Mr. Peter Dawson had obtained the FIDE Arbiter title
at the recently concluded FIDE congress in Turkey.
Barbados’'13
– 15' team captures top
spot in Miami
A contingent of Barbadian youth recently
returned from the 10th Annual Junior Ornage Bowl
International Chess Tournament held at the Embassy Suites
Hotel in Miami, Florida. Competing against juniors from
China, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, Russia and Trinidad and
Tobago and the USA.
Barbados won the 13 –15 Division with a total
of 15 points.
Report...
Standings...
Barbados is
being represented only for the second time in its history
at the
World Youth Chess championship, being played in
City of Antalya,
Turkey between the 17th and 29th November 2007
organised by
Turkish Chess Federation. The Championships
got under way on Sunday 18th November 2007 and comprise 1500
Chess players from 103 countries including Russia, United
States, Canada and India. The championships are divided into
under 8 years, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and
under 18 years old, it also has the same age categories for
girls only. Barbados is represented in the under 14
section by Alex “Wonder boy” Jackman of The Lester
Vaughan School, Justin Blackman of Queens College
in the under 16 section and Martyn Del Castilho of
The Lodge School, in the Under 18 section. Report 1...Report 2...Report 3 ...Round 4...Round 5...Round 6&7...Round 8...Final Report...
The team championship will be held at Harrison College on
17th and 24th November, 2007 at 4:00 PM. FA Kelvin
Daniel will be the chief Arbiter. there will be four
rounds on 17th and three on 24th. Four players and a
reserve make up a team. Registration fee is $40.00
per team. BCF membership fees should also be up to date and
paid.
Bridgetown
Chess Bonanza
will be held on
Saturday, 27th October 2007 at Jubilee Gardens, Bridgetown
from 9 AM to 4 PM. All, chess players and fans, are
invited to participate in a fun filled day of events.
Aceworx Steel Pan & Wind Ensemblewill
provide entertainment from 3 PM.PHOTOS...
FM Delisle Warner wins the
2007 National Championship after a tense play off against
Martyn Del Castilho. Having drawn the first two rounds
2-2 Mr. Warner wins the title in a Blitz play off.
SCL Rating
Invitational:
Dwayne Gilkes wins the SCL "Vex"
Tournament..
Nr.
Name
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
tot
1
Gilkes, Dwayne
1962
0
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
7.5
2
Herbert, Allan
1944
1
0
1
1
½
1
1
½
1
7
3
Harewood ,Othniel
1982
0
1
1
½
½
1
1
1
1
7
4
Jackman, Alex
1806
½
0
0
1
1
½
1
1
1
6
5
Daniel, Stephen
0
0
0
½
0
1
1
0
1
1
4.5
6
Hurley, Emmerson
0
0
½
½
0
0
1
1
0
1
4
7
Grant, Kirk
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
1
1
1
3.5
8
Headley, Daryl
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
½
2.5
9
Layne, Asabi
1821
0
½
0
0
0
1
0
0
½
2
10
Cox, Akeem
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
½
1
Visit by FIDE CACDEC Chairman to Guyana:
The FIDE CACDEC Chairman Mr.
Allan Herbert visited Guyana to meet with Minister of Sport,
Dr. Frank Anthony, the President of the Guyana Olympic
Association Mr. K. A. Juman-Yassin and members of the local
chess community. These meetings could not have been possible
without the excellent work of the Reds Perreira Sports
Foundation which coordinated the trip and the many meetings.
Read the
Report on the visit in pdf format by Mr. Allan
Herbert. Also you can read the Report with
photos on FIDE website.
The 2nd Qualifier was played at St Leonard's Boys school between 22nd August
2007 and 8th September 2007. Martyn Del Castilho wins the
2nd qualifier, FM Dr. Philip Corbin came second. The
other 3 qualifiers for the final are Justin Blackman,
Michael Barker and Clevston Ifill. These join 5 (Shammel
Howell, FM Delisle Warner, Robert Castlo, Kelvin Daniel and
Anthony Francis-Worrel) from first qualifier to compete in
the National Finals.
Sagicor open Junior Chess
Championships is being held from12th to 18th August 2007
with over 80 players at NUPW Headquarters, Barbados.
Due to the tropical storm conditions the tournament was played as
7
round Swiss system.Flyer...
RESULTS...GAMES...
CMMB Caribbean Chess Championships
are being held between 8th Aug & 11th Aug 2007 at Ambassador
Hotel, Trinidad. Visit the T&T Chess
Foundation and The Chess Drum web site for the details...
United Insurance Prize Giving Ceremony
Photos by Neilo
Mascoll
Click on the photos above for
Gallery from FIDE America site
Martyn Del Castilho and Shamel Howell are off to El Salvador
to compete in the Central American and Caribbean U20 chess
tournament being played from 31st July to 7th August 2007. Follow the action on the FIDE America Website...and
El Salvador Official Website...
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.
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.
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 ½
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 ½ 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 ½, 4 and
3 ½ 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....
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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