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Guyana National Qualifiers 2026 Open

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28 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Georgetown, Guyana. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1781, and top seed was Anthony Drayton (🇬🇾 GUY, FM, 1996).

Keron Sandiford (🇬🇾 GUY, 1808) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Anthony Drayton (6.5) and Kyle Couchman (6.0). Sandiford won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kishan Puran (1522) beat Ronuel Greenidge (CM, 1794), a +272-point gap.

Location
🇬🇾Georgetown, Guyana
Dates
28 Feb 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇾FMAnthony Drayton1996
Avg top 10
1,781
Participants
28
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇾Guyana×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Keron Sandiford led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Sandiford7Drayton6.5Couchman6Greenidge5Pitamber5Taylor5
R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

Keron Sandiford held the sole lead from R4 through R8 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Keron Sandiford beat FM Anthony Drayton (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Keron Sandiford 6 wins (R1–R6)FM Anthony Drayton 3 wins (R4–R6)Kyle Couchman 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Keron Sandiford*
1
0
1
2FMAnthony Drayton
0
*
1
½
3Kyle Couchman
1
0
*
½
4CMRonuel Greenidge
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sandiford, Keron1808GUY+9B+16N+2B+4N+6B+5N−3B+8B7.036.540.034.002091+49.6
2Drayton, AnthonyFM1996GUY+12N+13B−1N+17B+3N+18B=4N+5B6.534.538.028.501978+0.8
3Couchman, Kyle1938GUY+21B+11N+5B=6N−2B+8N+1N=4B6.037.040.028.501937+7.6
4Greenidge, RonuelCM1794GUY−14N+15B+7N−1B+12N+17B=2B=3N5.036.540.022.751768-2.4
5Taylor, Jaden1669GUY+19B+24N−3N+12B+13N−1B+11B−2N5.035.037.017.501757+15.4
6Pitamber, Sachin DhilanCM1906GUY+20B+17N+8B=3B−1NF+14N=10B5.032.532.520.251829-16.0
7Alexander, Rolex Antoine1551GUYF+26N−4B+25N=9B+20B=18N+11N5.024.025.014.001722+22.4
8Zhang, Alexander1628GUY+26B+25N−6N=14B+16N−3B+9B−1N4.532.033.013.001657+4.0
9Campbell, Leslie1523GUY−1N+28B+27N−13B=7N+16B−8N+22B4.527.527.59.501488-10.4
10Williams, Gilbert1664GUY+15N−14B−12N−24B+26N+19B+13N=6N4.526.527.515.001629-4.4
11Dunn, Prince1616GUY+22N−3B+14N−16B+24N+13B−5N−7B4.030.532.513.001522-32.4
12Zhang, Nicholas1548GUY−2B+23N+10B−5N−4B+25N=21B=15N4.030.532.512.501545-6.0
13Gopaul, Joshua1615GUY+23B−2N+24B+9N−5B−11N−10B+20N4.030.032.012.001541-13.8
14Puran, Kishan1522GUY+4B+10N−11B=8N−18B+24N−6B=21N4.029.531.515.251653+20.6
15Davenand, Javier Garin1412GUY−10B−4N=23B+27N+22B=21N=16N=12B4.025.526.010.001475+11.6
16Hussain, Rashad1585GUY+27B−1B=20N+11N−8B−9N=15B=17B3.530.531.09.751487-19.8
17Singh, Matthew1609GUY+28N−6B+25B−2N=21B−4N=20B=16N3.528.028.06.751531-14.8
18Neto, Roberto1787GUYFF+19B+20B+14N−2N=7BF3.522.022.013.001755-1.0
19Fernandez Ciria, Abel Ayden1432GUY−5N=27B−18N+23B−20N−10N+24B+26B3.521.522.05.75863-35.2
20Swaminadha, Aquilani1531GUY−6N+22B=16B−18N+19B−7N=17N−13B3.028.031.010.001482-23.2
21Chong, Kim Shing1532GUY−3NF+22BF=17N=15B=12N=14B3.025.525.510.751532-2.6
22FIDE 197038210—−11B−20N−21N+28B−15N+26B+25B−9N3.021.521.53.007220.0
23FIDE 197031710—−13N−12B=15N−19N−25B+28B+26N−24B2.520.520.53.0011790.0
24FIDE 197021830—F−5B−13N+10N−11B−14B−19N+23N2.030.032.57.0013130.0
25FIDE 197030400—F−8B−17N−7B+23N−12B−22N+28N2.022.522.52.507840.0
26FIDE 197033250—−8N−7B+28NF−10B−22N−23B−19N1.026.026.00.007680.0
27Kandavel, Tejasvarun0GUY−16N=19N−9B−15BFFFF0.515.515.51.751165-67.2
28FIDE 197039530—−17B−9N−26B−22NF−23NF−25B0.017.017.00.007650.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets