The curtain came down on the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) DeSinco National Under-12 Chess Championships with nine-year-old Aquilani Swaminadha winning the Open division and Kataleya Sam the girls U-12 division.
On Friday at School of the Nations with 25 children participating in the seven-round tournament, Swaminadha secured the title with 5.5 points.
Swaminadha defeated Jacob McDonald, Joseph Prendergast, Javier Davenand, Julian Mohabir and Arush Ramnarine, receiving half-a-point from his fifth-round match up against 11-year-old Nicholas Zhang which ended in a draw.