Hannah makes perfect start to FIDE World School Chess Championship
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National ladies national champion Hannah Wilson has made a perfect start to the FIDE World School Chess Championship in Panama.
Competing in the Girls’ Under-13 category, Wilson has reeled off five consecutive victories to emerge as the front-runner at the half-way stage of the competition.
Wilson, who is seeded at no. 6 among the 34 entrants in the section, scored her biggest win on Tuesday night when she defeated no. 3 seed Bello Montejo of Cuba.
After Wednesday’s rest day, the Queen’s College student will encounter another stern test in the sixth round when she comes up against top seed Omya Vidyarthi of the United States on Thursday.
Wilson, the only Barbadian at the championship, started the nine-round event last Saturday with victory over Rodriguez Herrera of Venezuela.
She defeated American Sadhana Arivoli in the second round on Sunday and sustained her winning ways in Monday’s double-header by overcoming Vera Guzman of Peru and Bayarsaikhan Khulan of Mongolia.
Wilson heads the table with a maximum five points, holding a one-point lead on five players – Khulan, Vidyarthi, Araya Mayorga of Costa Rica, Quispe Vizcarra of Peru and Gurvanbaatar Urangoo of Mongolia.
Following Thursday’s double-header, the event will conclude with the last two rounds on Friday and Saturday.
Wilson is going after another accolade at the international level after her success of last year when she won the gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Youth Festival and a silver at the Pan American Youth Festival.
She maintained her outstanding form by becoming the youngest Barbados ladies national champion at the age of 13 when she upstaged more seasoned opponents in this year’s Ladies National Championship in April.
The FIDE World School Chess Championship, is which being staged for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, has attracted 489 players from more than 30 countries. It is being contested in five age-groups – Under-17, Under-15, Under-13, Under-11 and Under-9. (BCF)
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Double delight as Reifer-Belle wins Pan Am Youth blitz gold medal
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Rising chess player Chanon Reifer-Belle is celebrating the capture of her second gold medal at the Pan American Youth Online Championship.
The 12-year-old Queen’s College student took top spot in the Under-14 Girls’ section of the blitz event last weekend, two weeks after winning gold in the rapid competition.
Reifer-Belle, competing in a merged division that included male opponents, finished with five and a half out of a maximum nine points in the fast-paced blitz format which is often regarded as the equivalent of cricket’s Twenty20.
It was Reifer-Belle’s third international medal in recent months, following her bronze in the Under-12 girls’ section in the Central American and Caribbean Youth Festival last November.
She finished off the weekend with a creditable performance in the Queens’ Online Festival, a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments organised by FIDE’S Commission for Women´s Chess in cooperation with its Events Commission.
Playing in the Under 1600 rated section, Reifer-Belle, who went into the event seeded at no. 52 out of 131 entrants, finished 20th with seven out of a maximum 11 points.
The other Barbadian competitor, newcomer Tahlia Scantlebury, earned four points.
In addition to Reifer-Belle, three other Barbadians participated in the blitz section of the Pan American Youth Online Championship.
Melvin Terence, competing in the Under-16 Open category that was merged with the Under-18s, ended with five points.
Jonathan Griffith, who was entered in the Under-10 Open section, collected four points, while Aaron Jaikaran, playing the Under-12 Open division that was merged with the Under-14s, gained three points. (BCF)
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Reifer-Belle wins Pan Am Youth rapid gold medal
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Promising chess talent Chanon Reifer-Belle kept Barbados’ flag flying high by winning a gold medal at the Pan American Youth Rapid Online Championship recently.
Reifer-Belle took top honours in the Under-14 Girls’ division in the two-day event that was contested on May 21 and 22.
Playing in a merged section that included competitors in the Under-18, Under-16 and Under-14 divisions, the 12-year-old Reifer-Belle finished with four and a half out of a maximum nine points.
It was Reifer-Belle’s second podium finish at an international competition in recent months following her bronze medal in the Under-12 girls’ section in the Central American and Caribbean Youth Festival last November.
She will now focus her attention to the fast paced blitz segment of the Pan American Youth Championship this weekend.
Six other Barbadians competed in the Rapid competition that attracted 54 participants.
Aaron Jaikaran, playing in the Under-12 Open division, also finished with a creditable four and a half points. In the same category, Ephraim Hope managed two points and Alexander Berry one and a half.
Newcomer Nathan Simmons-Patterson secured four points in the Under-10 section while Jonathan Griffith ended with three and a half.
Melvin Terrence, competing in the Under-16 Open division, finished with two and a half points. (BCF)
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