Former junior champion Taffin Khan on Wednesday became Guyana’s youngest senior chess champion after he defeated Kriskal Persaud in a final playoff of the Neal and Massy/Seven Seas National Chess Championships held at Keishar’s Sports Club.
According to a press release from the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), Khan (1727) blazed through four games against Persaud to defeat the 2007/2008 champion after gathering 3.5 points.
The eighteen-year-old opened with a win in a
