Joshi, Pitamber headlines chess teams for IGG

The Guyanese junior chess teams pose for a photo with Minister of
Culture, Youth & Sport Charles Ramson Jr. prior to their departure.
The Guyanese junior chess teams pose for a photo with Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport Charles Ramson Jr. prior to their departure.

The Guyana Chess Federation’s junior teams departed for French Guiana yesterday, accompanied by the other sports disciplines, to compete in the 2024 edition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) from October 24 to 26.

The junior female team is formidable and comprises newly minted Women’s Candidate Master (WCM) Aditi Joshi, Ciel Clement, Kaija Clement, and Italy Ton-Chung. Meanwhile, the male team is equally solid and is made up of Candidate Master (CM) Sachin Pitamber, Alexander Zhang, and Omar Shariff.