GUYANA has maintained their fifth place position after round 7 in the CARICOM Chess Classic tournament being played at the Pegasus Hotel and Suites in Kingston Georgetown.
Guyana has so far amassed 18.5 points out of a possible 28 after seven rounds, they won their last two contests handsomely against Dominica winning 3.5 to 0.5 points and the Guyana Junior squad.
In the sixth round, Candidate Master Taffin Khan, Kyle Couchman and Aditi Joshi took outright wins against their opponent with Ciel Clements taking a draw against Dominica Ayani Casimir. While in round 6 they outmatched their younger counterparts easily to take full points for the round.
Earlier, in the competition Guyana’s team also beat Cayman Islands and Suriname and drew with Barbados. The Guyana B team, with their lone outright loss to Jamaica, picked up a single point.
Guyana’s neighbours from the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago are topping the charts with two rounds to play with 24 points.
Second place is Jamaica with 24.5 followed by Suriname with 20.5 points and Barbados fourth with 19 points ahead of Guyana.
Guyana (B) team is 8th and their junior team is in 9th place in the 10 team table.
In the junior category Barbados Mileke Sinckler is first place after 6 rounds with his country mates Noah Clarke and Aaron Jaikarran second and third on 5 points each.
Guyana’s best player in the U16 group is Alexander Zhang in 7th place.