Fresh from winning the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) national junior chess championships, 19-year-old Saeed Ali has his eyes set on participating in next year’s World Junior Chess Championships where he hopes to acquire a Masters title, Candidate or FIDE at the very least.
The World Chess Junior Championships are held every year and players must be under 20 years of age on January 1 of the year of the competition.
The winner of the gruelling tournament which sometimes last for more than 11 rounds, is usually awarded a Grandmaster or woman Grandmaster title.
This year’s tournament was held in India,