2025 VEXX chess tournament begins with heated action

After two rounds of the 2025 VEXX chess tournament being held at the Christie Building, Barbados Light and Power company, Garrison, St. Michael, a group of leaders have emerged in both the Rated and Novice sections of the event.

In the Rated section, three players share the lead with two victories from their matches so far. These are three top rated seeds Savion Little, Amari Blackett and Aaron Jaikaran. In the last round, Savion defeated the veteran Cyprian La Touche, Jaikaran won with the black pieces from Charis Stuart and Blackett won from Alfred Sparman.

The important matches next round will see Jaikaran with the white pieces against Little, while Springer will battle against Blackett.

Leshay Springer sits in sole 4th position with 1 ½ points . She won a nice game in round two against Aidan Singh to lie close to the three leaders. Other results in the round saw victories for Janiyah Browne, Jacob Benjamin – Layson and Chaz Reifer-Belle.

In the Novice section, Ethan Clement-John and Dominic Cadogan share the lead with two points each. Cadogan defeated Lukas Coppin, while Clement-John won against Naja Howard . Other victors in the round were Evan Nascimento and Maximus Gonsalves. The two leaders will clash in the third round.