GUYANA’S men and women chess teams coming off the tournamnet rest day on Tuesday rebounded well securing a win and draw in round 7 yesterday in the ongoing International Chess Federation Chess Olympiad tournament being played in Budapest Hungary.

The men’s team consisting of Candidate Master Taffin Khan, Fide Master Anthony Drayton, Loris Nathoo and Sachin Pitamber tackled the men from Cote d’ lvoire and grabbed their third win of the competition.
Guyana had outright victories from FM Drayton who beat Simplice Gondo, while Nathoo got the better of Yoboue Manan and Pitamber defeated Yoann Assemien.
CM Taffin Khan Games went overtime before he secured a win.

Over on the distaff side it was a much tougher battle as the women played Equatorial Guinea and drew 2-2.
Treskole Archibald picked up the lone outright victory, while Ciel Clements lost her contest.
Sasha Shariff and Aditi Joshi had to settle for draws in their clashes.

Meanwhile, in round 6, on Sunday last, the men met Cayman Islands who they took a narrow 2.5 to 1.5 win over.
Pitamber secured a vital win against Malcom Powell but FM Drayton had a tough outing against lower ranked Candidate Master Christopher Young to lose his round 6 match-up.
The ladies tackled Bahamas in round 6, losing 3.5 to 0.5 points.

The only bright spot for the women in round 6 was that of rising star Aditi Joshi who again showcased a tactical and strategic game to earn a solid draw against Nelissa Thomas.
The women’s team is coached by Grandmaster Georg Mohr of Slovenia and the male team is coached by Guyanese player, Ronuel Greenidge.