Chess federation to stage three online tournaments this weekend
The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is scheduled to conduct three online tournaments from November 27th-28th compliments of Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) Incorporated.
This was disclosed by an official release from the GCF.
According to the correspondence, the first event will commence Saturday at 13:00hrs and will be MMG+ Online Rapid Female Tournament. On Sunday, the federation will stage the MMG+ Online junior and senior Rapid Championships from 13:00hrs.
“The junior tournament will be open to all chess players under the age of 20. Time controls for the female and junior tournaments are 15 minutes with two second increments (15 mins + 2 secs), while the senior tournament is 10 minutes with two second increments (10mins + 2 secs). Each tournament will be 7 rounds with prizes awarded for the top three finishers,” the release stated.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each competition. The winner will pocket $10,000 while the runner-up and third place finisher will receive $8,000 and $7,000 respectively.
According to the correspondence, the resulting prizes will be sent directly to the winners’ MMG+ wallets, adding that the event will be hosted on the Tornelo.com platform, with FIDE arbiters John Lee and Irshad Mohamad supervising the respective tournaments.
“The cash will be delivered to the winner’s MMG+ wallet. The tournaments will be hosted on the Tornelo.com platform with National FIDE arbiters John Lee and Irshad Mohamad managing board pairings and supervising games. Players interested
in competing are invited to register on guyanachess.org. The federation has been working with MMG+ for some years and is pleased to have them come on board as a sponsor for this weekend’s events. We would also encourage everyone to sign up for the MMG+ Service. MMG+ allows you to buy, shop, top up, send money, and pay bills through your MMG+ account or a conveniently located agent near you.”
Additional information on the event can be acquired from the trio of Marcia Lee (609-4116), Anand Raghunauth (6818771) and Mohamed (664-1650)