The single round swiss-system 2015 Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament ends this afternoon. For the selected few participants who accumulated the most number of points after five rounds, the ride was a bumpy one. Tournament favourite Anthony Drayton, Candidate Master, was soundly defeated for the first time by a local player since he participated in the 2014 Tromso chess Olympiad. Taffin Khan, a past national chess champion, was forced into accepting draws against his lower-rated opponents.
