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The Umada Cup

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Guyanese chess players are being given an opportunity to oppose some leading chess nations of the Caribbean owing to the hosting of the Umada Cup chess tournament locally. The Umada Cup is an organized FIDE competition under its President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and boasts a prize fund of US$16, 000. As of last Wednesday, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Suriname were already in place anticipating the start of the tournament which began Thursday at the Sleepin International Hotel, Brickdam.

Our local chess stalwarts, Drayton, Greenidge, Meusa, Feng, Thomas, Kriskal Persaud and Nathoo have been listed as participants in the competition. Selected members of the visiting teams have, at one time or another, represented their countries at the Chess Olympiads. New titles will be sought in the Umada Cup five-day competition which ends tomorrow.

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Appearing resplendent in their famous sports uniform is Jamaica’s chess contingent for the 2014 Umada Cup. National Master Andrew Mellace (2083) is concentrating deeply during a friendly game against Woman International Master Deborah Richards-Porter (2013) at the Regency Hotel on Hadfield St. At the centre of the photo taking an interest in the game is Candidate Master Ras Malaku Lorne (2084). The three Jamaican chess players arrived in Guyana on Wednesday for the celebrated Umada Cup which is being held locally for the first time.
Appearing resplendent in their famous sports uniform is Jamaica’s chess contingent for the 2014 Umada Cup. National Master Andrew Mellace (2083) is concentrating deeply during a friendly game against Woman International Master Deborah Richards-Porter (2013) at the Regency Hotel on Hadfield St. At the centre of the photo taking an interest in the game is Candidate Master Ras Malaku Lorne (2084). The three Jamaican chess players arrived in Guyana on Wednesday for the celebrated Umada Cup which is being held locally for the first time.


Two kids from Suriname, Alisha Jai Persaud, 11, and Ishvar Ramlal,12, and a male chess player from Barbados, Fide Master Martyn Del Castillo pause from a warm-up encounter to allow a photo to be taken on Wednesday afternoon at the Regency Hotel. The trio is here to participate in the Umada Cup five-day tournament. Del Castillo had emerged victorious in the 2011 version of the Umada Cup.

Two kids from Suriname, Alisha Jai Persaud, 11, and Ishvar Ramlal,12, and a male chess player from Barbados, Fide Master Martyn Del Castillo pause from a warm-up encounter to allow a photo to be taken on Wednesday afternoon at the Regency Hotel. The trio is here to participate in the Umada Cup five-day tournament. Del Castillo had emerged victorious in the 2011 version of the Umada Cup.

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