{"id":20234,"date":"2024-06-06T16:47:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20234"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:47:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:47:29","slug":"fide-master-anthony-drayton-tops-national-open-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fide-master-anthony-drayton-tops-national-open-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDE Master Anthony Drayton Tops National Open Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Nakasia Logan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIDE Master Anthony Drayton showcased his exceptional chess skills in the Guyana Chess Federation\u2019s Ready Mix Concrete National Open Qualifier, securing his place in the upcoming national championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drayton finished the tournament with an impressive 6 points out of a possible 7 wins, leading the field of over 40 players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Close on his heels was Justino Da Silva, who also garnered 6 points but was edged out due to a tiebreaker, placing him second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberto Neto claimed the third spot with 5.5 points, despite missing the first round of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other notable performances included Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge, Keron Sandiford, Sachin Pitamber, and Loris Nathoo, each finishing with 5 points, securing the fourth through seventh places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle Couchman and Ethan Lee rounded out the top nine with 4.5 points each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These top nine players have earned the right to challenge the reigning champion, Candidate Master Taffin Khan, who successfully defended his title in 2023 against Loris Nathoo in a three-game playoff series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 National Open Chess Championship is set to commence on June 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The qualifier was held at the School of the Nations and overseen by FIDE Arbiters John Lee, Anand Raghunauth, and Irshad Mohamad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was sponsored by Ready Mix Concrete and the School of the Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This qualifying tournament also serves as preparation for players aiming to join the national team for the 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary later this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players will continue to accumulate points based on their performances in the upcoming Championship and Grand Prix 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan FIDE Master Anthony Drayton showcased his exceptional chess skills in the Guyana Chess Federation\u2019s Ready Mix Concrete National Open Qualifier, securing his place in the upcoming national&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20234","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\/20234","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=20234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20236,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20234\/revisions\/20236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}