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Wilson wins Barbados’ ever first medal at Pan Am Youth Chess Festival

September 11, 2021/0 Comments/in Tournaments/by BCF

Wilson wins Barbados’ ever first medal at Pan Am Youth Chess Festival

Rising chess talent Hannah Wilson secured silver to create history by winning Barbados’ first ever medal at the Pan American Youth Chess Festival.

The 12-year-old Wilson finished second in the Under-12 Girls’ category by collecting six and a half out of a maximum nine points when the hybrid section of the event concluded on Friday.

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the longer standard time control was contested under the hybrid format where players resident in one country assemble at a location in that country to play their games online on their computers under the supervision of arbiters.

Wilson, seeded at no. 4 among the 28 players entered in her category, went into the final round challenging for the gold medal. She faced off against front-runner Serrano Caely El Hage of Bolivia needing victory to finish top of the podium. Wilson, however, had to settle for a draw in the decisive game.

El Hage won the gold medal with seven points, while Wilson took silver on the tie-break ahead of Beitia Asley Castillo of Panama and Sofia Ascama Paredes of Peru after all three players ended on six and a half points.

Wilson, who placed tenth in the same section two years ago, lost her opening game against Juliana Silva of Brazil last week Saturday. The 2019 CARIFTA Under-12 female gold medallist bounced back to score five successive victories, defeating Solar Ayaucan of Peru, Gajardo Azocar of Chile, Daniela Cerna of Peru, Sofia Ascama Paredes of Peru and Fiorella Mayeregger Gonzalez of Paraguay.

After the sixth round, Wilson moved to the top of the standings but lost to Luciana Andrea Arenas of Peru in the seventh round. She won against Maria Salazar of Brazil in the eighth round to set the stage for the decisive final round game.

Chanon Reifer-Belle, Barbados’ other entrant in the Under-12 Girls’ section, scored four points to finish 20^th.

Barbados also had a creditable performance from Gaybrianna Moore in the Under-18 Girls’ division. Moore, who was Barbados’ best player at last month’s FIDE Online Olympiad, finished fifth of 14 competitors after starting the event as the no. 11 seed.

In the Under-18 Open division, Aaron Haynes scored four points and Louis Wilson three and a half.

Barbados fielded three players in the Under-14 Open division where Tarquin Clark and Melvin Terence got three points each and Keon Lashley two.

The other Barbadians in the event scored two points – Alex Sargeant (Under-16 Open), Alesha Lovell (Under-16 Girls) and Jonathan Griffith (Under-10 Open).

The 11-member Barbados contingent played their games from the Coles Building on Bay Street, Bridgetown after the Barbados Chess Federation was granted permission by government authorities following recently implemented restrictions that prohibited indoor sports.

The Festival, which has attracted more than 400 players from 15 countries will continue with the shorter forms over the weekend with the online Blitz competition scheduled for Saturday and the online Rapid event on Sunday. (BCF)

Video:

A one-minute video clip of the Barbados team participating in the event can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

https://we.tl/t-HxLbLAzJlU

Gaybrianna Moore placed fifth in the Under-18 Girls’ section.

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BCF President Herbert elected to BOA Board of Directors

September 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Executive/by BCF

BCF President Herbert elected to BOA Board of Directors

President of the Barbados Chess Federation Allan Herbert has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc.

The Barbados Olympic Association is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the National Olympic Committee of Barbados.

Mr. Herbert was elected during the Barbados Olympic Association’s Annual General Assembly on September 1, 2021.

This is the first time that a member of the Barbados Chess Federation has been elected as a director of the Barbados Olympic Association.

The Executive Board of the Barbados Chess Federation wishes to offer its sincerest congratulations to Mr. Herbert on his election.

Representatives of FIDE, the world governing body for chess, and the Confederation of Chess for Americas, have also offered congratulatory messages.

Mr. Herbert has been President of the Barbados Chess Federation 2015, and served as its Treasurer from 2011 to 2015. He has been Barbados’ FIDE from 1986 to present. Regionally, Mr. Herbert has served since 1998 as Treasurer for of Confederation of Chess for Americas, the governing body for Chess in the Americas Continent and in 2018, he was instrumental in convincing the CCA’s Board to incorporate and headquarter the organisation in Barbados.

At the world level, Mr. Herbert co-chaired FIDE’s Technical Assistance Commission between 2006 and 2010 and was Chairman between 2010 and 2018. During his tenure he spearheaded the restructuring of the development level categorisation for Federations based on objective criteria and the UN’s Human Development Index and refocused its programmes to a more performance-based system tracked by key activity indicators.

Currently, Mr. Herbert is a member of FIDE’s Social Commission, the body in FIDE responsible for promoting the use of chess as an equalizer, especially in the areas of women’s equality and children at risk and bridging the gap between the social and economic differences that impact people across the world.

Mr. Herbert is a recently retired Executive of the Massy Group and in his last posting managed the creation of the English-speaking Caribbean’s largest consumer loyalty programme, the Massy Card, which today rewards over 400,000 card holders in Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Still an avid player, he continues to compete at the National level and is Head Coach for a grassroots programme called xPloreChess Barbados which provides, among other things, free learn to play classes for children wishing to learn chess.