CHESS players, mainly regular Georgetown tournament participants, demonstrated their experience over the board and dominated the Banks DIH-sponsored Malta Supreme one-day Rapid Chess tournament in Linden last Sunday. However, Tafari Amadi was adjudged the Best Senior Player of Linden and Jamal Adams of Mackenzie High won the trophy for the Best Linden Junior. 22 players travelled to the mining town for the one-day event at the Linden Constabulary Hall in which 11 Lindeners participated.
Taffin Khan, National Senior Champion played undefeated and won the senior category outright. Georgetown players Maria Thomas and Glenford Corlette secured second and third respectively. Veteran player David Khan captured the fourth position.
Saeed Ali of Georgetown won the junior category with no losses but drew his matches with National Junior Champion Haifeng Su and second-place junior Raan Motilall.
Haifeng Su secured third, but dropped one game to Roberto Neto who copped fourth place.
Sheriffa Ali won the medal for the Best Female and Anthony Sugrim was the Best Under-13 player.
The points standings for the seniors in the seven round event read: Taffin Khan – seven points, Maria Thomas, Glenford Corlette and David Khan five points each with Tafari Amadi, Irshad Mohamad and Malcolm Archer on four points each.
Winslow Parris, Ulric Harmon, Benjamin McBean and lone female of Linden Ashanti Richmond accumulated three points apiece while Jaikeshan Takchandra and Ronald Reid followed with less.
Among the juniors the standings read: Saeed Ali – six points, Raan Motilall five and a half points, Haifeng Su and Roberto Neto five apiece; Trenton Bennett and Ron Motilall four and a half points each. Fifteen other junior players amassed four points each or under.