Taffin Khan
Taffin Khan is a Guyanese chess player of Indian descent. He has competed at the Guyana National Chess Championships and is the 2008 junior chess champion of Guyana. He has played matches with players such as Kriskal Persaud and Rashad Phoenixx Hussain.
| Taffin Khan | |
|---|---|
 Khan receives a chess award from Aneesa Maryam Hussain | |
| Country | Guyana |
| Born | 30 November 1992 Georgetown, Guyana |
| Title | Candidate Master (2018) |
| Peak rating | 1958 (July 2019) |
| Ranking | No. 83776 (October 2019) |
| Peak ranking | No. 83776 (October 2010) |
On January 9, 2009, Khan was honoured for his victory in the 2008 national chess championship at a prize giving ceremony at Ramphal House in which he received his trophy from the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport in Guyana, Frank Anthony. Khan has been described by noted Guyanese chess player and head of the Guyana Chess Federation, Errol Tiwari, as, "a person serious about his games, coming from a family of chess players and may have been the reason why he won 14 games and will be moving on to the senior level for the second tournament".[1]
References
- "Culture Ministry, Chess Federation succeed in development of chess". Guyana Government Information Agency. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2009.