Barbados’ senior chess players showed that experience, skill and competitive spirit remain a winning combination Barbados recently crowned a new set of Scholastic chess champions when the 2026 National Scholastics chess championships were played in the Under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 categories at the Harrison College school and the Barbados Football Association headquarters.
When the 2026 edition of the VEXX chess tournament was completed last weekend at the Wildey Gymnasium Mileke Sinckler and Nia Inniss won the two respective sections of the event on tie-break. Sinckler won the Fide rated section, while Inniss won the novice section.
Ronaldo Rochester led the final group of three players into the 2026 Barbados National Open chess championships when he captured the FIDE rated section of the Dr. Philip Corbin Open chess event, the final qualifier for the said championship, when it was completed recently at the Barbados Football Association headquarters.
Barbados chess players reaped some glory when the 2026 Carifta chess championships were played via the hybrid system during the July 11- 12 weekend. A hybrid chess event is when […]
Barbados toasted several new champions recently as the 2026 National Youth Chess championships were completed at the St. Michael School. The championships are played from ages 8 to 18 with […]
Four local chess players are currently playing in the prestigious World Open chess event taking place in Washington DC, U.S.A.
The group comprises four players, seasoned national representatives Emar Edwards and Justin Parsons, along with promising junior Jeremiah Farley and his dad Jefferson Farley who has had some recent success by winning a few novice events.
The 2026 edition of the Barbados Primary Interschool Team chess championship comes off this Thursday and Friday at the Wildey Gymnasium starting at 9.00 a.m. each day.
Veteran FIDE master Dr. Philip Corbin and young Junior Corbin, unrelated, won the two sections of the 2026 I.M. Kevin Denny Open chess tournament when the event was completed at the Barbados Football Association headquarters over the last weekend.
After 4 rounds of the 7 in the 2026 Kevin Denny Open chess tournament, two juniors lead in each of the two sections of the event.
When the 2026 Heroes Chess event was completed last Sunday at the Grande Salle, Central Bank of Barbados, three new champions in each of the sections were crowned.