2014 Heroes Cup (Barbados)

The Heroes Day International Chess Festival took place from April 26th to May 1st, 2014 at the Chess Center, Cavans Lane, in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados. Heroes Day was enacted in 1998 and gives honor to ten national heroes. This tournament has been traditionally held in late April to coincide with the holiday.

The tournament has two groups – a six-player double round robin (Masters) and a 9 round Swiss Open Candidates tournament (Challengers). The tournament attracts players from around the Caribbean and from parts of Latin America. Occasionally the tournament will draw a player from afar and this year WGM Alina L’Ami of the Romania was an invitee. In fact, L’Ami crushed the field with a sparkling 9.5/10. She finished ahead of GM Mesgen Amanov of Turkmenistan who was the defending champion.

L’Ami won both encounters against Amanov finishing two points ahead of him. While Amanov was on 7.5/10 points, local FM Delisle Warner was 3rd with 4.5/10 points. It appeared that the rest of the field traded blows as there were only two plus scores. The Open Section was won by FM Orlando Husbands with 8/9 points, followed by Gilles Suez-Panama and FM Yutien Poon on 7.5/9 points each.

Alina L’Ami and Barbados’ Terry Farley in deep thought.

Link: https://fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/8252-heroes-day-chess-festival

2014 Heroes Day Cup April 26th – May 1st 2014 (Barbados Chess Center, Cavans Lane)
Standings
#	Name	Flag	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.
1	WGM L’Ami		2415		11	11	1½	11	11	9.5
2	GM Amanov, Mesgen		2510	00		11	11	½1	11	7.5
3	FM Warner, Delisle		2192	00	00		1½	11	10	4.5
4	IM Farley, Terry		2213	0½	00	0½		10	11	4.0
5	IM Denny, Kevin		2295	00	½0	00	01		01	2.5
6	FM Harper, Ryan		2241	00	00	01	00	10		2.0
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