Khan soars with 61 Grand Prix points

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Shiv Nandalall (left) and Loris Nathoo play their game during the final Gaico Construction Grand Prix chess tournament which concluded last Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence. The encounter ended in a magnificent draw for Nathoo in a strange twist of miscalculation and fate. Nandalall stalemated the position with two pawns up, a king and a rook. A trick from Nathoo? (Photo by Rashad Hussein)
Shiv Nandalall (left) and Loris Nathoo play their game during the final Gaico Construction Grand Prix chess tournament which concluded last Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence. The encounter ended in a magnificent draw for Nathoo in a strange twist of miscalculation and fate. Nandalall stalemated the position with two pawns up, a king and a rook. A trick from Nathoo? (Photo by Rashad Hussein)

Once again, West Demerara’s Taffin Khan demonstrated that he belongs to the select inner circle of chess in Guyana when he won the last Gaico Constrution Chess Tournament, which concluded on Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence.

Khan’s enviable Grand Prix points stand at a handsome 61, the highest among players of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF). He secured six victories and a draw in the 7-round tournament.

Surprisingly, Khan’s only draw emanated from the mind of Rajiv Lee, a student of Queen’s College. He placed third in the tournament, preceded by Glenford Corlette, with Shiv Nandalall and Loris Nathoo in fourth and fifth places, respectively.