I CAN MATCH GRAND MASTER CARLOS

Taty wants to be Hammers' knight in shining armour

- BY JASON MELLOR

TATY CASTELLANOS insists West Ham have not had their Premier League chips just yet.

And the chess-loving Argentina forward is ready to follow in the footsteps of compatriots Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to help the struggling Hammers pull-off an unlikely checkmate on their relegation rivals.

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South American duo Tevez (below) and Mascherano (right) played prominent roles in a successful battle against relegation 19 years ago.

Tevez's Old Trafford winner against Manchester United sealed a dramatic final-day escape to condemn Neil Warnock's Sheffield United to the Championship.