The New BCF Executive

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The New BCF Executive

The Annual General Meeting of the Barbados Chess Federation was held on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at the Coles Building on Bay Street, Bridgetown.

One of the main items on the agenda was the election of officers. There are four changes to the previous executive. Trevor Griffith has been elected as 1st Vice-President (Member Development) replacing Carol Ann Burke while Kelvin Daniel is the 2nd Vice-President (Tournaments). Justin Parsons and Sandra Blackman take on the new roles of 3rd Vice President of Marketing and Communications and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, respectively. Katrina Blackman is the new Treasurer, having replaced Rohansonn Waithe. However, the position of General Secretary remains to be filled.

The full executive for the 2022-24 period is:

President: Allan Herbert
1st Vice-President (Member Development): Trevor Griffith
2nd Vice-President (Tournaments): Kelvin Daniel
3rd Vice-President (Communications and Marketing): Justin Parsons
General Secretary – To Be Filled
Treasurer: Katrina Blackman
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer: Sandra Blackman

We wish to extend our gratitude to the previous executive members for their service to the between 2018-2022. The new Executive would like to thank the members of the Federation for its support and looks forward to working with the chess community over the next 2-3 years as we strive to further develop the sport.(BC

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Wilson upstages favourites to win VEXX Tournament

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Louis Wilson upset higher rated opponents to win the VEXX Tournament. (BCF Pictures)

Wilson upstages favourites to win VEXX Tournament

Teenager Louis Wilson upstaged more seasoned opponents to convincingly win the Barbados Chess Federation’s (BCF) VEXX Tournament.

The 17-year-old Wilson overcame the challenge of senior Barbados representatives Justin Parsons and Emar Edwards to comfortably take top spot when the five-day event ended on Wednesday night at the Coles Building on Bay Street, Bridgetown.

Wilson, the older brother of reigning ladies national champion, Hannah Wilson, finished with six and a half out of a maximum seven points, ending a point and half more than both Parsons and Edwards, who were part of Barbados’ team at the 44th FIDE Olympiad in Chennai, India in August.

A former national Under-16 champion, Wilson, who was seeded at No. 4, emerged as the favourite to win the event after defeating second seeded Parsons on Sunday night and third seeded Edwards the following night.  He duly took the top prize after beating veterans Othneil Harewood and Cyprian La Touche in the final two rounds.

Wilson’s quest for a 100 per cent winning record was denied when he had to settle for a draw in the third round against top seed, England-born Chris White, one of four new players entered in the tournament.

Both Parsons and Edwards finished with five points but Parsons took second place on account of winning the head to head clash in the third round.

Twelve-year-old Chanon Reifer-Belle, who won gold medals in the online rapid and blitz events at the Pan American Youth Championships earlier this year, placed fourth with four and a half points. Among her victories was an upset win against Parsons in the last round.

Harewood took fifth place on the tie-break ahead of La Touche and Alex Sargeant after all three players ended on four points.

The tournament, which was not open to players who finished in the top three spots at the National Championship and Ladies National Championship in April, attracted 16 players. Among the newcomers to BCF competitions was president of the Barbados Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation, Dr. Alfred Sparman.

The BCF will now turn its attention to the 2022 Annual General Meeting which is scheduled for Saturday at the Coles Building. (BCF)

Justin Parsons vs Othneil Harewood
Justin Parsons (left) placed second while Othneil Harewood was fifth.
Emar Edwards vs Cyprian La Touche
Third-placed Emar Edwards (right) battling sixth-placed Cyprian La Touche.

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Barbados Chess Federation receives Gift

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The Barbados Chess Federation (BCF)  recently received a donation of equipment from the Gift of Chess, a nonprofit organization based in New York, whose goal is to transform lives through the universal language of chess.

This organization distributes chess sets and chess training technology across four key social initiatives, those being educational, prison, global, and elderly outreach. It is active with chess federations, educational institutions, and non-governmental agencies especially in developing countries.

The Bajan leg of its global outreach of the body was represented by Marissa Broomes, a teacher based in New York, but born in Barbados. She made the equipment donation at her primary school alma matter Lawrence T Gay, where she gifted the equipment to former Barbados Chess federation president Rohan Waithe.

In their educational initiative, the Gift of chess has given chess sets to many schools all over the world from each New York city elementary school to schools in Lagos, Nigeria. They also donate a chess training application.  With the donation, its hoped that a club would spring up at the institution and that students would learn to apply some of the skills that they would pick up when they learn to play the game such critical thinking, planning, problem solving and time management.

With this donation it would be hoped that the BCF would seek initiatives especially at the community level to use this equipment.

The chess federation calendar ticks over this weekend with the hosting of the Margaret Prince Memorial rapid online event. This is a female only event for Caribbean territories in honor of Barbados’s first female national champion Margaret Prince.

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Wilson, Reifer-Belle share third prize in Margaret Prince Memorial Female Tournament

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Wilson, Reifer-Belle share third prize in Margaret Prince Memorial Female Tournament

Rising chess talents Hannah Wilson and Chanon Reifer-Belle shared third prize as Jamaican Rachel Miller took top honours in the second Margaret Prince Memorial Rapid Online Female Tournament over the weekend.

The 13-year-old Wilson, who was crowned as the youngest Barbados ladies national champion in April, and the 12-year-old Reifer-Belle, who won gold medals in the online rapid and blitz events at the Pan American Youth Championships earlier this year, both ended with five out of a maximum seven points in the two-day event that attracted regional participation

Miller, a Woman International Master who placed second behind fellow Jamaican Raehanna Brown in last year’s inaugural event, won the tournament with six points and clinched top spot with a decisive victory against Kaithlyn Tjong Tjin Joe of Suriname in the final round.

Tjong Tjin Joe started the last round as the front-runner on five and a half points, but Miller, who dropped a point when she did not contest the fourth round, prevailed to emerge as the champion.

Wilson lost to Miller in the third round and also went under to Reifer-Belle when the two Barbadians met in the fifth round. Reifer-Belle also lost to Miller in the sixth round and her other defeat was against Tjong Tjin Joe in the third round.

Samantha Aponte of Aruba also finished with five points to share the third prize with Wilson and Reifer-Belle.

The event, which was organised by the Women’s Chess Sub-Committee of the Barbados Chess Federation (BCF), attracted 24 players.

It was played in honour of Margaret Prince, Barbados’ first ever women’s chess champion who was one of the most vocal advocates for women’s chess and a founding member of the Barbados Ladies Chess Association.

The next event on the BCF’s calendar will be the VEXX Tournament, which starts on Saturday and will be played over five successive days at the Coles Building on Bay Street in Bridgetown. (BCF)

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