{"id":572,"date":"2014-12-14T20:26:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/?p=572"},"modified":"2014-12-14T20:26:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T20:26:57","slug":"boys-u18-championship-1st-ever-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/boys-u18-championship-1st-ever-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys&#8217; U18 Championship = 1st ever Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ml0ygl0c4wmx.i.optimole.com\/cb:b6Ef.53a\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Singh-v.-Ramdath.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1976543917  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-574\" src=\"https:\/\/ml0ygl0c4wmx.i.optimole.com\/cb:b6Ef.53a\/w:1024\/h:659\/q:mauto\/f:best\/http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Singh-v.-Ramdath.jpg\" alt=\"Singh v. Ramdath\" width=\"900\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml0ygl0c4wmx.i.optimole.com\/cb:b6Ef.53a\/w:1024\/h:659\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Singh-v.-Ramdath.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ml0ygl0c4wmx.i.optimole.com\/cb:b6Ef.53a\/w:600\/h:387\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Singh-v.-Ramdath.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ml0ygl0c4wmx.i.optimole.com\/cb:b6Ef.53a\/w:900\/h:580\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Singh-v.-Ramdath.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ml0ygl0c4wmx.i.optimole.com\/cb:b6Ef.53a\/w:300\/h:193\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Singh-v.-Ramdath.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the History of T&amp;T Junior Chess (and perhaps first time ever in T&amp;T), the national champion will be decided by a match.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Ramdath of Naparima College and Mahendra Singh of Presentation, Chaguanas, are fighting for the U18 title. Singh, brother of Open Scholarship winner and National Men&#8217;s Champion, Vishnu Singh, held Ramdath to two draws in the first two games. In game 1 Mahendra played a King&#8217;s Indian attack setup while in game 2 he played a Sicilian Dragon against Simon&#8217;s pawn to e4 opening. The two fighting draws, in which both sides missed chances under the pressure, set the stage for risky play in rounds 3 &amp; 4 of the 4 game match. Simon in particular will have to try for a win because under the rules of the tournament if the match ends in a\u00a0draw then the boys must play two 10-minute games to break the tie, followed by two 5-minute games if necessary. If the tie still can&#8217;t be broken then the younger player, Singh in this case, would become champion.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in again for more results in the boys U18.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that tomorrow Monday, Tuesday &amp; Wednesday of this week will be the age group championships (U8, U10, U12, U14 &amp; U16) at the auditorium of Presentation College, San Fernando.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in the History of T&amp;T Junior Chess (and perhaps first time ever in T&amp;T), the national champion will be decided by a match. Simon Ramdath of Naparima College and Mahendra Singh of<a class=\"sup-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/boys-u18-championship-1st-ever-match\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-age-group-championships-2015"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"editor1","author_link":"https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/author\/editor1\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/category\/tournaments-2015\/age-group-championships-2015\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Age Group Championships 2015<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"For the first time in the History of T&amp;T Junior Chess (and perhaps first time ever in T&amp;T), the national champion will be decided by a match. 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