Guyana’s junior and senior chess champions are among the winners after the first round of the FIDE-World Chess Federation/Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Umada Cup which is being held here at the Sleep in International Hotel.
Local players dominated the challengers’ category with seven wins. Senior National Champion Wendell Meusa led the pack with the first win for Guyana, defeating his local opponent Neto Roberto. Su Haifeng, the National Junior Champion followed his lead, beating his local counterpart Davion Mars while Kriskal Persaud defeated Avikaar Malgie of Suriname. Keith Simpson beat Guyanese Anthony Drayton, Glenford Corlette defeated Aditi Soondarsingh of Trinidad and Tobago; Ronuel Greenidge defeated fellow Guyanese Rashad Hussain; and Maria Thomas defeated Calvin Finkie of Suriname.
The other local players competing in the challengers’ category:
