one of his games for Guyana at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. Khan was the most successful player for the men’s chess team at the Olympiad. He contested ten games, at times playing Board One for his country, and scored victories against Guernsey, Malta, Bermuda and Macau. He drew with Fiji, Guatemala, San Marino and Lesotho and lost to Macedonia and Ghana. Khan’s six points was the highest score from the men’s team.

ChessLogoThe 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, afforded Guyana the rare opportunity of showcasing its hidden chess talent and demonstrating a more glamorous side to the supposedly boring mind game. The Olympiad is like the Olympic games for chess players as chess is not played at the Olympics. A fierce and fiery debate is ongoing as to whether chess is a sport or not and whether it deserves to be an Olympic discipline. There is no physical activity involved in playing the game. While the agonizingly