Lee captures NFM-Palladins chess

The National Flour Mills sponsored Palladins Chess Club tournament came to a close with Cecil Lee winning the Seniors Division convincingly. He completed a comprehensive victory over Sean Perryman in the final contest of the day. Perryman, though the top junior among the seniors, was outwitted by Lee’s masterful play. Ravishan Singh followed Lee into second and Kishore Ramadhar was third while Desiree Derrick and Camille Chung were tied in the Senior Female Division. St Mary’s College student Aschille Clarke-Mendez rose above Mark Richards of Fatima and Alpacino Smith of St Monica’s to cop the Under-15 crown. Smith however distinguished himself and took the top spot in the Under-12 division.

Sinead Furlonge was jointly tied with Keron Cabralis behind Smith with  Prithvi Ramakrishna fourth. But Cabralis was not to be outdone and in the Under-8 division he kept Vandoff Smith and Marie Guisseppi at safe distance behind him in second and third respectively. Lyndy-Ann Guisseppi got the better of Sinead Furlonge leaving the latter in second place and taking the top junior female prize. Prasanna Ramakrishnan at five years was awarded a special prize for being the youngest competitor. He competed in the Under-8 division.