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Dec 01, 2014 Sports
By Michael Benjamin
A tight battle for championship honours is envisaged when the curtains come down on the 2014 Umada Cup Chess Championships at the Sleep Inn Hotel, Brickdam, Stabroek, today.
Trinidadian, CM Esan Wiltshire, has taken over the lead on 6 points but the championship is very much open with CM Anthony Drayton and Maria Varona Thomas on 5 ½ and 4 ½ points respectively with two rounds remaining.
Chess has been referred to as a relaxing and competitive vocation but an additional trait, the mercurialness of the sport, was highlighted when action in the penultimate day of the Umada Cup 2014 Chess Championships continued yesterday morning.
When the session got underway, three players, Wiltshire , Drayton (Guy) and Jamaican, Andrew Mellace were bundled at 4 points apiece with Maria Varona Thomas sitting pretty with 4 ½ points.
The intenseness of the tournament was highlighted when the morning session was over; Drayton defeated Thomas to move up to 5 points while Mellace and Wiltshire defeated Frank Lo Kim Ling (Sur) and WIM Deborah Richards (Jam) respectively, for the former two players to start the final game also on 5 points.
In a tense game of classic moves and counter moves Wiltshire prevailed after Varona Thomas experienced time constraints. Afterwards, a relieved Wiltshire admitted that the game was extremely technical. He said that both players experienced some amount of difficulties because the range of perfect moves was limited. The Trinidadian said that it was important to assume a patient posture especially since the game was tight with limited moves. He further explained that Gonsalves was battling against the clock which made the situation more complicated for her. “It was then that I counter attacked and eventually prevailed,” he said. In the meantime, Drayton had to settle for a draw against Mellace.
In other results in the Challenger’s Cup, CM Ronuel Greenidge (Guy) defeated his countrymen, Trenton Bennett and David Khan; Khan also lost to Errol Tiwari (Guy); Loris Nathoo (Guy) defeated his countrymen, Rashad Hussein and David Khan; Haifeng Su (Guy) defeated his countryman, Kriskal Persaud but lost to Trinidadian, Mikel Martin; Wendell Meusa (Guy) outplayed Geryen Dos Ramos (Sur) and his countryman, Ronuel Greenidge; Jessica Clementson defeated Ishvar Ramlal (Sur) but lost to Joel Frijde (Sur); Keith Simpson (Guy) triumphed over his countryman, Davion Mars; Roberto Neto won from Glenford Cornette; WCM Deborah Richards (Jam) defeated Mikel Martin (T&T); Frank Lo Kim Ling (Sur) defeated Reyna Frijde (Sur) and Avikaar Malgie (Sur) prevailed over Trinidadian, CM Frank Sears.
Meanwhile, former National Junior and Senior Champion, Taffin Khan, continued to endure fluctuating fortunes in the Open Category and after 7 games has barely managed to accrue 1 ½ points. Yesterday, he lost to Malaku Lorne (Jam) but managed to register a draw against Darvi Ferreras (Dominican Republic).
The front runners in this department are Barbadian, Orlando Husbands (5½), Ryan Harper (5) and Trinidadian, Visnu Singh, on 4 points.
Today is the final day and the winner of the Open Category receives US$2,500, while the second place finisher will get US$1,500 with the third place receiving US$1,000. The winner of the Challenger Section receives US$1,500, with the runner-up and third place finishers taking home US$1,000 and US$750 respectively. In the case of a tie, the sum at stake will be equally divided.
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