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Barbados register big wins on second day of Chess Olympiad

July 29, 2022/0 Comments/in Olympiad, Tournaments/by BCF

Barbados register big wins on second day of Chess Olympiad

Barbados’ Open and Women’s teams bounced back from first round defeats to register crushing victories on the second day of the 44^th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India on Saturday.

The Open team, without their top rated player Orlando Husbands, who was rested, defeated Cayman Islands 3.5-0.5 while the Women’s side blanked Djibouti 4-0 at the Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre.

Both Barbados teams came up came against lower rated opposition and duly delivered victories.

Barbados’ Open team, ranked no. 124 out of 188 teams, had their own away against the 172^nd ranked Cayman Islands.

FIDE Master Justin Blackman, playing on Board 1 in the absence of Husbands, defeated Clifford Shaw, and there were also wins for Olympiad debutants Justin Parsons and Adam Roachford as Barbados regrouped after losing to 31^st ranked Sweden 3-5-0.5 on the opening day.

Parsons, on Board 3, won against Shaun Tracey, while Roachford, on Board 4, defeated Laia Swaminathan.

Emar Edwards, who played on Board 2, drew against Christopher Young.

Barbados’ Women’s team, seeded at no. 111 out of 162 teams, were too strong for the 153^rd ranked Djibouti whose line-up did not include any players with FIDE ratings.

Woman Candidate Master Katrina Blackman, playing on Board 1, defeated Elmi Waberi Saredo, while ladies national champion, 13-year-old Hannah Wilson, who was on Board 2, won against Ismail Hassan Sagual.

Kiarra Eversley, playing on Board 3, beat Mohamed Direh Hasnaa, while 12-year-old Chanon Reifer-Belle, the youngest Barbadian to compete at an Olympiad, won against Mohamed Elmi Ramla on Board 4 after replacing Gaybrianna Moore in the line-up that lost to 31^st ranked Peru 4-0 the previous day. (BCF)

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Blackman gains draw on tough first day for Barbados at Chess Olympiad

July 29, 2022/0 Comments/in Olympiad, Tournaments/by BCF

Blackman gains draw on tough first day for Barbados at Chess Olympiad

FIDE Master Justin Blackman salvaged a draw to prevent both Barbados teams from slumping to clean sweep defeats on a tough opening day for Caribbean countries at the 44^th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India on Friday.

Barbados’ Open team, seeded at no. 124 out of 188 teams, lost 3.5-0.5 to 31^st ranked Sweden while the Women’s team, seeded at no. 111 out of 162 teams, went under 4-0 to 31^st ranked Peru on the first day of competition at the Four Points by Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre.

Blackman, Barbados’ most successful player at the 2018 Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, played to draw against a Tiger Hillarp Persson to deny the all-Grandmaster Sweden line-up a 100 per cent winning record.

It was, however, a difficult day for his teammates as International Master Orlando Husbands lost to Erik Blomqvist and debutants Emar Edwards and Justin Parsons went under to Jonathan Westerberg and Emanuel Berg respectively.

Barbados’ youthful Women’s team that included three players under the age of 21, also found it a rough against Peru and were unable to avoid a clean sweep.

Woman Candidate Master Katrina Blackman, the only member of the female team to play at a previous Olympiad, lost to Woman International Master Ann Chumpitaz.

First-timers, Hannah Wilson, 13, Gaybrianna Moore, 17, and Kiarra Eversley, 20, also suffered defeats to Woman International Master Mitzy Caballero Quijano, Woman FIDE Master Paula Paredes Bustamante and Kate Bravo Mallco respectively.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Open team was the only English-speaking Caribbean team to win in the opening round, defeating Niger 4-0.

Other English-speaking Caribbean countries also found the going tough.

In the Open section, Jamaica lost 3.5-0.5 to France, Guyana went under 3-1 to Andora, St Vincent and the Grenadines were beaten 4-0 by Panama, Dominica lost 4-0 to Iraq, St Kitts and Nevis were defeated by New Zealand 4-0 and St Lucia went under to Albana 4-0.

In the Women’s section, Jamaica lost to Netherlands 4-0, Guyana went under by a similar margin to Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago lost to Austria 3-5-0.5. (BCF)