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I.S. 318 are (also) National Jr. Champions!
In what is an unprecedented even, IS-318 of Brooklyn, New York has won the National Jr. Chess Championship. This not their first national championship as they won the honor a couple of years back. However, they have made history by capturing both the National Jr. High and National High School…
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Davy, Mellace, Gray win Jamaican crowns!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2012 Zachary Ramsay, The Jamaica Chess Federation Davy and Mellace Share First At Chess Champs Damion Davy shared 1st with Andrew Mellace besting Jamaica’s veteran elite. Photo by Jamaican Chess Federation. National Masters Damion Davy and Andrew Mellace shared first place in the 2012 National…
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Cabralis in Trinidad Controversy
FM Keron Cabralis Trinidad’s top junior FIDE Master Keron Cabralis left the recent CARIFTA Chess Games after filing a complaint about poor conditions. His ongoing battle with mismanagement has pushed the 16-year old star to the brink of retiring from chess. In an April 19th article in the Trinidadian Guardian,…
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Carlsen visits Brooklyn’s IS-318!
Magnus Carlsen (back) with National Champions, IS-318 Magnus Carlsen made a pit stop at newly-crowned national champions IS-318 and heightened the celebratory mood in New York. IS-318 is the first middle school (6th-8th grade) to win the National High School Championship (9th-12th grade). Carlsen was in New York on business…
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2012 CUCA International (Luanda, Angola)
Alina L’Ami wrote a glowing ChessBase report of the 4th Taca Cuca tournament being held in Luanda, Angola. The tournament boasts nine Grandmasters and this is exactly what is needed to provide African players more chances for norms. Along with top-seed Viktor Bologan (2687, Moldova), you have Grandmasters Sergey Tiviakov…
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Aronian-Kramnik friendly match
With the World Championship only a few weeks away, everyone is anticipating the big match. However, there may be a match that will capture quite a bit of interest in that it is a championship-caliber event. Both Vladimir Kramnik (ranked #4) and Levon Aronian (ranked #2) have decided to stage…
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