Pitamber and Joshi shine at the Midway Specialty Care Center National Under 14 tournament

Sachin Pitamber and Aditi Joshi both of Queen’s College excelled at the national under 14  championships held at Queen’s College last Saturday; 27th January. 

Pitamber secured 6.5 points out of a possible 7 total point to capture the top spot in the Open  division, while in the Girl’s division Aditi Joshi won all her games to earn an impressive 7 points to  take first place. 

Taking the second and third place respectively in the Under 14 open are the Zhang brothers,  Nicholas and Alexander also of Queen’s College.  

Winner of the Girls Under 12 Kataleya Sam, who advanced to the under 14 tournaments, held  her own to earn the second position, Saura Ruplall won the third spot, she was also medaled in  the under 12 girl’s tournament. 

The Guyana Chess Federation gave acknowledgements to the Best Open U12 Player Aquilani  Swaminadha and Best Girls U12 Player Kataleya Sam, Best Open U10 Player Vir Narine and Best  Girls U10 Player Saura Ruplall.  

The Tournament concluded with a short prize giving ceremony courtesy of Midway Specialty  Care Center, winners in each division received trophies and medals for their outstanding  performance. 

The Federation thanked the organizers and committee members for their invaluable efforts in  supervising the season of tournaments.  

The Guyana Chess Federation thanks the management of Queen’s College for providing the use  of the tournament venue. 

The GCF would also like to express thanks to the Midway Specialty Care Centre for their kind  support towards the development of junior chess in Guyana. The Federation looks forward to a  continued partnership in the future. 

For more information on upcoming tournament details please visit our website at www.  guyanachess.gy.