New Council lead by IA Rohan Waithe was installed at the AGM................  United Interschool Chess champions will be held on 7th, 14th, and 21st March 2009.................Opening ceremony will be held at the Lodge School on 4th March 2009 at 1:00 PM................................
 

Welcome to the home of the Barbados Chess Federation Inc. (The Federation), a non-profit organisation established for the promotion of chess in Barbados.  

List of Office Bearers 2009-10...    Calendar 2009...   Constitution... 

APRIL 2009 FIDE Ratings for Barbados, T&T and Jamaica..    BCF Ratings 2008 ...

The executive and members of the Barbados Chess Federation and the local sporting community would like to express our sympathy and deepest condolences to the Dawson family on the passing of their dad, Mr. Kenneth Dawson.  Mr. Kenneth Dawson made a great contribution to chess in producing two Barbados National Champions, his sons Peter and David Dawson. Peter Dawson also served on the BCF executive on several occasions, managed several junior and senior national chess teams and most recently served as President of the BCF. His granddaughters Shanice and Shantel Dawson are also keen chess players. 

The funeral service will take place on Saturday at 10:00 am at the Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church and the interment  at Westbury Cemetery.

May we find comfort in Jesus words “I am the resurrection and the life.”

Rohan Waithe, President, Barbados Chess Federation

HEROES DAY CUP Celebrating our Heroes in Chess Bridgetown Chess Centre, Barbados April 27th - May 3rd, 2009

The Digicel Masters and RBTT Candidates tournaments of 2009 were played at the Bridgetown Chess Centre, Bridge House.  This year's Digicel Masters section featured Grandmasters Ranier Buchmann from Germany,Alexander Shabalov from USA and Alonzo Zapata from Colombia.  The 'Masters'  was the 1^st Grandmaster Norm Tournament in Barbados and the English Speaking Caribbean.

GM Alexander Shabalov (left) from USA wins the Digicel Masters Championship &  Gilles Suez-Panama from Martinique wins the RBTT Candidates' Section of 2009 Heroes Day Cup.

Masters - Final Results...  Masters Games...

Candidates Cross Table...   Candidates Games...  Candidates - Final Results...

Details...  Players...   Playing Schedule...  Bus Schedule...  

Defending Champions The Lodge School will hosted the Opening Ceremony for 2009 United Insurance Secondary Schools Chess Championships on Wednesday February 4^th 2009 at 1:00 PM. The featured event of the ceremony was the United Insurance Chess Challenge, a simultaneous chess exhibition in which players from ten schools  challenged Barbados’ newest Candidate Masters  Martyn Del Castilho of UWI, Corinne Howard of Barbados Community College and Katrina Blackman of Coleridge & Parry School.  Report...

Mr. Toppin, Martyn DelCastilho, Corinne Howard, and KAtrina Blackman at the opening ceremony of 2009 United Interschool chess championships

The 2009 United Insurance Interschool Chess Championships, however, was be held at the St. Michael School and the playing schedule was: 

March   7^th      Round 1 - 9:00 a.m.     Round 2 - 1:00 p.m.

March 14^th      Round 3 - 9:00 a.m.     Round 4 - 1:00 p.m.

March 21^st      Round 5 - 9:00 a.m.     Round 6 - 1:00 p.m.

The Lodge School created history last week when they were crowned Overall Champions in the United Insurance Secondary Schools Chess Championships, taking their tally to seven consecutive Inter-School Titles.  Their Under-13 Team retained the United Insurance Under-13 Division Title.  Harrison College, while not winning any of the three Division titles at stake, took 2nd Position in the Overall Standings with 111 points.  The St. Michael School, who played hosts to this year’s championships, took the Overall 3rd place with 109 points and the Under-15 Division title.  Lester Vaughn, who suffered from not having an entry in the Under-13 Division, was placed 4th overall with 97 points and took the Under-20 Division title.

Registration Form....   Team Declaration Form...  Regulations....  Results U13...  U15... U20...

2009 BOA & CGI 1st Qualifier Bridgetown Chess Center RULES

The following persons qualified for candidate master title following their excellent show in the Dresden Olympiad.  Congratulations to all..

Candidate Master title:   

11100400                Del Castilho, Martyn

 Women Candidate Master title:

11100540                Blackman, Katrina

11100362                Howard, Corinne

38th Olympiad, Dresden: 

The Women's team of Barbados performed way above par compared to the pretournament ranking at the just concluded 38th Chess Olympiad, in Germany.  The Men's team just managed to be on par with their pretournament ranking. 

Final Results Open ...  Final Results Women ... Open Section Standings ...  Women Standings ...

Barbados Open ...  Jamaica Open ... T&T Open ...  Barbados Women ...  T&T Women ...

Back Row - Mr. Dirk Austin (Women Team Coach), Mrs. Beverley Howell-Mayers (Manager), Mr. Shamel Howell (UWI), International Master Jose Vilela De Acuna (Men Team Coach), FIDE Master Delisle Warner, Mr. Kelvin Daniel, Mr. Martyn Del Castilho (UWI, FIDE Master Dr. Philip, International Arbiter Rohan Waithe, Mr. Peter Dawson (BCF President)

Front Row - Miss. Katrina Blackman (Coleridge & Parry), Mrs. Juanita Garnett, Miss. Corrine Howard (Barbados Community College), Miss. Rashida Corbin (National Woman Champion), Miss. Cheri-Ann Parris (UWI)

The Barbados Contingent for the 38th World Chess Olympiad departed from Grantley Adams Airport today on British Airways for Dresden, Germany.  Based on teams registered, Dresden will not only be a reform Olympiad, due to the many new regulations introduced, but also a record-breaking Olympiad, beating Turin 2006 with 154 teams in the Men's Section and 116 teams in the Women’s section.  Barbados will be fielding a full contingent of both Men's and Women's Teams for only the third time since its debut on the world stage in 1986 at Dubai and has drawn considerably on its up-and-coming junior players, which comprise 50% of the team membership.  Also accompanying the Barbados Contingent is International Arbiter Rohan Waithe who is one of only ten Arbiters drawn from the Americas Continent to officiate as a Match Arbiter at Dresden.

Viswanathan Anand, 2008 World Chess Champion	Alexander Kosteniuk,2008 Women's World Champion
The World Chess Championship is being be held from October 14 to November 02, 2008 in Bonn, Germany.   grandmaster Viswanathan Anand  wins the World Chess Championship match with GM Vladimir Kramnik after 11 games (6.5-4.5)

BOA National Championships:

The Barbados National Championships were held between the 6th and 29th September 2008.  IM Kevin Denny is the 2008-9 CGI/BOA Barbados Nationals Champion.  Rashida Corbin is the 2008-9 CGI BOA Barbados Ladies Champion.

The CGI/BOA Ladies Nationals are being played from Monday 8th September, 2008 from 6:30 PM. GAMES...

SCL Vexx Tournament ...  GAMES...

Margaret Prince, five times Barbados Women’s Chess Champion and “Go As You Please” Barbados Women’s Draughts Champion, passed away on Friday August 15th 2008 at the young age of 57.

Tribute to Margaret Prince...   Achievements of Margaret Prince...  E-Mail Messages...

Justin Blackman of Barbados  and Tjong Tjin-Joe Calvin of Suriname win the Open Section and U12 Section respectively

The 2008 Sagicor Open Junior Chess Championships were held between 12th and 15th August 2008 at NUPW Headquarters, Barbados.  

Del Castilho, formerly of The Lodge School, tops the English Speaking Caribbean Junior rankings with a FIDE rating of 2195 and started as the favourite having won the Sagicor Open Junior in 2004, 2005 and 2006.  However Justin Blackman of Queens College wins the champioship on tie break.

Open Section Standings...     Under 12 Standings...

2008 Sagicor Open Flyer ...   Previous Winners...

Press Release 14th Aug...   Press Release 15th Aug...   Press Release 16th Aug...

Del Castilho and Blackman lead Sagicor Open Web Posted Advocate - Fri Aug 15 2008

Two Bajans yet to lose Published in Nation News on: 8/15/08.

Del Castilho, Blackman open with easy wins Web Posted Advocate- Thu Aug 14 2008

Del Castilho going for historic fourth Sagicor Junior Chess title Published in Advocate - 8/12/08

Del Castilho favoured to win Sagicor Published in Nation News on: 8/12/08.

Caribbean Chess Carnival was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 6th to 11th August, 2008.  Details...

2008 CAC U20

Martyn Del Castilho finishes on a high to retain his 5th rank with 5.5/9 score by defeating the second seeded Marcia Murillo Bryan (2328) of Ecuador in the Central American and Caribbean U20 Championships held in Venezuela from 23rd to 29th July, 2008.    Results...

Chess Olympiad

The Barbados Chess Federation (B.C.F.) wishes to announce the Barbados Chess Teams to represent Barbados at the 2008 Chess Olympiad being staged in Dresden Germany between the 12^th and 25^th November 2008.

The Management Team will comprise Mr. Peter Dawson (FIDE Arbiter), Ms. Beverley Howell-Mayers, Mr. Dirk Austin and Coach – International Master (I.M.) Jose Vilela.  International Arbiter Mr. Rohan Waithe will be an Arbiter at the Olympiad.  Mr. Allan Herbert (CACDEC Chairman) will attend the FIDE congress 

BOA National Championships:

The 2nd Qualifier was played at the Harrison College from 5th July to 19th July 2008.    IM Kevin Denny wins the second qualifier.  FM Delisle Warner, Roberto Castilho, Shamel Howell, and Othneil Harewood qualify for the finals.

XIX Pan-American Youth Chess Championships

Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina

 June 29^th - July 6^th 2008

Peru, with six Gold, three Silver and three Bronze medals, were crowned Pan-American Youth Champions when the curtains came down at the XIX Pan-American Youth Chess Championships played in Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina.

For the English Speaking Caribbean Justin Blackman of Barbados and Javanna Smith of Trinidad and Tobago ended with wins against Edgar Ceron of Colombia and Gabriela Lima Gainzarain of Uruguay respectively.  Blackman, seeded 30^th in the Boys Under-18, finished 31^st with 4 points and based on the ratings of the players he played should earn 5 FIDE rating points. Smith, who is unrated and seeded 34^th in the Girls Under-12, placed 22^nd with 4 ½ points. Unfortunately, having only played 3 FIDE Rated players, she will need to wait a while longer to qualify for her FIDE rating.  Details...

Olympic Day 2008 will be celebrated on Sunday, 29 June, 2008 at Police Sports Club, Weymouth, Roebuck Street, St. Michael from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Thirty (30) members, including family and friends, are needed to register to participate in the day's activities.  The team should include 10 females and 10 juniors (under 13).  This number will start us off with 10 points! Participants would be given a t-shirt and are asked to make a $5.00 contribution towards lunch. 
 
Come enjoy a fun-filled day!  Lots of prizes to be won! Contact Ms. Hetty Wilson via email at rad_ran@hotmail.com or Mr. Rohan Waithe at rohanwaithe@hotmail.com for further details

Subzonal 2.3.5 men

Martyn Del Castilho and Justin Blackman are competing in the subzonal which is being played at Meridan, Venezuela.

RESULTS...

2008 Junior Nationals (U20)

Under 20 Junior Nationals - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 June 2008 at Harrison College.  The U20 championship will be decided by playoff in view of the 4 way tie between Alex Jackman, Akeem Cox, Corrine Howard, and Wendell Meusa

The 2008 Junior Nationals will be played at Harrison college. Registration can be done by downloading the form and forwarding it to Ms. Hetty Wilson via email at rad_ran@hotmail.com or Mr. Rohan Waithe at rohanwaithe@hotmail.com.  Late Registration closes 30 minutes before the scheduled start of first round.  Default time is 30 minutes after the scheduled start.  Fees: Barbados Chess Federation membership fee of $10.00 and registration fee of $10.00.  Click Here for the schedule..  Jr Nationals Results...  Results U20 ...

Overall Champions: The Lodge School.

The Barbados Chess Federation Inc. is inviting you to attend the United Insurance Inter-School Team Chess Championships Prize-Giving Ceremony at the L.V. Harcourt Lewis Training Centre, Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Ltd, Belmont Road, St. Michael on Sunday, 22 June 2008 at 4:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker will be the Honourable Ronald Jones, Minister of Education. 

All players are kindly asked to attend in full school uniform and to be seated no later than 3.30 p.m.

2008 Junior Nationals (U10 & U12)

The Junior Nationals (U10 & U12) was played on 17th and 24th May 2008.  Asha Chadderton wins the U10 section and Rohansonn Waithe wins the U12 section.   RESULTS U10 ...   RESULTS U12...

HEROES DAY CUP

Celebrating our Heroes in Chess

Bridgetown, Barbados April 26^th - May 1^st, 2008

Robert Chase, Marketing Manager of Digicel sponsors for the Heroes Day Cup Masters Section  making the Ceremonial 1^st Move for Digicel RBTT Heroes Day Cup opening match between Grandmasters Keith Arkel, England,  and Julio Becerra, USA.

Grandmaster Julio Becerra of the USA brought the curtains down on the 2008 Digicel RBTT Heroes Day Cup with a commanding performance,  "washing off" Barbados National Champion FIDE Master Delisle Warner and Swedish FIDE Master Bengt Hammar, to finish unbeaten on 8.5 points and take the 2008 Digicel Masters Cup.  Becerra, who is originally from Cuba, was clearly in a class of his own and his display over the last week will certainly provide much material for local coaches to use with their charges.

Second in the Digicel Masters goes to English Grandmaster Keith Arkell who ended on 7.5 points. Arkell, from whose table most of the tournament's hardest and longest fought matches originated, ended his Heroes Day Cup with wins against two of Barbados' finest FIDE Master Dr. Philip Corbin and National Champion Delisle Warner.

STANDINGS DIGICEL MASTERS....  CROSS TABLE DIGICEL MASTERS...

American wins Digicel Masters Cup.. Published in the Nation News Paper on: 5/4/08

Uribe inches closer to title.. Published in the Nation News Paper on: 5/2/08.

Othneil Harewood (right) 2008 RBTT Heroes Day Candidate Cup Winners receiving his prize cheque from Barbados Chess Federation President Peter Dawson

Othneil Harewood tops the RBTT Candidates Standing with 7 ½ points followed, on the better tie break score, by top local Junior and Lester Vaughn student Alex Jackman on  6 ½ points. Faulks finished the tournament as the top placed overseas participant with 6 ½ points and 3^rd place, thanks to a final round win against former Barbados Under-20 Champion Wendell Muesa.

STANDINGS RBTT CANDIDATES...  CROSS TABLE RBTT CANDIDATES...

2008 Junior Nationals (U14 & U 16)

Daryl Headley of Coleridge & Parry (CP) is the Barbados under 16 champion and Katrina Blackman of CP is top placed girl in the championship, 3rd place overall.

Lawerence Depradine of The Lodge School is the new Barbados Under 14 Champion and Mia Mascoll of Harrison College the top placed girl in the Championships, 4^th place overall. 

The 2008 Junior Nationals will be played at Harrison college. Registration can be done by downloading the form and forwarding it to Ms. Hetty Wilson via email at rad_ran@hotmail.com or Mr. Rohan Waithe at rohanwaithe@hotmail.com.  Late Registration closes 30 minutes before the scheduled start of first round.  Default time is 30 minutes after the scheduled start.  Fees: Barbados Chess Federation membership fee of $10.00 and registration fee of $10.00.  Click Here for the schedule..  Registration Form...  Results...

The Barbados Chess Federation Inc. has successfully completed the 2008 United Insurance Inter-School Team Chess Championship.  This tournament was played on March 1^st, 8^th, 15^th at the Harrison College. The Lodge School A-TEAM completed yet another clean sweep by winning all the three divisions in secondary school section.  St. Judes team emerged victorius in the primary school section. Details ...

FM Warner, IM Denny, GM Maurice Ashley, FM Farley, and  FM Dr Corbin

GM Maurice Ashley,  first African American to earn an International Grandmaster Chess title, visited Barbados during February 2008.  On 19th February, 2008 at 7 PM he delivered an inspiring oration at LV Harcourt Lewis Training Centre, Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Ltd., Belmont Road, St. Michael.

** Be Inspired! The Road to the “Grandmastership”! **

On 20th February, 2008, at 1:00 PM, GM Ashley played simultaneous Exhibition at the Lodge School against 27 students from the secondary schools which participate regularly at the United Insurance Inter-School Chess Championships.  This match  signaled  the start of the 2008 United Inter-School tournament.  The Occasion was graced by the Honourable Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo, Minister of Family, Youth Affairs, Sports, Barbados, Mr. Erskine King, Director Sports Council and Mr Andy Toppin, Director United Insurance.  PHOTO GALLERY...

Chessgames Biography of GM Ashley

BOA National Championships: The First Qualifier for 2008 will start on 2nd February at 4 PM at Harrison College.  Registration Form ... The chief Arbiter is FA Kelvin Daniel & the assistant arbiter is Mr. Dirk Austin. 

Check out the latest (JAN 2008) FIDE Ratings for Barbados, T&T and Jamaica.. The Barbados FIDE rated list touches 30 mark thanks to the various rating tournaments organised by BCF and Heroes Day cup organisers.  IA Rohan Waithe needs to be commended for his active role.

 Mr. Peter Dawson had obtained the FIDE Arbiter title at the recently concluded FIDE congress in Turkey.