45th Chess Olympiad…
After suffering back-to-back losses in the opening two rounds, the Guyana Men’s and Women’s teams rebounded in fine fashion with victories in round 3 of the 45th Chess Olympiad currently being staged in Budapest, Hungary.
The Men’s team of Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan, FIDE Master (FM) Anthony Drayton, Sachin Pitamber and Keron Sandiford came up against regional neighbours Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and dispatched them 3.5 -0.5. Khan saw off Chinedu Ememchukwu while Drayton defeated Brian Cottie with Sandiford drawing against James Schneider. Pitamber meanwhile got a win against Oris Robinson.
