ICEE SOFT DRINKS SPONSORS GRAND PRIX II CHESS TOURNAMENT

ICEE Soft Drinks has once again thrown its support for the Grand Prix series of  chess tournaments, this time with a sponsorship of the Grand Prix 2 scheduled  for November 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 30th, 2025, at the School of the Nations.  

As a qualifying tournament for the upcoming Chess Olympiad, the Grand Prix  series is highly coveted, attracting top participation from chess enthusiasts.  Registration is expected to draw approximately 50 participants, including an  anticipated 20 players competing in the Women’s category. 

The eight–round Swiss System competition carries a time control of 90 minutes  with 30-second increments added to the clock after each move and will be  contested in the Open category by players such as National Junior Champion Kyle  Couchman, U-16 Champion CM Sachin Pitamber, Gilbert Williams, Alek Ubaldo 

Singh, Micaiah Enoe, and U-12 Champion Abel Fernandez. New comer FIDE  Master Rawle Allicock, has also thrown his hat in the ring, with the hopes of qualifying for the team.  

Competing in the Women’s category are the current 2025 Women’s champion  WCM Aditi Joshi, U-14 Girls Champion Emma John, U-12 Girls Champion  Kateleya Sam, and Former Women’s champion WCM Sasha Shariff, Treskole’  Archibald, Ciel Clement, to name a few. 

Cash prizes totalling $100,000 will be awarded to the top three finishers in each  category. The top eight boards of the open category and top four for the female  category will be live-streamed on lichess.org by John Lee, FIDE Arbiter and  Technical Director for the GCF. Full Results and pairings can be viewed on chess results.com . 

The GCF extends it sincere gratitude to its sponsor, I-CEE Soft Drinks, for its  continued support of chess in Guyana and the School of the Nations for providing  the venue.