The Gaico construction Grand Prix 3 chess competition has reached the halfway point and it is expected there would be a clash between Anthony Drayton and Wendell Meusa, two of Guyana’s strongest players.
Meusa did not compete in the 2019 national chess championship and Drayton won it. But there is always a question mark about who is the better chess player – Drayton or Meusa? Soon we will know. However, I maintain the outcome of one encounter cannot determine who is better than whom.
There must be at least a four or six-game match. Two whites and two blacks for each player, or alternatively, three whites and three blacks for each player. I call on the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to explore the probability of having such a match. I believe a sponsor is out there somewhere and the GCF can make it happen. It is one of the more fulfilling ways of making the brain game more interesting.
The Gaico 3 Grand Prix continues today.
Meanwhile, national junior chess champion and University of Guyana student Andre Jagnandan claimed nine victories in the nine games he contested during the first DDL Topco Juices chess tournament held on Saturday, November 2. Jagnandan smashed his way to victory after victory beating a previous junior champion, Joshua Gopaul, into second place in the process. Aravinda Singh placed third.
