Lucrative prizes will be at stake when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) hosts its National Blitz Championships beginning today from 2pm.
The online tournament will be contested over nine rounds and will feature the country’s top players.
Among the players expected to be on show are national senior champion Candidate Master Taffin Khan, former national champion Fide Master, Anthony Drayton, AFM Davion Mars, Irshad Mohamed, Loris Nathoo, Frankie Farley, Sherlyta Campayne, Justino Da Silva and Roberto Neto among others.
Junior players Ricardo Narine, Kyle Couchman, Jaden Taylor, Kishan Puran, Jessica Callender, and current Junior Champion Keron Sandiford are also expected to compete.
The online tournament will be monitored by FIDE arbiters John Lee and Anand Raghunauth. STR Wood Inc. has donated GYD$100,000 towards cash
incentives and trophies.
The blitz championship will be hosted online on the Tornelo.com platform.
The Swiss-system format tournament will see players having a time control of 5 minutes with one second added to the clock after each move.
The first prize is G$40,000 while the second and third placed finishers will receive $25,000 and $15,000 respectively.
The best female player will be awarded $20,000 while the best junior player will receive a trophy.
