GUYANA’S female chess players were flawless on the opening day of the FIDE Online Olympiad with an undefeated run in their opening three rounds.
Guyana is represented by a team of six players with six reserves in Division Four, Pool E.
With Woman Fide Master, Maria Varona-Thomas unavailable for the opening rounds, Jessica Callender, Nellisha Johnson and Shazeeda Rahim took on their female

counterparts from the West African nation of Togo and Caribbean islands: Cayman Islands and Antigua and Barbuda.
All three girls gained walkover wins against Togo, while they defeated their opponents from the Caribbean.
The male team also performed admirably yesterday, with the captain of the side, Davion Mars, leading the charge with two points from his three games. Mars drew his first two games and won the third. Also on two points was junior player Ricardo Narine, who rebounded from an opening loss to win his second and third games.
Reigning national champion, Candidate Master Taffin Khan finished with 1 ½ points after he drew his first game, won his second and lost his third.
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FOURTH POSITION

After the first three rounds, Guyana sit fourth in the group.
Puerto Rico are first with 16.5 points, with Haiti second on 15.5 points, Trinidad and Tobago third on 15 points and Guyana fourth on 14.5 points.
Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Mauritania, The Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles and Togo are below Guyana on points.
Today Guyana will face national players from The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, St Lucia and T&T, while tomorrow, they will match skills against Netherlands Antilles, Haiti, Mauritania and Bermuda.