Lam, Narine, Nathoo winners of MMG+ sponored chess tournaments

Loris Nathoo

Pooja Lam, Ricardo Narine, and Loris Nathoo emerged winners of the female, junior and senior divisions when the Guyana Chess Federation’s MMG+ sponsored Online Rapid tournaments concluded last weekend.

“The three tournaments, sponsored by Mobile Money Guyana Inc., commenced on Saturday [November 26th] with the ladies and girls then concluded on Sunday [November 27th] with the juniors (Under 20) and seniors,” a release from the federation stated.

The release added, “Players competed in seven (7) rounds of competition, each match with a time control of 15 minutes with two second increments (15mins + 2 secs), with the exception of the seniors who played matches of 10 minutes duration with two second increments (10 mins + 2 secs). The tournaments were hosted on the Tornelo.com platform, and were managed and supervised by FIDE arbiter John Lee.”