Narine crowned junior chess champ after playoff against Lee

Ricardo Narine

Ricardo Narine won Saturday’s Guyana Chess Federation mandated playoff against Ethan Lee to become the new national junior chess champion.

The two were declared joint winners of the GCF/GAICO- sponsored nine-round championship battle after ending on six and one half points each.

This set the stage for Saturday’s three-game showdown where the first game was over 15 minutes, the second, 10 minutes and the third of five minutes duration.