Wilson places fourth in PanAmerican School Chess Championship 2025 Under 17 Girls

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Hannah Wilson finished a credible fourth place in the Under 17 female section  at the 2025 PanAmerican Schools Chess Championship which concluded in Florianopolis Brazil at the end of this week.
Going into the last two rounds of the event, Wilson would have needed two victories and  hope that those above her would have slipped up if she was to finish in a podium position.
In the 8th and penultimate round, Wilson defeated Giannini Tonial Kinaki of Brazil to keep her hopes up but the three players above her also recorded victories. This meant it would all come down to the last round where Wilson  again would have to hope for fortuitous results if she was to improve her position.
Wilson would unfortunately fall to defeat in the last round against Fiorella Allegra Mayeregger Gonzalez of Paraguay and this would leave her on 5 points from 9 games. This would secure her fourth place on the tie-break system ahead of two other players.
The tournament was won by Ayme  Maravi Ceron of Peru with 7 ½ points from her 9 matches, with Claris Dias of Brazil in second a half point behind, while Luciana Andrea Arenas Lavado of Peru was in third with 6 ½ points.

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Wilson in fourth, while Jaikaran and Gonsalves clinch local chess events

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Aaron Jaikaran won the rated section of the 2025 VEX chess tournament, while Maximus Gonsalves captured the novice section as the action in the event wrapped up earlier in the week.
 
Jaikaran eked out a narrow victory on tie-break as he finished on 6 ½ points from his 7 games, which was the same as Savion Little. However, using the second tie-break as they had drawn their direct encounter, saw Jaikaran coming out ahead by the slimmest of margins.
 
It all came down to an exciting last round where both Aaron Jaikaran and Little were the two players in contention for the overall tournament victory. Jaikaran faced off against national female player Leshay Springer, while Little was matched against Sameera Jaikaran, Aaron’s younger sister. Aaron was able to subdue Springer relatively easily but Little had to put in overtime against Sameera to ensure victory and after both leaders had won, it was down to the tie-break system which favored Aaron.
 
Charis Stuart finished in clear third position on 5 points after winning his last round game against Chaz Reifer-Belle.
Stuart finished a point ahead of a group of players on 4 points which included Cyprian LaTouche, Jacob Benajamin-Layson and Caleb Latchman, players who all won their final games.
 
Gonsalves take Novice Section
In the Novice section Maximus Gonsalves scored an impressive 6 points from his 7 games to claim a clear victory.
Maximus finished a point above Dominic Cadogan whom he had initially lost to in round 1. He then won 6 games in a row to claim a memorable victory. Cadogan finished in second on 5 points , ahead of Ethan John- Clement who finished third on 4 points in the almost dozen player field in this section.
 
Wilson in fourth in PanAmerican School Championship 
Woman FIDE master continues her progress in the 2025 Pan American School Under 17 female section being played in Brazil. In her last day’s matches, she had contrasting results. In the morning round, she defeated Consuelo Villegas Ampuero of Chile, but then fell to defeat to Fiorella Allegra Mayeregger Gonzalez of Paraguay in the evening round, the current leader of the event. This has left Wilson with 3 ½ points from her 6 games and sitting in fourth position, a half point behind the third-place player. She will need to finish strong in her last three matches to ensure a medal position.

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2025 VEXX chess tournament begins with heated action

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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.

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Sinckler wins Dr. Philip Corbin chess tournament

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Mileke Sinckler led a trio of first-time qualifiers for the 2025 National Open chess championship when he clinched the 2025 Dr. Philip Corbin Open event as action climaxed last Monday evening at the Main Guard, Garisson Savannah.
Sinckler won the event on tie-break ahead of Boris Thompson and Noah Clarke after all three players finished the event on 5 ½ points from their 7 games.
In the last round, Clarke was the first one to reach 5 ½ as his opponent Kiarra Eversley did not turn up and Clarke subsequently won the match by default. After about three hours of play Thompson had defeated Dr. Alfred Sparman and would have now reached his maximum score. The pressure was now on Sinckler, who would have to win his game against Cyprian La Touche to join the leaders. After a four-hour marathon Sinckler was able to break down La Touche’s dogged defense and garner victory.
Thus, three players would finish the event with 5 ½ points, and it would be up to the tie-break to determine the final positions. As would be, Sinckler was first followed by Thompson in second and Clarke in third. These players thus grabbed the three available qualifying spots for the 2025 National Open chess championships to be played next month.
Other results in the last round would have seen victories for Othneil Harewood, Aidan Singh and Nia Snow.

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Five players lead the 2025 Dr. Philip Corbin Open chess event

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Five players are tied for the lead of the 2025 Dr. Philip Corbin Open chess tournament after 5 of the 7 rounds have been completed.
After a tumultuous last round played at the Main Guard, Garrison Savannah over the weekend, Mileke Sinckler, Boris Thompson, Dr. Alfred Sparman, Noah Clarke and veteran Othneil Harewood all have 3 ½ points from their 5 matches and will all be in with a chance of grabbing the three qualifying spots for the 2025 Open national chess championship to be played later in the year.
In round 5, the wily Harewood pulled off an upset when he defeated the then sole leader in Sinckler. In a game where the higher rated Sinckler was the favorite, many pundits thought it would be business as usual for Sinckler as he has been in good form of late, recently capturing the Caricom Under 16 championship which was played in Guyana earlier this month. However, Harewood had other ideas and after a long and grueling contest which lasted over four intense hours, Harewood was able to force victory.
While Clarke and Thompson played to a quick draw in their match on board 2, another major upset was occurring on the board next to them. Sparman was battling against Cyprian La Touche, where again, La Touche was the clear favorite. Results are, however, based on what happens on the day, and the day belonged to Dr. Sparman as he was able to cope with La Touche’s unorthodox style and inflict a memorable defeat on la Touche.
Other results in the round saw victories for Kiarra Eversley, Isaiah Archer and Charis Stuart. Eversley and Archer now find themselves just off the leaders on three points and will still be in contention.
In the next round, important matchups will see Dr. Sparman against Sinckler, Harewood versus Clarke, and Archer will be up against Thompson. In an event that has turned out to be a battle of youth versus experience, it will come down to the last round to be played this Monday at 6.00 p.m. at the Main Guard to determine the top three positions to qualify and move forward to the Open national finals.

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Noah Clarke takes early lead in Dr. Philip Corbin Open chess event

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After three of the seven rounds of the 2025 Dr. Philip Corbin Open chess tournament, the current Under 16 national youth champion Noah Clarke has taken a clear lead with three points.
In the last round played on Sunday at the Main Guard, Garrison Savannah, Clarke defeated a then co-leader in the veteran Cyprian La Touche in what was a very exciting game in which after about four hours of battle, La Touche misplayed the attack and fell to a dramatic loss.
Two players are jointly in second place on two and a half points. These are Mileke Sinckler and Boris Thompson. Thompson showed good technique as he defeated a feisty Othneil Harewood in their last match. Sickler, on the other hand had a less stressful outing as he won by default against woman FIDE master Hannah Wilson.
Other results from the round saw victories for Dr. Alfred Sparman, Charis Stuart, Raef Clarke and woman candidate master Kiarra Eversley.
The highlight of the next round to be played on Friday evening at 6.00 p.m. will see Clarke with the white pieces playing against Sinckler while Thompson plays La Touche. Even though it’s early days yet, these players will feel that they are the ones in contention for the three qualifying spots which go to the first three finishers in the event and enable them to qualify for the 2025 National Open Chess Championship Finals later on in the year.

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Youth Chess Championship Events Begin

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The individual age category youth chess championship events have started with great earnest last weekend as players put themselves in position to be selected for a number of regional events later this year.

 

At the halfway point of the 2023 Under 12 Open National chess championship, three players lead the event.

These are Aaron Jaikaran, Jaydon Howell, and Nathan Simmons-Patterson. They have won the first three of 6 games to jointly lead the 28-player field. In round three, Simmons-Patterson defeated Janiyah Browne, Howell defeated Savion Little and Jaikaran won from Andrew Tash-Turton. Lying in 4th and 5th position are Jonathan Griffith and Chaz Reifer-Belle, who have two and a half points, having won two games, and drawn their individual encounter.

 

Many players sit in spots 6 – 13 on two points. These include Browne, Little, Tash-Turton along with Charis Stuart, Shavis Regis, Jaeda Herbert, Kayla Culpepper and Scott Johnson. The Under 12 Female section is being played along with Open section as it was undersubscribed and Browne leads Herbert and Culpepper on tie-break.

 

In the Under 20 Open again being played alongside with the girls’ section due to undersubscription, 8 players are involved in an intense battle. Atter the said three rounds, Louis Wilson and Gaybrianna Moore share the lead with two and a half points having only drawn with each other. Shamar McClean and Christian Stuart-Jackman sit closely on their heels with 2 points each. The next round should be very interesting as Louis Wilson will have the white pieces against McClean and Stuart-Jackman will also have white against Moore.

 

In the Under 16 Open section Tarquin Clark and Kanye Williams share the lead with three points. Williams has looked in good form especially in defeating the second rank seed in the event Derick Boyce. Clark has also been doing the business and would have been pleased to get over another favorite Samuel Greenidge in an earlier match. When Williams and Clark clash in the fourth round, the result will be of utmost importance in determining the winner of the event.

 

Noah Clarke and Mileke Sinckler sit just off the pace in joint third place on two and a half points, each having both won two of their three games and drawn their head-to-head encounter. In a tie for 5th to 12th are Jakeb Barrow, Greenidge, Alexei Frederick, Zarek Greaves, Rhys Francis, Eden Gibson, Makalo Grant, Nathan Griffith and Nicholas Maxwell. Of the 26-player field it would be expected that the eventual winner would come from this group.

 

In the girls Under 16 section, 8 players are competing a keen event, and after 3 of the 7 rounds, Chanon Reifer-Belle and Tedra Gibson share the lead with three points. The event is being played as an 8 player round-robin where each individual player will play all the others.

 

Reifer-Belle caused an upset in the last round when she defeated current CAC Under 14 silver medalist Hannah Wilson. With this victory many pundits believe Reifer-Belle has paved her way to the title. However, Gibson has also stayed in contention by winning all her games and when she clashes with Reifer-Belle and Wilson this Saturday at Harrison College she might just upset the apple cart.

Wilson sits in joint third with Leshay Springer on two points. Springer’s only lost has been to Reifer-Belle.

 

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Renaldo Rochester wins the CB Gilkes Open Chess Qualifier

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Renaldo Rochester wins the CB Gilkes Open Chess Qualifier

It was an exciting final round shoot out at the Bridgetown chess center last Sunday and when the dust had cleared Renaldo Rochester had won the CB Gilkes Open chess tournament by the thinnest of margins, to lead Hannah Wilson and Justin Parsons as the National championship qualifiers from the almost three dozen participants in the event.

Going into the last round 8 players had a chance to win the event or medal to qualify for this year’s national finals later this year. These top  matchups would see Renaldo Rochester(5) versus Emar Edwards (4 ½), Philip Roach(4 ½) versus Hannah Wilson(4 ½),  Justin Parsons(4 ½) against Boris Thompson(4) and the veterans clash of Othneil Harewood(4) against Cyprian La Touche(4).

The first player to punch their ticket to the final was Parsons. After winning a minor piece against Thompson in the middle game Parsons executed well and was able to finish off his opponent in the ending. This victory also secured third place for Parsons.

The next pairing to finish was the highly anticipated clash between the top seed in the event Roach against the 2022 CAC Under 14 girls silver medalist Wilson. And Wilson did not disappoint, as she played with great maturity in over coming the much higher rated Roach who was making a return to the game of kings, after a long layoff. This result placed Wilson second and made her the youngest female to qualify for the Open national championship.

Rochester had Edwards under early pressure and kept the game under control as he duly dispatched Edwards. With this win Rochester claimed his second tournament victory on the trot as he finished a half point ahead of  Wilson and Parsons on 6 points.

The last of the top boards was also the final game to finish in the round as Harewood outlasted La Touche to finish solely in fourth spot on 5 points. By then the three qualifiers were already known and this result was of academic importance.

Other results in the round saw victories for Travis Grant, Dr. Alfred Sparman,  Kanye Williams, Isaiah Archer, Amari Blackett, Mileke Sinckler, Loki Clarke, Nathan Patterson-Simmons and Liam Valles Desrochers. There were draws between Akan Herbert and Chanon Reifer-Belle, Aaronn Jaikaran and Aleshs Lovell, as well as Jonathan Griffith and Chaz Reifer-Belle.

The female special prize went to Chanon Reifer-Belle, while Jaikaran claimed the Under 16 special prize.

With this first qualifier now finished, players will have a couple of months to prepare for the second of the three national finals qualifiers. The top three positions from each of the  qualifying events will go forward to join the defending national champion from last year in the finals. The next event on the chess calendar will see the Under 12, 16 and 20 National Junior championships .

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Top seed Parsons comes from behind to win National Qualifier

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Top seed Parsons comes from behind to win National Qualifier

Top seed Justin Parsons was forced to come from behind before winning the Philip Corbin Open National Chess Championship 2nd Qualifier in exciting fashion on Wednesday night.

Parsons, who was lying in eighth place after the first three rounds, achieved a perfect record in his final four games to narrowly win the event at the Coles Building in Bay Street, Bridgetown.

The 25-year-old finished with five out of a maximum seven points – the same as teenager Louis Wilson – but Parsons was declared champion on the tie-break by virtue of beating Wilson in the head-to-head clash when they faced off in the final round.

Travis Grant took third place on the tie-break ahead of 13-year-old Rory Prescod after both players ended with four and a half points.

Prescod won the prize for the Best Under-16 player, while Gaybrianna Moore, who completed the top five with four points – the same as Othneil Harewood and Hannah Wilson – was the Best Female Player.

Parsons hardly looked like the winner after losing to Moore in the first round last Saturday and defaulting his third round game on Sunday due to another engagement. He, however, stepped up his game and did not drop a point for the rest of the tournament.

Wilson, favourite for most of the event, moved into the lead after the fourth round and played unbeaten until losing to the eventual winner in the last round.

The event, which was the second over-the-board tournament on the Barbados Chess Federation’s 2021 calendar since it was granted permission by the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit to resume face-to-face competition, attracted 15 players.

The National Championship 3rd Qualifier, which will honour Charles Gilkes, will be contested from September 25 to 29. The top three finishers in each of the Qualifiers will advance to the National Championship in October to face defending three-time champion Orlando Husbands. (BCF)

BCF - Louis Wilson
Second-placed Louis Wilson was edged on the tie-break.
BCF - Rory Prescod
Rory Prescod, who placed fourth, was the Best Under-16.
BCF - Gaybrianna Moore (1)
Gaybrianna Moore, who placed fifth, was the Best Female.

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Wilson upstages top seed to win National Chess

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Louis Wilson (right) clinched the Qualifier after winning in the final round against Rory Prescod, who was the Best Under-16.

Wilson upstages top seed to win National Chess

Teenager Louis Wilson pulled up an upset win against top seed Justin Parsons to pave the way for his capture of the Barbados Chess Federation’s (BCF) National Championship 3rd Qualifier.

The 15-year-old Wilson, the no. 5 seed, toppled the previously unbeaten Parsons in the sixth round of the Qualifier last Wednesday night and clinched the event with another victory in the final round of games on Friday night at the Chess Centre on Exmouth Gap, Brandons, St. Michael.

Both Wilson, the reigning National Under-16 champion and Parsons, a former National Under-20 champion, finished with six out of a maximum seven points but Wilson was declared the winner on account of winning the head-to-head clash.

Nitin Mahtani ended with five-and-a-half points to clinch the third qualifying spot for next month’s National Championship finals.

Hannah Wilson, who was fourth with four-and-a-half points, was the Best Female for the second successive Qualifier, while Rory Prescod, who ended with four points to take fifth place on the tie break ahead of four other competitors, was the Best Under-16.

Cyprian La Touche, Aaron Haynes, Jalia Linton and Keon Lashley also finished on four points to round off the top half of the competition which attracted 19 entrants.

After Louis Wilson’s win against Parsons in the penultimate round, the stage was set for an exciting finish as six players went into the last round with a chance at taking the honours.

Parsons was the first to win on the final night, defeating Haynes on Board 1 but then had to await the outcome of the game between Wilson and Prescod on Board 2. Once Wilson emerged victorious, he was confirmed as the winner of the Qualifier.

Wilson, Parsons and Mahtani will join the top three from the January’s 1st Qualifier (Kyle Sandiford, Emar Edwards and Akeem Cox ) and the first three from last month’s 2nd Qualifier (Othneil Harewood, Mark Lowe and Adam Roachford) in the National Championship finals scheduled for October 10 to 20. The nine qualifiers will be attempting to dethrone two-time defending champion Orlando Husbands. (BCF)

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