THE National Under-12 Chess Championships, sponsored by DeSinco Trading Limited, is set to return on January 28, at the School of the Nations.

According to a release from the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), players will participate in a seven-round tournament with games limited to 20 minutes with five additional seconds per move.

This tournament is open to all chess players under the age of 12 at the beginning of 2023 and the first round is scheduled to start at 09:00hrs.

The previous tournament was staged on tornelo.com, an online chess platform and 45 players competed for the title with Alexander Zhang winning the Open Category and Kristin Xavier winning in the Girl’s category.

Interested players can register through guyanachess.org as registration is free for GCF members but it can be done online.

The GCF advised that children who are not registered with the Federation and still wish to compete can pay a fee of $2000 via MMG.

Deadline for registration for the tournament is 18:00hrs on January 27.

The top three finishers in the Open Division and Girls Division respectively will receive prizes which will also be awarded for the best Under-10 boy and girl and the best Under-8 boy and girl at the end of seven matches.

Anticipation is high for amazing games from players like Nicholas Zhang, Aquilani Swaminadha and the Mohabir brothers, Julian and Landon.

Kataleya Sam, Chelsea Harrison, Skyler Gurchuran and Saudia Deo among others, are also set to compete in the Girl’s Category.