CANDIDATE Master Wendell Meusa played unbeaten to win the Trophy Stall FIDE Rapid one-day Chess tournament last Saturday at the National Resource Centre on Woolford Avenue.
Meusa, who is known as the strongest Blitz player in Guyana with rating points of 2047, showed no mercy on his opponents, with his toughest challenge against CM Anthony Drayton.

With his only loss being against Meusa, Drayton went on to secure the second place prize. Chino Chung took the final podium position with five points with losses against Drayton and Davion Mars.

The final point standings
CM Wendell Meusa – 7 points,
CM Anthony Drayton – 6 points,
Chino Chung – 5 points,
Junior Champion Saeed Ali – 4
Davion Mars – 4
WFM Maria Varona-Thomas – 4
Andre Jagnandan- 4 points
Joshua Gopaul – 4 points
Roberto Neto – 3.5 points
Nelisha Johnson – 3 points
Waveney Johnson – 3 points
Jayden Taylor – 3 points
Akili Theophil – 3 points
Sophia Singh – 3 points
Joshua Singh – 3 points
Rashad Hussain – 2.5 points
Isaiah Mcalman – 1 point