If one though that the individual success of Anthony Drayton and Ronuel Greenidge at this year’s chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway was about it for chess this year, one had better think again.
Greenidge and Drayton created a bit of chess history by becoming the first Guyanese players to become Candidate Masters.
Years ago Guyana’s Maurice Broomes was a National Master.
However, in a development that could probably usher in the resurgence of Guyana as a Caribbean chess powerhouse, president of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Irshad Mohamed said yesterday that Guyana will this year host the fifth annual Umada Cup tournament from November 27- December 1 at the SleepIn
