The fact that a Guyanese player, Kataleya Sam, was decorated with a bronze medal in the under-10 category at the recent 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Youth Chess Festival which was held in Trinidad and Tobago, speaks volumes for Guyana’s energetic chess development.
In local chess, the emphasis is centred on the youths. Added to Sam’s achievement of securing a medal, Queen’s College student Kyle Couchman defeated the winner of the under-14 tournament, Kael Samuel Bisnath of Trinidad and Tobago.
