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Queens College sweeps Secondary School team chess championships.

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Queens College A teams clinched each of the three divisions to crown themselves as kings of the events.

The Secondary School team chess championship was played in three divisions, with players competing in the Under 13, Under 15 and Under 20 sections. Each team would have consisted of 5 players, with a player scoring 1 point for a win, a ½ point for a draw and 0 points for a lost. The team who scored the most points would be considered as the champions of that division.

SITTU Barbados Open Chess Championship Begins

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The 2026 edition of the SITTU Barbados Open chess event began on Wednesday night at the Barbados Beach Club Maxwell Coast Road in Christ Church.

The tournament is structured into four sections, with the top Section A being for players rated ELO 2100+, Section B for ELO 1700 – 2099, Section C for ELO 1400 – 1699 and Section D being for unrated or novice players. The players in Section A will play 9 games while the others will play 7.

Farley Leads Barbados – St. Kitts and Nevis Chess Event

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While English grandmaster Nigel Short, the Director for Chess Development in the world governing body of chess, FIDE was in Barbados on a courtesy visit, he took part in several chess playing activities. These included a simultaneous exhibition against several of Barbados’s top junior players, but also, he partook in a grandmaster blitz chess challenge tournament, where he played against nine of Barbados’s top ranked players.

Grandmaster Short win Blitz chess event

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While English grandmaster Nigel Short, the Director for Chess Development in the world governing body of chess, FIDE was in Barbados on a courtesy visit, he took part in several chess playing activities. These included a simultaneous exhibition against several of Barbados’s top junior players, but also, he partook in a grandmaster blitz chess challenge tournament, where he played against nine of Barbados’s top ranked players.