Queen’s College student Aditi Joshi, 14, supplemented her international FIDE rating by scoring the most points for Guyana at the recent 2024 Pan-Am Youth Chess Championship, in Florida, USA. Guyana dispatched an eight-member team, four boys and four girls, to participate in the nine-round tournament, which comprised 368 players from 28 chess federations.
Joshi accumulated 4.5 points from nine rounds facing some of the most accomplished Under-14 girls worldwide. She achieved three wins and three draws on her scorecard, drawing with Mexico’s Andrea Sanchez, the third ranked contestant in the Under-14 category. Joshi defeated the USA’s Tanya Prabhu and drew with Brazil’s Mariana Yassuda, both ELO higher ranked than herself.