Jamaica
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Elliott, Richards… 2010 Jamaican Champs!
FIDE MASTER ELLIOTT SECURES SIXTH NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION TITLE FM Warren Elliott at 2010 Jamaican Championship. Photo by Peter Myers. Jamaica’s number one ranked player, FIDE Master Warren Elliott, won the 2010 staging of the National Chess Championships, recently held at the Medallion Hall Hotel and the Norman Manley Law…
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2010 UWI Masters (Jamaica)
Masters Debut at UWI Chess Tournament Grand Master Timur Gareev from the University of Texas at Brownsville and International Masters, Marko Zivanic from the University of Texas and Giorgi Margvelashvili from the University of Maryland will debut at the UWI Chess Open from March 15-21, 2010. Also among the line…
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2010 John Powell Open (Jamaica)
Jamaica will hold its 2010 John Powell Open on January 30th-31st. The tournament is in the honor of one of the federation’s founding members. Powell passed away in 2007. Below is the press release from Peter Myers. NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR THE JAMAICA CHESS FEDERATION DATE JANUARY 28,…
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Byfield takes Jamaican Open!
NATIONAL MASTER Geoffrey Byfield is the 2009 Jamaica Chess Open Champion. Byfield copped the title at Jamaica College last weekend, finishing unbeaten on five points from six games after securing a critical final round victory over the defending champion National Master Andrew Mellace. In the final round top-of-the-table-clash, Byfield took…
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2009 Harold Chan Open (Jamaica)
THE 2009 HAROLD CHAN CHESS OPEN VENUE Campion College Auditorium Use the entrance on Old Hope Road beside the Matilda’s Corner Police Station. DATES Saturday September 19, 2009 Sunday September 20, 2009 Open Section (Open to anyone) September 19th and 20th, 2009 Intermediate Section (For players with a JCF Rating…
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Jamaicans at FIDE Invitational
Both Jomo Pitterson and Shane Matthews have long been among Jamaica’s strongest players. The question has always been how strong they are internationally. Both are competing in the 23rd North American FIDE Invitational in Skokie, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Shane Matthews of Jamaica battling GM Alfonso Romero Holmes of…
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Brown repeats as Jamaican Champ!
2009 National Chess Championship National Master (NM) Equitable Brown secured his second straight hold on the National Chess Champion title on Sunday, after securing a final round draw against Ryan Blackwood at the Norman Manley Law School. Brown ended the Championship on eight points, a full point ahead of his…
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Jamaica’s Wilkinson gets 4th term
Ian Wilkinson was re-elected unopposed to start his fourth two-year term as president of the Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF), at the annual general meeting and awards ceremony of the JCF, held at the Alhambra Inn in Kingston last Saturday. Wilkinson, who was unchallenged for the post, will lead a team…
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Deborah Richards wins Wheeler Open!
WFM Deborah Richards, Jamaica’s highest-ever rated female chess player, made a winning return to competitive chess by winning the Robert Wheeler Open on tiebreak ahead of NM Peter Myers and Mikhail Solomon. Deborah Richards stumbled in round 3 by losing to NM Russel Porter but recovered by winning in round…
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Jamaica’s Elliott annotates key win
Position after Elliott’s 14.Nf5!? Jamaica’s Warren Elliott sent in a nice miniature against fellow FM Bengt Hammar of Sweden. The game came out of a Najdorf where Hammar played the suspect 6…Nbd7. Generally black plays 6…e6 and 7…Qc7 keeping a watchful eye on the e6-square that often becomes the target…
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