Four qualify for Olympiad women’s team

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
The Gobin sisters, Samirah (left) and Suriyah, playing alongside each other at the Ladies Olympiad Chess Championship, which was conducted recently at the National Stadium, Providence. Samirah placed second in the Championship and qualified to represent Guyana at the 2020 Chess Olympiad in Russia. She is a Grade 10 student of the Al-Ghazali Islamic Academy School. Her sister Suriyah, is a first-year computer science student at the Government Technical Institute, Georgetown. (Photo by Bibi Gobin)
The Gobin sisters, Samirah (left) and Suriyah, playing alongside each other at the Ladies Olympiad Chess Championship, which was conducted recently at the National Stadium, Providence. Samirah placed second in the Championship and qualified to represent Guyana at the 2020 Chess Olympiad in Russia. She is a Grade 10 student of the Al-Ghazali Islamic Academy School. Her sister Suriyah, is a first-year computer science student at the Government Technical Institute, Georgetown. (Photo by Bibi Gobin)

The Women’s Olympiad qualifier has ended with four players identified to represent Guyana at the 2020 Chess Olympiad in Russia. 

Sasha Shariff won the playoff tournament, while Samirah Gobin, Sheriffa Ali and Yolander Persaud, respectively, placing behind her. Gobin is a newcomer to the Olympiad party as the other three were previous Olympiad representatives. For many who are knowledgeable in the local chess fraternity, Gobin was an inspired player and earned her second place in the line-up of Olympiad hopefuls. 

The proficiency of the women’s team is improved and it is geared to perform well at the Olympiad.