Mars outlasts Callender as perfect scores set up round four showdown

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday evening at the Atlantic Meeting Room, Pegasus Hotel, with another competitive night of chess producing movement in the standings and setting up a clash between the league’s two remaining perfect scorers.

The feature encounter on Board One saw Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Jessica Callender, playing the white pieces, face returning national player and mechanical engineer Davion Mars.

The game began relatively calmly before developing into a complicated middlegame with opportunities for both players. Deeper analysis of the encounter showed that Callender missed a critical continuation around move 14 which could have given her an advantage of approximately +1.