GUYANA’S Olympiad Women Chess team finished 145th in the world after three wins and two draws, while the men clinched three wins to finish 174th overall after the 11 rounds of Swiss competition in Budapest Hungary.
The biennial chess championship featured a record-breaking 193 teams in the Open section and 181 squads in the Women’s competition playing on the back drop of the Hungarian capital in Budapest from September 10-23.

The women team made up of Jessica Callender, Sasha Shariff, Aditi Joshi, Ciel Clements and Treskole Archibald got their campaign off with a loss to Denmark 4-0 before also going down to Palestine 3-1.
They picked up their first victory against Grenada in a clean sweep 4-0, after which they drew against Guernsey.

They lost to Malta 3.5 to 0.5 and Bahamas by the same margin before drawing with Equatorial Guinea.
They next beat Vanuata before ending their campaign with losses to Mozambique, Liberia and Bermuda.

The men’s squad which featured the likes of Taffin Khan, Loris Nathoo, Fide Master Anthony Drayton, Sachin Pitamber and Keiron Sandiford also started with a loss to hosts Hungary and Jordan.
They then beat St Vincent and the Grenadines in round 3, after which they lost to Palestine and Jersey before picking up another win against Cayman Islands and Cote D’ivore 2.5 to 1.5 and 3-1 respectively.
The men also clashed with Puerto Rico, losing 2.5 to 1.5 before ending their campaign with losses to Afghanistan, Brunei Darussalam and Sierra Leone.

In addition, 14-year-olds Sachin Pitamber and Aditi Joshi, Veteran player, Loris Nathoo ended on an impressive score of 3.5 out of 8, earning the Candidate Master title as well.
The team was captained by CM Ronuel Greenidge, Grand Master Georg Mohr, and Nathoo served as head of delegation.

India took the gold after winning the men and women titles, USA also picked up silver in the men and bronze in the women category.