Guyana National Championship 2025
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Georgetown, Guyana. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1742, and top seed was Taffin Khan (🇬🇾 GUY, CM, 2004).
Taffin Khan (🇬🇾 GUY, CM, 2004) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Kyle Couchman (6.5) and Sachin Dhilan Pitamber (5.5). Khan won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Alexander Zhang (1613) beat Ricardo Narine (1732), a +119-point gap.
Location
🇬🇾Georgetown, Guyana
Dates
24 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 4
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇾Guyana×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCM Taffin Khan led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
4
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD
CM Taffin Khan held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.
R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Taffin Khan beat Kyle Couchman (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
CM Taffin Khan 5 wins (R1–R5)Kyle Couchman 5 wins (R1–R6)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇾CMKhan, Taffin | 2004 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.0 | 25.25 | 30.0 | +6.8 | 2050 |
| 2 | 🇬🇾Couchman, Kyle | 1870 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.5 | 20.75 | 30.5 | +42.4 | 1978 |
| 3 | 🇬🇾CMPitamber, Sachin Dhilan | 1759 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | — | 1 | 5.5 | 19.75 | 31.5 | +57.6 | 1897 |
| 4 | 🇬🇾Zhang, Alexander | 1613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 9.25 | 32.0 | +84.4 | 1800 |
| 5 | 🇬🇾Sandiford, Keron | 1719 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | — | 4.0 | 13.50 | 33.0 | +4.8 | 1746 |
| 6 | 🇬🇾CMGreenidge, Ronuel | 1823 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | — | 3.5 | 8.50 | 33.5 | -28.4 | 1690 |
| 7 | 🇬🇾WCMJoshi, Aditi Narayan | 1717 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | — | 3.0 | 8.75 | 34.0 | -28.0 | 1660 |
| 8 | 🇬🇾Alexander, Rolex Antoine | 1576 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | — | 2.0 | 5.25 | 35.0 | -8.0 | 1568 |
| 9 | 🇬🇾Gopaul, Joshua | 1611 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | — | 0.5 | 1.50 | 36.5 | -35.0 | 1338 |
| 10 | 🇬🇾Narine, Ricardo | 1732 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 37.0 | -22.4 | 886 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhang, AlexanderGUY+84.45.0 pts · #4
- 2Pitamber, Sachin DhilanCMGUY+57.65.5 pts · #3
- 3Couchman, KyleGUY+42.46.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Gopaul, JoshuaGUY-35.00.5 pts · #9
- 2Greenidge, RonuelCMGUY-28.43.5 pts · #6
- 3Joshi, Aditi NarayanWCMGUY-28.03.0 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R1+119 Elo gap
- R3+104 Elo gap