After four rounds, Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge is leading the Malta Supreme Grand Prix 4 Open Chess tournament being staged at the David Rose Special School, Thomas Lands.
The Malta Supreme-sponsored tournament which got underway last weekend, is catering for competition in the Open division category, with participation from ten males and six female players, twelve of whom are junior players.
The games are being played according to the time control Swiss format with 90 minutes for each player with an additional 30 seconds after every move. The final four rounds will continue today and tomorrow with monetary prizes for the top three players totaling $35,000 which will be awarded after the competition.
CM Ronuel Greenidge leads the standings with 3.5 points with Ethan Lee for company with the same amount of points. They are followed by Sachin Pitamber and Loris Nathoo with 3 points each. Holding the fifth position, and leading the girls with 2.5 points is Aditi Joshi, the reigning National Under-14 female champion. Twelve-year-old Nicholas Zang is also on 2.5 points. Kishan Puran, Alexander Zang, Maliha Rajkumar, Alek Ubaldo-Singh, and newcomer Prince Dunn each hold 2 points.
The Grand Prix series is part of the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) qualification system for the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, which will be hosted in September later this year.
