Lee plays unbeaten to win chess competition

From left Ghansham Allijohn, Wavey Johnson, Saints New Champion Jayden Taylor and Invitational Champion Ethan Lee.

Marian Academy’s Ethan Lee manoeuvered undefeated through seven games to win the Guyana Chess Federation/Wendell Meusa Foundation/Saint Stanislaus College Open Scholastic competition Saturday at the school’s auditorium.

The 16-year-old, who recently obtained his FIDE ranking and sits fourth amongst the juniors countrywide, dispatched his schoolmate, Ricardo Ramlall, in the first round before going after Savir Gookul, Odit Rodriques, Mikhail Taylor, Ghansham Allijohn and Waveney Johnson in that order.

Taylor was the only one who posed a threat to the champion with a bishop up for some pawns but lost the exchange due to inaccurate calculations and a back rank mate threat.