{"id":14272,"date":"2023-11-28T13:53:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14272"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T13:53:40","slug":"taffin-khan-triumphs-in-national-open-chess-championship-qualifying-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/taffin-khan-triumphs-in-national-open-chess-championship-qualifying-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Taffin Khan Triumphs in National Open Chess Championship Qualifying Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Candidate Master Taffin Khan emerged victorious in the Ram &amp; McRae National Open Chess Championship Qualifying Tournament, showcasing flawless play over eight rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swiss System tournament took place over two weekends at the Guyana National Stadium pavilion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a strategic and intense competition, Taffin Khan secured his triumph by defeating Keron Sandiford in Round 7 and engaging in a four-hour battle with Loris Nathoo in Round 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final game saw Khan outshine Nathoo in the endgame with precise and decisive moves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the tournament, Khan also claimed victories against Isa Bremner, Errol Tiwari, Ethan Lee, Justino DaSilva, Roberto Neto, and Sachin Pitamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Securing second place was 20-year-old Ethan Lee, finishing with 7 points, while current National Junior Champion Keron Sandiford claimed the third position with 5.5 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Sandiford lost to Taffin Khan in Round 7 but rebounded with a victory against newcomer Alex Benjamin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fourth position was Gilbert Williams, also with 5.5 points, securing wins against Tremusa Marshall, Shivanand Nandalall, Asif Rahaman, Nicholas Sakoor, and Rolex Alexander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top ten players from this qualifying tournament will advance to the National Open Chess Championship, vying for the 2023 title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition witnessed the participation of 41 players, including 29 juniors and 9 female participants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament was sponsored by Ram and McRae in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the Grand Prix and National tournaments are scheduled to commence early next year, setting the stage for the selection of the Olympiad team in September 2024 in Hungary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidate Master Taffin Khan emerged victorious in the Ram &amp; McRae National Open Chess Championship Qualifying Tournament, showcasing flawless play over eight rounds. The Swiss System tournament took place over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14274,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14272\/revisions\/14274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}