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Jamaica’s 40th Annual Meeting
Dear JCF Members and Supporters: Please be advised that the 40th Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Chess Federation, will be held at 1.00 p.m. this Saturday, June 14th, 2008 at the Alhambra Inn, 1 Tucker Avenue, Kingston 6 (off Mountain View Avenue – across from the traffic lights by…
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2008 CMMB Caribbean Chess Carnival (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Edison Raphael hopes to put together another successful event with the 2008 Caribbean Chess Carnival. Last year’s event was a rousing success and this year promises to be bigger and better! The 2007 version was won by Cuban IM Humberto Pecorelli who edged out Zambia’s Amon Simutowe on tiebreaks. Simutowe…
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Yonhel: Martinique’s 2008 Champion
Medeuf Yonhel (pictured left) won the 2008 Martinican Championship with a sparkling 7½-1½. Raymond Marbot duplicated the score, but lost to Yonhel in two tiebreak games 1½-½. Past champion Gilles Suez-Panama (pictured right) and perennial #1, ended on a disppointing note. Ligue d’échecs de la Martinique: https://www.echecs-martinique.com/
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2008 Robert Wheeler Open (Jamaica)
The Jamaica Chess Federation presents the ROBERT WHEELER CHESS OPEN 2008 DATES Saturday April 19, 2008 Sunday April 20, 2008 VENUE Campion College Auditorium FORMAT Six Round Swiss (3 Rounds on Each Day) Open Section – Anyone can participate Amateur Section – Open only to entrants with a JCF rating…
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Young Lions clash in Bahamas, Jamaica!
THE 2nd BAHAMAS YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 The 2nd Bahamas Youth Chess Championship 2008 was held on Saturday 16th and 23rd February at C.R. Walker Senior High School Auditorium. This two day tournament was divided into six (6) sections – U21, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10. The BCF President,…
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Russel Porter takes John Powell Open
Peter Myers, “Porter takes Inaugural John Powell Chess Open,” 18 January 2008 (Jamaica). PORTER TAKES INAUGURAL JOHN POWELL OPEN National Master Russel Porter started the 2008 chess season with a bang, when he claimed the inaugural staging of the John Powell Memorial Chess Open at the Campion College Auditorium over…
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Jamaica: Chess Review in 2007
Peter Myers, “CHESS YEAR IN REVIEW: Wilson, Pitterson Shine in 2007.” The 2007 chess year was another good one for chess in Jamaica. The year started with the surprise victory by junior player Mikhail Solomon in the New Years Open in January. This was however not a sign of things…
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