Trinidadians Ryan Harper and Esan Wiltshire are the champions of the fifth edition of the FIDE-World Chess Federation Umada Cup after winning the tournament on Monday to end five days of intense battle against a field of international chess players.
In the open category , Harper completed a three-peat by winning the tournament for a third successive time after finishing with eight points from nine games while his countryman Wiltshire finished with 7.5 to win his inaugural Umada Cup title. Following Harper was second place finisher Barbados’ Orlando Husbands with 6.5 points, Vishnu Singh (T&T) and Dominica’s Christopher Guzman who ended on five points each for the joint third place.
Wiltshire prevailed with 7.5 points in the challengers’ category, a section that can be viewed as the seesaw category where close competition saw the lead being shared among several players throughout the
