The 18th
Panamerican Youth Chess Festival, categories boys-girls and
girls, ages: u-8, u-10, u-12, u-14, u-16, u-18, and the
promotional u-6 tournament were held in Medellin, Columbia
from 1st July to 7th July 2007. Corrine Howard, Martyn
Del Castilho, Justin Blackman and Alex Jackman competed in
the tournament.
Thanks to IM Augusto Morán, of Equador for being the coach
of Barbados' Team. In U18 section Martyn Del Castilho,
had a sterling performance, the best by a Bajan so far with
6/9 score and was placed 5th. Martyn and Alex won the
CACDEC scholarship to compete in the upcoming World Youth
Championships in Turkey.
OFFICIAL WEB SITE.... Results:
U18...
U18 Girls...
U16...
U14...
FM Dr Philip Corbin (6/9), Justin Kirton
(5.5/9)
and Adrian Guppy (4.5/9) have outperformed their
original rankings at the 2007 Curacao Chess
Festival.
Results...
BOA National Championships
The1st Qualifier will
start on 3rd July 2007 and will be organised by Banks
Romulus Chess Club at Banks Sports Club, Wildey. The
schedule, results and standings are as follows: The last
round will be played at B.U.T. Shammel Howell wins the
ist qualifier.
Junior Nationals – U20
Venue: Harrison College;
Dates: 23 June 2007 to 28 June 2007; Martyn Del Castilho and
Alex Jackman tie for the for the championship with 5.5/6
each. The champion will be decided by play offs.
Results....
CAC
Zonal Chess Championships 2007
The Central America & Caribbean Zonal Chess Championship
which qualifies two players to the 2007 World Cup in
Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia, November 23rd
to December 16th 2007, began at 5:00 p.m. on 30th
May 2007 in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Dominican Republic.
Barbados National Champion Terry Farley is the only
representative from the English Speaking Caribbean at the
Zonal and he is also the first player from the English
Speaking Caribbean to qualify for the Zonal. The top two
seeds in the Men’s Section are Grandmasters Lenier Dominguez
and Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba.
Terry’s opening match will be against
International Master Bernal Gonzalez of Costa Rica.
To
get the latest on the Zonal please visit
http://www.ajedrezdominicano.com/
the web site for the Dominican Republic Chess
Federation and
http://www.fideamerica.com/index.php the Americas
Continent site.
U12 Junior Nationals
Omari Teka (5.5/6) retains U12
Junior National Champion Title in the Junior Nationals U12
section which was completed on 26 May 2007. A
record number of 55 youngsters competed in the tournament.
Alexander Weel, Damar Austin, Nicholas Blackman, Christopher
Gibson and Darius White are tied for 2 - 6 position with 5/6
score.
Standings.....
Ostos
Takes Digicel RBTT Heroes Day Masters Cup
A surprise last round draw by
FIDE Master Nelson Alvarado of the Dominican Republic over
English International Master Robert Bellin signed, sealed
and delivered the 2007 Digicel Heroes Day Masters Cup to
Venezuelan International Master Julio Ostos.
Ostos, who had earlier taken an
quick draw against the 2006 Digicel RBTT Heroes Cup winner,
International Master Augusto Moran of Ecuador, ended on 6 ˝
points, a score which guaranteed that he could not be over
taken.
The Venezuelan Master then had
to patiently wait on the outcome of the Bellin Alvarado
match which, if Alvarado could avoid losing, would denying
Bellin the opportunity to tie with him. As fate would have
it Alvarado drew, leaving Bellin on 6 points and 2nd
position.
National Champion Terry Farley
stumbled at the finish line, losing a tense hard fought
battle against FIDE Master Warren Elliott of Jamaica thus
allowing Moran, who is sponsored by Western Union to finish
3rd with 5 ˝ points. Farley ended with 5
points, sharing 4th spot with FIDE Master Delisle
Warner who pulled off a last round win against compatriot
FIDE Master Dr. Philip Corbin.
The Jamaican trio of FIDE Master
Warren Elliot, Shane Matthews and Jomo Pitterson finished 6th,
7th and 8th respectively on 4 ˝, 4 and
3 ˝ points. Dr. Philip Corbin, with 3 points, came 9th
and FIDE Master Nelson Alvarado took the cellar position
with 2 points. Report...
2007
Interschool Chess Championships::
The Interschool
Championships for primary school & secondary schools will
be
held at St. Leonards Boys' School from 10th March 2007.
The Lodge School will try to maintain their impeccable
results.
Registration....
Rules....
Chess glory for St Jude's
Published - The Nations News Paper - on:
4/5/07.
Coleridge & Parry and Lodge capture United Insurance Chess
titles
Web Posted - Mon Apr
02 2007
St. Jude's topples champs St. Gabriel's in chess showdown
Web
Posted - The Barbados Advocate - Mon Mar 26 2007
C&P poised to take United Under-15 chess Crown
Web Posted - The
Barbados Advocate - Wed Mar 21 2007
Lester Vaughan shocks Lodge in chess showdown
Web Posted - The
Barbados Advocate - Thu Mar 22 2007
Tertiary &
Secondary Premier Chess League
The 2007 Tertiary & Secondary
Premier League was played at Harrison College on 17th qnd 24th
of February, 2007. This
is a 3 Round, Round Robin Tournament. The Lodge School
Retains the tile for 2007. The Combermere is placed
second.
Details.... Games..
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