Wins for Khan and Varona-Thomas, Sixth Round Losses for Guyana

Wins by Taffin Khan and  Maria Varona-Thomas could not prevent Guyana’s men’s and women’s teams respectively, suffering sixth round losses by the same score, 2 ½ to  1 ½ points, yesterday at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Taffin Khan scored his second consecutive win in the tournament to improve his record to two wins, two losses and two draws. Playing the black pieces on board two, he defeated fellow Candidate Master (CM), Robert Zerafa of Malta.  Anthony Drayton on board