The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) successfully staged the first day of its public exhibition series on Saturday 24th at the Giftland Mall, Turkeyen.
This was confirmed by an official release from the association. According to the correspondence, “The highlight of the day was the simultaneous chess match where ten of Guyana’s top juniors took on FIDE Master Anthony Drayton, who was Guyana’s top scorer for the men’s team in the recently concluded FIDE Chess Olympiad in India. Drayton played impressively, taking on the skilled juniors all at the same time. Kyle Couchman was the only junior player who managed a win against Drayton. Twelve-year-old Alexander Zhang and Jessica Callender also secured draws against Drayton.”
The other participants during the simultaneous matches were Micaiah Enoe, Waveney Johnson, Keron Sandiford, Italy Ton Chung, Mahir Rajkumar, 9-year-old Katelaya Sam, and 2022 Junior Champion Ricardo Narine. Individuals were also afforded the opportunity to challenge the likes of Sasha Shariff, Maliha Rajkumar, and Ethan Lee in solitary matches.
“Several parents also used the opportunity to register their children on the spot as members of the GCF, which will give them free access to the Chesskid.com website. Chesskid.com offers numerous chess lessons, unlimited chess puzzles and the opportunity to play safe, rapid online chess games with other children. The GCF also offers online chess classes and membership to the recently formed Chess Club which is held at School of the Nations every Saturday from 10am to 12 pm”, the release stated.
Females were also afforded the opportunity to register as members of the Guyana Women in Chess Committee. The entity is slated to initiate several activities which will increase the participation of females in the disciplines.
“Guyana’s top Junior and Senior chess players, male and female, will be at the Giftland Mall again this Saturday, October 1st from 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs. Patrons will be given the chance to play Blitz and Rapid games, learn the basics of chess, purchase chess sets and take part in chess related quizzes and games to earn prizes”, the release added.
