The New Executive

The New Executive

The Annual General Meeting of the Barbados Chess Federation was held on Sunday March 8 at the Chess Centre on Exmouth Gap, Brandons, St. Michael.

One of the items on the agenda was the election of officers. There is one change to the previous executive. Rohansonn Waithe is the new Treasurer, having replaced Donna Murray, who did not seek re-election.

The full executive for the 2020-22 period is:

President: Allan Herbert
1st Vice-President (Member Development): Carol Ann Burke
2nd Vice-President (Junior Chess): Lawrence Depradine
3rd Vice-President (Tournaments): Kelvin Daniel
General Secretary: Haydn Gill
Treasurer: Rohansonn Waithe

The new Executive wishes to thank the members for its endorsement and looks forward to working with the chess community over the next two years as we strive to further develop the sport. We also wish to extend our gratitude to former Treasurer Donna Murray for her service to the Federation over the past four years.

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Rory Prescod and Hannah Wilson victorious again.

Rory Prescod and Hannah Wilson victorious again.

Two of the island’s promising junior chess players are celebrating the capture of a second national title in successive months.

Rory Prescod and Hannah Wilson, who won the National Under-12 Open and Female titles respectively in January, captured the Under-14 equivalents and were among eight champions crowned when the National Under-18, Under-14, Under-10 and Under-8 Championships concluded last weekend at Harrison College.

Wilson, a student of Charles F. Broome, extended a remarkable 100 per cent winning streak in junior competitions by marching to her fifth consecutive age-group title without dropping a point.

The top seed defeated each of her six opponents to win comfortably ahead of Yhden Layne of Queen’s College and Alesha Lovell of Ellerslie. Both Layne and Lovell finished with four-and-a-half points but Layne was second on the tie-break.

Prescod, of Queen’s College, also achieved a perfect tally of six points in a section that attracted 28 entrants.
The top rated Prescod finished ahead of Tarquin Clark of St Winifred’s and Kimahri Holder of Queen’s College who both ended on five points. Clark was second on the tie-break.

More than 70 players competed in the championships that were contested in four age-groups. The Open and Female categories were merged in three of the age-groups because of insufficient entries but there were champions for each gender.

Aaron Haynes of Queen’s College captured the Under-18 Open section on the tie-break ahead of University of the West Indies student Taiye Estwick after both players finished with five points, while Yeshua Hill of Harrison College was third with four points.

Jalia Linton of Alexandra won the Under-18 Female division with four points, beating Queen’s College’s Erin Mahon by one point. Jalia’s older sister, Jahzara, who attends Coleridge & Parry, was third with two points.

Wills Primary’s Aaron Jaikaran completed a clean sweep of the boards to emerge as the Under-10 Open champion with a maximum six points. Derick Boyce of Charles F. Broome was second with five points and Alexander Berry of St. Gabriel’s third on four points.

Charles F. Broome’s Jyizela Bajit took the Under-10 Female title with two points, beating out Bella Bourne of Wills on the tie-break.

Chaz Reifer-Belle of Charles F. Broome dominated the boards in the Under-8 Open division to register a perfect six points with the Wills pair of Luke Lewis and Ethan Morris taking second and third places respectively after both ended on four points.

Jaeda Herbert comfortably took the Under-8 Female section with four points, followed by Wills schoolmates Sameera Jaikaran and Abigail Payne who both managed one-and-a-half points.

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Postponed: CARIFTA Chess Championships 2020

Postponed: CARIFTA Chess Championships 2020

The Guyana Chess Federation has announced the postponement of the CARIFTA Chess Championships.

The decision has been made following the recording of the first coronavirus (Covid-19) case in Guyana.

The Championships were scheduled for the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel from April 9 to 14.

In a statement issued to regional chess federations today, the organising committee said the Guyana Chess Federation had written the President of the Confederation of Chess for Americas and the Zonal President to inform them of its decision to postpone the Championships until the threat from the coronavirus had been alleviated.

The Barbados Chess Federation had selected an 18-member team for the Championships.

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Young Prescod Impresses!

Young Prescod Impresses!

Reigning National Under-14 and Under-12 Open chess champion Rory Prescod performed commendably to emerge as the top Barbadian finisher at the International “Tehsil” Cup, an online tournament organised by Azerbaijan Chess Federation and other entities.

The 12-year-old Queen’s College student gained five-and-a-half points in the tournament last weekend that was open to Under-17 players and attracted more than 200 competitors from around the world.

Prescod, ranked no. 196, finished in 149th after scoring wins against higher rated opponents from Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Venezuela and Azerbaijan.

The two other Barbadians in the tournament, the brother and sister pair of Louis and Hannah Wilson, ended with four-and-a-half points.

The only other Caribbean entrant, Trinidadian International Master Alan-Safar Ramoutar, advanced to the final stage of the tournament after collecting nine-and-a-half points in the qualifying round.

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Teenager Kyle Sandiford upstaged senior rivals

Teenager Kyle Sandiford upstaged senior rivals

Teenager Kyle Sandiford upstaged senior rivals to narrowly win the National Chess Championship 1st Qualifier in exciting fashion.

Needing to win his final round game against front-runner Emar Edwards, the 17-year-old Sandiford prevailed in a tense finish when the four-day event concluded on Errol Barrow Day at the Chess Centre on Exmouth Gap, Brandons.

Both Sandiford, the no. 2 seed and Edwards, who was seeded at no. 5, finished with six out of a maximum seven points, but Sandiford was crowed champion on account of winning the head-to-head clash.

Top seed Akeem Cox, the winner the 1st Qualifier last year, finished third with five-and-a-half points to clinch the last qualifying spot for the National Championship finals scheduled for September.

Fifteen-year-old Gaybrianna Moore, who placed fourth with five points, won the prize for the Best Female, leading a string of strong performances from four teenaged girls who finished in the top half of the 37-player field.

Louis Wilson, who also ended with fifth points to cop fifth place, was the Best Under-16, while the list of top ten was completed by five players finishing on four-and-a-half points – Vanessa Greenidge, Aaron Haynes, Taiye Estwick, Azaria Johnson and Adam Roachford.

Sandiford, who placed second in the Barbados Olympic Association’s Independence Invitational Games (BiiG) Michael Forde Memorial Championship, had earlier scored victories against Rory Prescod, Yeshua Hill, Lawrence Depradine, Wilson and Estwick and his only hiccup was a third round defeat to Haynes.

Edwards, a popular personality in road tennis circles, achieved successive wins against Melvin Terence, Moore, Greenidge, Haynes, Cox and Cyprian La Touche before losing to Sandiford.

The other two Qualifiers are set for May and July with the first three finishers in each advancing to the finals to join reigning champion Orlando Husbands.

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