Former chess player sponsors blitz tournament

Manager of the Texaco Bel Air Service Station Kumar Persaud, right, hands over the sponsorship cheque to president of the Guyana Chess Federation Shiv Nandalall.

The Texaco Bel Air Service Station yesterday partnered with the Guyana Chess Federation to be the exclusive sponsor of a One Day Rapid Chess Tournament that will be staged this Sunday at the West Demerara Secondary School.

In a simple presentation ceremony proprietor of the business Lalta Gainda, a former chess player who represented Queen’s College, yesterday, handed over the sponsorship cheque to president of the GCF, Shiv Nandalall.

Nandalall expressed the federation’s appreciation of  the business for its support in the development of