Former national champion Taffin Khan is among nine players who share the lead after Thursday’s first round of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) second Gaico tournament at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue.
Khan defeated former national junior champion Saeed Ali in their encounter.
The other players are Ronuel Greenidge who defeated GCF president Frankie Farley, Justino Da Silva who won from Steve Leung, Roberto Neto who stopped Jaden Taylor, Davion Mars who defeated Chino Chung, Errol Tiwari who got the better of Kenrick Braithwaite, Rai Sharma who defeated Uddhav Bhagwandeen, Adrian Roopnarine who defeated Glenford Corlette and Dane Grimmond who got the better of Jacob Nauth.
