Meusa, Singh win Gaico 3, Topco tournaments

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
In competitive chess, sometimes the younger play the older and the weak play the strong. The younger is not necessarily the weaker player, especially in this era where young people have technological aides. Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen became world chess champions in their early 20. In photo, Mahir Rajkumar (first, left) of Mae’s Schools, shakes hands with Oluwadare Oyeyipo, of Marian Academy, at the Topco Junior Rapid Chess Tournament last Sunday. The handshake is compulsory before the start of every chess game. (Photo by John Lee)  
In competitive chess, sometimes the younger play the older and the weak play the strong. The younger is not necessarily the weaker player, especially in this era where young people have technological aides. Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen became world chess champions in their early 20. In photo, Mahir Rajkumar (first, left) of Mae’s Schools, shakes hands with Oluwadare Oyeyipo, of Marian Academy, at the Topco Junior Rapid Chess Tournament last Sunday. The handshake is compulsory before the start of every chess game. (Photo by John Lee)  

The robust Gaico Construc-tion 3 and the Topco Junior Chess tournaments ended last Sunday at the National Resource Centre on an exuberant note with some of the participants expressing satisfaction at the new wave of competitions.

Wendell Meusa outclassed his competitors by an impressive margin, winning all of his games. Anthony Drayton and Ronuel Greenidge placed second and third, respectively. 

In the Demerara Distillers Limited Topco Juices Tournament, Queen College’s Aravindra Singh and Andre Jagnandan tied for first on 5.5 points. When the tie-break system was utilised to determine the true winner, Singh was given the nod over his opponent. Singh and Jagnandan each lost a game to St Stanislaus’ Jaden Taylor. However, Taylor lost an important game to Mahir Rajkumar (in photo) and had to be content with fourth place.