2008 LASCO NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPS
Tournament Details - Games - Stories - Standings
Details - Invitation - Entryform - Stories - Standings
Jammaicans dominate Caribbean Junior Champs in Trinidad
SNM Rowe wins 2008 Ocho Rios Independence Chess Open
BROWN TAKES LASCO CHESS CHAMPS
KING EQUITABLE - THE CELESTIAL ONE!
WILLIAMS ,ABBAS TIE FOR FIRST IN MOBAY LADDER
NM Equitable Brown and Alain Morais lead Champs
2008 Independence Chess Open set for independence weekend
2008 Independence Chess Open set for independence weekend
WILLIAMS CLOSES IN ON ABBAS WITH ROUND 6 VICTORY IN MOBAY LADDER
2008 National Chess Champs set for July
2008 JCF AGM set for Alhambra Inn this Saturday
NM Matthews holds slim lead in Olympiad Qualifier
Abbas increases lead in Montego bay chess Ladder league
MATTHEWS AND HALL TOP WHEELER CHESS OPEN
2008 Robert Wheeler Open Set for Campion
Assasins Take Lasco League Title
Equitable takes Western Open, MBCC ,Wolmers cop major Titles
2008 Western Chess Open set for Mobay this weekend
GLENMUIR, CAMPERDOWN RBTT CHESS FINALS
RBTT CHESS FINALS FOR COURTLEIGH
PORTER TAKES INAUGURAL JOHN POWELL OPEN
2008 John Powell Memorial Open
Wilson, Pitterson Shine in 2007
NM Pitterson defeats GM Maurice Ashley
NM Wilson wins Prime Minister Youth Award
GM Maurice Ashley to arrive for 2007 Frederick Cameron Open
2007 National Women's Champs gets underway This Weekend
Ardenne and Calabar 'A' Register Convincing Wins
ST. ANDREW ZONE OF RBTT SCHOOLS CHESS GETS UNDERWAY TOMMOROW
2007 Jamaica Open set for this weekend at Campion
FM ELLIOTT TAKES LASCO NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPS
BROWN, MATTHEWS CLOSE IN ON ELLIOTT
BYFIELD REPEATS AT HAROLD CHAN OPEN
LIGUANEA CHESS CLUB STAGES HAROLD CHAN OPEN
LASCO NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPS RESUMES
WILSON IS KING OF CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHESS
WILSON TAKES CARIBBEAN JUNIOR TITLE
EQUITABLE TAKES INDEPENDENCE CHESS OPEN
JAMAICAN TO SIT AS JUDGE ON PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
FM ELLIOTT LEADS AFTER TWO ROUNDS
ANTI-COUGARTISM LEADS AFTER 2 ROUNDS
2007 LASCO CHESS LEAGUE OFF TO THRILLING START
LASCO CHESS LEAGUE GETS UNDERWAY
PRYCE TAKES NATIONAL UNDER 18 CHESS TITLE
2007 NATIONAL UNDER 18 CHESS CHAMPS FOR JULY 7 AND 8
2007 National Blitz Chess Finals this weekend
NM Pitterson takes 2007 MKO Chess Title
Matthews and Pitterson to clash in MKO finals
WILKINSON RE-ELECTED TO LEAD JAMAICA CHESS FEDERATION
Ostos Takes Digicel RBTT Heroes Day Masters Cup
CHESS FEDERATION TO HOLD AGM AND AWARDS CEREMONY ON SATURDAY
Lasco Chess League to Start in June
Story Title:NM Pitterson takes 2007 MKO Chess Title Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-06-25
National Master Jomo Pitterson, won the finals of the Masters Knockout last week Saturday, convincingly to close out his Nemesis NM Shane Matthews in only three games. Pitterson's owed his success to tremendous results with his Black Pieces. NM Pitterson drew the first game with black pieces before winning the second game with White. NM Pitterson had the less favored black pieces in the final game but used the black side of a sharp sicilian sveshnikov to win game three and the series by 2.5 to .5
Story Title:CHESS FEDERATION TO HOLD AGM AND AWARDS CEREMONY ON SATURDAY Posted By:Peter Myers on the date 2007-05-30
The Jamaica Chess Federation’s 39th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and awards ceremony for 2006 will take place this Saturday, June 02, at 3.00 p.m. at the Shirley Retreat House, 7 Maeven Avenue off Hope Road. Matters to be dealt with include the election of the 2007-2009 National Executive Council, including the offices of President, three Vice Presidents for the counties of Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey, Treasurer, Secretary and eight Ordinary Council Members. The list of 14 nominated persons who will be standing for office include: Geoffrey Byfield, Warren Elliott, Germaine Griffiths, Mark Henry, Mark Holness, Shane Matthews, Andrew Mellace, Peter Myers, Michael Ramsay, Maurice Robinson, Robert Wheeler, Ian Wilkinson, Allan Wilson and Daren Wisdom.
Story Title:WILKINSON RE-ELECTED TO LEAD JAMAICA CHESS FEDERATION Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-06-03
A new JCF Council was elected at The Jamaica Chess Federation’s 39th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING which was held on Saturday June 2nd alongside the JCF awards ceremony for 2006. Ian Wilkinson was re-elected unopposed as President of the new executive council, while the other three Vice Presidents, Mark Holness, Peter Myers and FM Warren Elliott were also returned to office. Outgoing treasurer, Robert Wheeler and the JCF secretary Germaine Griffiths were also re-elected to serve.
Story Title:Ostos Takes Digicel RBTT Heroes Day Masters Cup Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-05-31
A surprise last round draw by FIDE Master Nelson Alvarado of the Dominican Republic over English International Master Robert Bellin signed, sealed and delivered the 2007 Digicel Heroes Day Masters Cup to Venezuelan International Master Julio Ostos.
Story Title:Lasco Chess League to Start in June Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-05-26
The LASCO Chess League is back with an interesting new format. The 2007-2008 edition of the tournament will be in two divisions which include 1 Chess Premier League (CPL) – (a) Each team is allowed a maximum of six players. There will be a 2100 rating bar. In other words, the average rating of the six players (or any four playing on a particular day) must not exceed 2100. (b) Each team is allowed only one titled player, whether National Master (NM), Fide Master (FM), Woman Fide Master (WFM), International Master (IM), Woman international Master (WIM) or Grandmaster (GM). (c) This titled player can be registered as a reserve. 2. “A” League – (i) Each team is allowed a maximum of six players. (ii) All the players must be unrated or have a rating below 1800.
Story Title:Matthews and Pitterson to clash in MKO finals Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-06-04
Chess titans, National Masters Shane Matthews and Jomo Pitterson will clash in the Finals of the 2007 Masters Knockout Tournament which is scheduled for the weekend June 9, at the RBTT Bank in New Kingston. Both players recently participated in the 2007 Digicel Heroes cup, which was held in Barbados.
Story Title:2007 National Blitz Chess Finals this weekend Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-06-30
FM Warren Elliott will defend his National blitz chess Title against NM Shane Matthews this Sunday July 1 in a 24 match 5 minute blitz series to be held at Pulse Entertainment Group Limited, 38a Trafalgar Road starting at at 3pm. The tournament is organized by The Magnificent Chess Ltd. in association with the Jamaica Chess federation and the sponsors are Magnificent Chess Limited and Pulse Entertainment Group Limited
Story Title:PRYCE TAKES NATIONAL UNDER 18 CHESS TITLE Posted By:Peter Myers on the date 2007-07-10
Campion College third former Phillip Pryce, claimed the National Under 18 Chess Champion title, despite losing in the final round of the Championship held at the RBTT Bank Headquarters in New Kingston on Sunday. Pryce lost in the final round to Ardenne’s Amari Graham, but still ended atop the standings on 5 points from 6 games, half point ahead of Stuart James of Wolmer’s Boys and Ardenne's Jared Lewis, who both ended on 4.5 to share the second place prize.
Story Title:LASCO CHESS LEAGUE GETS UNDERWAY Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-07-14
The much-anticipated 2007 edition of the LASCO Chess League, gets underway today at the RBTT Bank Head Office in New Kingston. The opening ceremony will take place at 12 noon followed by the first round at 1 p.m. The second round is scheduled for Sunday July 15 starting at 1.00 p.m. at the same venue. This year’s tournament will see a doubling of the number of teams entered compared with last year. In 2006, the inaugural year, there were seven teams, which has now doubled to fourteen. Due to the increased number of teams, this year’s tournament will be played using a single round robin format, where each team will play each other once during the season.
Story Title:2007 NATIONAL UNDER 18 CHESS CHAMPS FOR JULY 7 AND 8 Posted By:Peter Myers on the date 2007-07-05
The Jamaica Chess Federation will be staging the 2007 National Chess Championship for players under 18 this weekend, July 7 and 8 at the RBTT Bank Headquarters in New Kingston.
Story Title:JAMAICAN TO SIT AS JUDGE ON PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-07-25
Attorney-at-law Ian Wilkinson, President of the Jamaica Chess Federation and Vice-President of the lawyers group the Jamaican Bar Association, is to travel to Athens, Greece this week to sit as a member of the Ethics Commission of the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
Story Title:FM ELLIOTT LEADS AFTER TWO ROUNDS Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-07-24
After 2 rounds of play in the 2007 LASCO National Chess Championships, FIDE Master Warren Elliott is the sole leader with two points from two games. He is closely followed by five players each on 1.5, they include National Master Mark Holness, Daren Wisdom, Mark Henry, Zachary Ramsay and Peter Myers. On the first day of play on Saturday at the RBTT Head Office in New Kingston, Elliott defeated Stuart James, National Master Russel Porter dispatched National Master Andrew Mellace, Myers got past National Master Equitable Brown, Ramsay had a surprising win over seven-time national champion National Master Shane Matthews, Holness defeated Mikhail Solomon and Henry drew with Wisdom.
Story Title:ANTI-COUGARTISM LEADS AFTER 2 ROUNDS Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-07-19
The Anti-Cougartism Chess Team registered back-to-back 4-0 wins against the Mayberry Mavericks and the Old Harbour Chess Club at the RBTT Bank Head Office over the weekend, to become sole leaders of the 2007 LASCO Chess League with 8 points. Anti-Cougartism is led by National Master Russel Porter and includes journeyman Maurice Robinson and four of Porter’s students from Campion College, Zachary Ramsay, Phillip Pryce, Brian Ewbank and Kadeem Knight. Second place is shared by the Magnificent Matadors and the King Assassins who are both on 7.5 points. The Matadors defeated Guerriers 3.5 – 0.5 and La Guerra Monarquia 4-0, while the Assassins defeated Six Kings 3.5 – 0.5 and Novelty Chess Academy 4-0.
Story Title:2007 LASCO CHESS LEAGUE OFF TO THRILLING START Posted By:Ian Wilkinson on the date 2007-07-15
The atmosphere in the RBTT canteen at Dominica Drive in New Kingston was electric as the awards ceremony for the 2006 Lasco Chess League and the opening ceremony for the 2007 event unfolded on Saturday, July 14, 2007. Mrs. Carren Peart, category manager at LASCO, brought greetings from her company, expressed the company’s delight at being associated with such a stellar, ground-breaking event and wished the players all the best as the TV and other cameras clicked away. Close to one hundred persons were present (more than half the number being members of the teams for the new league) as the awardees for 2006 marched forward to receive their medals/prizes to loud cheers, the loudest being reserved for the 2006 champions Knightmares who held their trophy aloft and shouted “Knightmares” almost shaking the building at its foundation.
Story Title:WILSON TAKES CARIBBEAN JUNIOR TITLE Posted By:Peter Myers on the date 2007-08-13
Jamaica’s Brandon Wilson won the Junior (Under 20) section of the CMMB Caribbean Open Chess Championships which ended in Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend. Wilson, who won Jamaica’s National Junior Champion title in 2004 and 2006 and was runner-up in 2005 and 2007, scored 7 points from 8 games to finish ahead of Justin Salloum of Trinidad and Tobago and Slomy Noreskal of Martinique, each of whom finished on 6 points to share second place.
Story Title:EQUITABLE TAKES INDEPENDENCE CHESS OPEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-08-08
National Master Equitable Brown won the inaugural staging of the Independence Chess Open, held at the Sandcastles Resort in Ocho Rios from August 5 - 6. Brown took the main event after scoring 5 points from 6 games, while second place with 4.5 points, went to Jamaica’s first FIDE Master and former Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) President Grantel Gibbs, who came out of retirement to support the introduction of the sport to the parish of St. Ann. Third place was shared by National Masters Russel Porter, Andrew Mellace and Malaku Lorne who each ended on 4 points.
Story Title:WILSON IS KING OF CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHESS Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-08-21
Jamaica ’s Brandon Wilson followed up his win at the CMMB Caribbean Open Chess Championships held in Trinidad and Tobago with an emphatic win at the Sagicor Open Junior Chess Championship held in Barbados last week. With this win, Wilson has secured the unofficial title of top junior chess player in the English-speaking Caribbean . Wilson scored an unbeaten 6.5 from 7 games to win the Sagicor event which has eluded him for the last three years. On his way to the top spot, Wilson turned back the top junior players from both Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago . Included amongst Wilson ’s victims was defending champion and Barbados ’ top junior player Martyn Del Castilho, who has been champion for the last three years.
Story Title:LASCO NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPS RESUMES Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-08-31
The 2007 LASCO National Championship resumes this weekend at the RBTT Head Office in New Kingston after a three-week break. Going into the fifth round on Saturday, FIDE Master Warren Elliott is the sole leader with a perfect four points from four games. Elliott’s nearest rival Mark Henryis on 2.5 points, while third place is now shared by seven competitors all on 2 points each, they include Daren Wisdom, Zachary Ramsay, Peter Myers, National Masters Andrew Mellace, Equitable Brown, Russel Porter and Mark Holness. In tenth place is last year’s runner-up and seven-time National Champion National Master Shane Matthews on 1.5 and tied in eleventh place are Mikhail Solomon and Stuart James on 1 point each.
Story Title:FM ELLIOTT TAKES LASCO NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPS Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-10-01
Jamaica’s number one internationally ranked player FIDE Master Warren Elliott, won the 2007 LASCO National Chess Championship, after scoring a final round victory over seven-time champion National Master Shane Matthews at the Norman Manley Law School on Saturday. Elliott finished with 9.5 points from eleven games to claim his fifth hold on the National Champion title. In second place was National Master Equitable Brown who defeated National Master Mark Holness to finish on nine points, while third place went to National Master Russel Porter who ended on seven points after dispatching Mikhail Solomon.
Story Title:BROWN, MATTHEWS CLOSE IN ON ELLIOTT Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-09-18
The 2007 LASCO National Championship was blown wide open over the weekend, as pre-tournament favourite FIDE Master Warren Elliott who led comfortably for the first six rounds, could only manage half point from his two matches. Elliott had to settle for a draw against National Master Russel Porter on Saturday and went down to a shock defeat at the hands of rising junior star Mikhail Solomon on Sunday. These results left Elliott on 6.5 points from 8 games, only half point ahead of his nearest rival National Master Equitable Brown who registered back to back victories to move to six points. In third place on five points is veteran National Master Shane Matthews, who already has seven National Championship titles under his belt and is seeking to take an eighth championship crown. Any further slip by Elliott may see him struggling to fend off Matthews and Brown.
Story Title:BYFIELD REPEATS AT HAROLD CHAN OPEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-09-11
Defending champion National Master Geoffrey Byfield walked away with top honours at the end of the Harold Chan Chess Open, held at the RBTT Bank Head Office in New Kingston over the weekend. Byfield topped the Open section for the second straight year with five points from six games, after securing a final round victory over National Junior Champion Onaje La Mont. Second place went to National Master Russel Porter who finished ahead of Brandon Wilson on tiebreak, after both players ended on 4.5 points. The section for players rated under1800 was won by Andre Rowe who journeyed from Clarendon to score 5.5 points from his 6 games. Ardenne High’s Amari Graham took second place on tiebreak over eleven year old Tewana Mellace after both players ended on five points.
Story Title:LIGUANEA CHESS CLUB STAGES HAROLD CHAN OPEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-09-06
The Liguanea Chess Club in association with the Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) and RBTT Bank Jamaica Limited, will be staging the 2007 Harold Chan Chess Open at the RBTT Bank Headquarters located at 17 Dominica Drivein New Kingston, this weekend, September 08 and 09. The tournament, which will be staged over 6 rounds, will be split into two sections, an Open section in which anyone can play and a section for players rated Under 1800. Prizes will be awarded to the top three players in each section, the top three female entrants, the best under 8, under 10 and under 12 entrants and best junior in the Open section. The tournament was named in honour Dr. Harold Chan, who won the Jamaica National Chess Championship titles from 1972-74, and 1978-79, and was one of the first players in Jamaica to earn the National Master title in 1975.
Story Title:ROWE TAKES JAMAICA OPEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-10-23
National Master Duane Rowe won the 2007 Jamaica Open Chess Tournament held at the Campion College Auditorium over the weekend. Rowe, who was playing in his first tournament in Jamaica in over a year since winning the National Chess Championship title in September last year, took the Jamaica Open title from a field of over 70 participants, including six National Masters. He finished unbeaten with 5.5 points from 6 games after securing a tame last round draw against Daren Wisdom.
Story Title:2007 Jamaica Open set for this weekend at Campion Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-10-16
The 2007 Jamaica Chess Open will be played this weekend October 20 and 21 at the Campion College Auditorium. International Master Amon Simutowe is the defending champion of The two day swiss event. The main changes for the tournament this year is that the Amateur section is U 1600 and the time control is 30 moves in(60) minutes and 30) mins to complete the game
Story Title:ST. ANDREW ZONE OF RBTT SCHOOLS CHESS GETS UNDERWAY TOMMOROW Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-10-25
Action in the St. Andrew Zone of the RBTT Corporate Area Schools Chess Championship gets underway at the Ardenne High School Library at 3 pm on Friday (tomorrow). Five-time all-island champions Campion College, who retained all their key players from last year’s team which lost to Glenmuir in the finals, will start as marginal favourites to top the St. Andrew Zone ahead of Ardenne High. Ardenne has also retained their entire team from last year, but many of the players have not been playing regularly in the last six months.
Story Title:Ardenne and Calabar 'A' Register Convincing Wins Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-10-27
Widely considered to be the best team never to have won the National Schools Chess Championship, Ardenne High began their 2007/2008 campaign with a bang when they trounced a spirited Campion 'B' 4-0 at the Ardenne High School Library on Friday. Led on Board one by 13 year-old Brandon Badal, Ardenne started off slowly but eventually took charge on all four boards with about 35 minutes left in the match. Ardenne’s greater experience eventually took them home unscathed with maximum points.
Story Title:2007 National Women's Champs gets underway This Weekend Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-11-13
The 2007 National Women's Champs gets underway this weekend and will run on November 17, 18 and 24 and will be open to all Females in Jamaica. The Tournament is being sponsored by Lasco, and will be in the format of an Open Swiss Tournament. The Deadline for registration has been extended to this Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 7:00pm The tournament venue is at the Liguanea Chess Club new premises at 21 Seymour Avenue (almost opposite intersection with Retreat Ave. and begins November 17, 2007 at 8:00am with a Time Control of Game in 90 minutes with 30 second increments WFM Deborah Richards is the defending Champion. The Opening ceremony is at 8:30 am on the first day, November 17. Games start 9 am each day with the second game at 2 pm.
Story Title:GM Maurice Ashley to arrive for 2007 Frederick Cameron Open Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-11-29
Jamaican born Grandmaster Maurice Ashley is set to arrive in Jamaica for the staging of the 2007 The Frederick Cameron Open, which is being staged for the second time by Magnificent Chess Limited. The Game in 80 minutes, Open swiss event will be held on December 15 and 16, 2007 at the Jamaica Conference Centre: 14 – 16 Port Royal Street, Kingston. Participants in this event will have the opportunity to play against Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, compete against players from the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, and a chance to win up to $1,000 US in cash and prizes.
Story Title:CAMPION ‘A’ STILL UNBEATEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-11-20
As play continued in Zone 2a of the RBTT National Schools Chess Championships at Ardenne High last Friday, five time champions Campion College ‘A’ maintained their unbeaten run in the championship with a 4-0 drubbing of Calabar ‘B’. This was Campion’s third 4-0 victory from as many matches and with four in-form players in Phillip Pryce, Zachary Ramsay, Kadeem Knight and Douglas Johnson, it will be hard to bet against them going all the way.
Story Title:NM Wilson wins Prime Minister Youth Award Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-12-12
In a historic moment for jamaican chess, Jamaica's newest National Master, Junior chess player Brandon Wilson won the Prime Minister's Youth Award for Excellence in Sports for his remarkable international achievements in chess for this `year. He was awarded by The Honorable Bruce Golding himself, who whispered to Brandon that he has been reading about him in the newspapers.
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Story Title:NM Pitterson defeats GM Maurice Ashley Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2007-12-17
National Master Jomo Pitterson created history when he defeated Grandmaster Maurice Ashley in the final round of the Frederick Cameron Open to take first place. It was the first time in Jamaica's chess history that a Grandmaster was playing in a Jamaican tournament. It was also the first time that a player with an international Title (IM or GM)was defeated in a Jamaican Tournament. Jomo Pitterson went into the final round a half pint behind GM Maurice Ashley with 4.5 points and needing to win to take first prize ahead of the Grandmaster who was on maximum 5 points having won all his previous games. With his back against the wall, and having the unfavourable black pieces NM Pitterson uncorked the sharp Sicilian defence to beat the Grandmaster
Story Title:PORTER TAKES INAUGURAL JOHN POWELL OPEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-01-16
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 the weekend. Porter topped the Open section with five points from six games, after securing a final round draw against National Master Duane Rowe. Second place was shared amongst five players, National Master Malaku Lorne, National Master Duane Rowe, Damion Davy, Alain Morais and Lucien Rowe who each ended on 4.5 points.
Story Title:2008 John Powell Memorial Open Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-01-09
The Jamaica Chess Federation has renamed the annual New years open in honor of National Master John Powell who passed away on October 31, 2007. The Tournament, renamed the John Powell memorial Open will be held on January 12 to January 13, 2008 at the Campion College Auditorium on Hope Road, with round one starting at 9:am. The Tournament will be a Six round Open swiss tournament with three rounds on each day and is being sponsored by INC Limited
Story Title:Wilson, Pitterson Shine in 2007 Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-01-04
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 to come, as Solomon failed to build on this success either at the junior or senior level. On the junior chess scene, the symbol of schools chess supremacy the RBTT National Schools Chess Championship, was won by Glenmuir High School in February. Glenmuir’s top player Onaje La Mont went on to register a mild upset over the 2006 National Junior Champion Brandon Wilson to take the 2007 National Junior chess title in March.
Story Title:GLENMUIR, CAMPERDOWN RBTT CHESS FINALS Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-02-23
Glenmuir High and Camperdown High captured the RBTT Rural and Corporate Area Schools Chess Championship titles at the Courtleigh Hotel on Saturday. In the final of the Rural Area Championship, defending national champions Glenmuir High lived up to expectation in registering a comfortable 3-1 win over Montego Bay Community College. Winning for Glenmuir were National Junior Champion Onaje La Mont on Board 1, Mikhail Gillespie on Board 3 and Adrian Allen on Board 4. Oneil Hall saved MBCC from the whitewash when he defeated Glenmuir’s Laurence Davey on board 2.
Story Title:RBTT CHESS FINALS FOR COURTLEIGH Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-02-14
The finals of the RBTT Corporate and Rural Area Schools Chess Championships will both take place this Saturday at 10 am at the Windsor Suite of the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. In the Corporate Area final, Camperdown High and Campion College will square off in the much-anticipated clash between the best team from the Kingston Zone and the best team from the St. Andrew Zone, while in the Rural Final, favourites Glenmuir High will face Montego Bay Community College.
Story Title:Equitable takes Western Open, MBCC ,Wolmers cop major Titles Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-03-11
National Master from Kingston, Equitable defeated national Master Russel porter in the 5th round to take the Open Section of the 2008 Western Jamaica Chess, which was held in Montego Bay over the weekend. Equitable almost stumbled in the third round when he almost lost to Montegonian and defending Champion Duan Williams but held on to win the tournament with a perfect score. NM Russel Porter and Duan Williams tied for second and 3rd place with a score of 3.5 from 5 games.
Story Title:2008 Western Chess Open set for Mobay this weekend Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-03-04
The 5th staging of the Western Jamaica Chess Open, which is being organized by the Western Chess Association, will take place this Saturday March 8, at the Montego bay Community College in Montego Bay, with registration starting between 8 am – 9 am and the first round starting at 9:30am on the first day.
Story Title:DAVY TAKES JUNIOR CHESS CROWN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-04-01
Camperdown High sixth-former Damion Davy, claimed the National Junior Chess Champion title on Sunday at the RBTT Bank Head Office in New Kingston. Davy took home the title after registering a convincing final round victory over two-time champion and favourite, National Master Brandon Wilson in the final round.
Story Title:Assasins Take Lasco League Title Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-03-18
The King Assassins Chess Team led by National Master Jomo Pitterson, brushed aside Anti-Cougartism 3-1 in the final round of the 2007/2008 LASCO Chess League on Sunday, at the RBTT Bank Headquarters in New Kingston, to claim the National League Title. Despite a good start on the lower boards, Anti-Cougartism proved in the end to be no match for the Assassins, who eventually shot out to an unassailable 3-0 lead with victories from Pitterson, Mikhail Solomon and Daren Wisdom on Boards 1, 3 and 4 respectively.
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Story Title:NM Matthews holds slim lead in Olympiad Qualifier Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-05-30
Eight of Jamaica’s top 15 chess players are currently competing in a round robin tournament to fill the last two places on Jamaica’s Senior Team to the 2008 Chess Olympiad scheduled to take place in Dresden, Germany from November 12-25, 2008.
Story Title:Abbas increases lead in Montego bay chess Ladder league Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-05-26
Western Chess Open Junior Champion and Candidate Master, Sahir Abbas increased his lead in the Montego Bay Chess Ladder league on Saturday when he defeated veteran chess player Duan Williams in the 3rd round of the Montego Bay chess ladder league on Saturday. Sahir Abbas now leads with 3 points from 3 games, having defeated Randy Stewart and Gregory Dehaney in the previous rounds, while in 2nd place is Randy Stewart
Story Title:MATTHEWS AND HALL TOP WHEELER CHESS OPEN Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-04-25
Seven-time National Chess Champion, National Master Shane Matthews and Montego Bay Community College student Oneil Hall walked away winners of the Open and Amateur sections respectively, of the 2008 staging of the Robert Wheeler Chess Open held at the Campion College Auditorium last weekend. Matthews secured the Open title after scoring a perfect six points from as many games. Second place went to rising junior star Stuart James of Wolmer’s Boys, who ended on 4.5 points while third was shared by four players, Sahir Abbas, Daren Wisdom, National Master Geoffrey Byfield and Peter Myers, each of whom secured four points.
Story Title:2008 Robert Wheeler Open Set for Campion Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-04-08
The 2008 Robert Wheeler Chess Open which is being held at Campion is set for next weekend, April 19-20 and is open to all chess players in Jamaica. It will be in the format of an open 6 round Swiss. This is the 6th staging of this Tournament, which is held in Honor of arguably Jamaica’s longest serving chess Administrator and player, NM ROBERT WHEELER. Brandon Wilson is the 2007 Defending Champion.
Story Title:2008 Independence Chess Open set for independence weekend Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-07-09
The second staging of the Independence Chess Open is set for Independence Weekend next month August 2-3 in Ocho Rios. The tournament will be hosted at Rooms on the beach, next to The Jamaica Grande. The tournament will have two sections, an Open section and an amatuer section for players under 1800 and is in the format of an open swiss. All chess players in Jamaica are invited. For further information and pre-registration contact 877-9288 or 880-2925 NM Equitable Brown is the defending Champion.
Story Title:WILLIAMS CLOSES IN ON ABBAS WITH ROUND 6 VICTORY IN MOBAY LADDER Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-06-26
Sahir Abbas Saw his lead cut in round 6 when he lost to Duan Williams in round 6 of the Montego Bay Chess Ladder league on Saturday . Sahir still maintained a slight lead in Round 7 when both he and Duan Williams won their games against Randy Stewart and Gregory Dehaney respectively. Saturday. Sahir Abbas now leads with 6 points from 7 while in a close second is Duan Williams with 5 points from 6 games.
Story Title:2008 National Chess Champs set for July Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-06-22
The 40th Staging of the National Chess Champs will get 5 underway on Friday July 4, 2008 at the Shirley Retreat Hotel with the first game starting at 6:15 pm after the opening Ceremony at 6pm. FM Warren Elliott will defend his title against 11 of Jamaica's top players in the round robin event.
Story Title:2008 JCF AGM set for Alhambra Inn this Saturday Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-06-13
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 the National Stadium where Arthur Wint Drive intersects with Mountain View Avenue). Matters to be dealt with include the Election of the Nomination Committee for the 2008/2010. The awards ceremony for 2007 will follow the AGM at approximately 3 p.m. and will recognise the winners of tournaments and other top performers during 2007.
Story Title:2008 Independence Chess Open set for independence weekend Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-07-09
The second staging of the Independence Chess Open is set for Independence Weekend next month August 2-3 in Ocho Rios. The tournament will be hosted at Rooms on the beach, next to The Jamaica Grande. The tournament will have two sections, an Open section and an amatuer section for players under 1800 and is in the format of an open swiss. All chess players in Jamaica are invited. NM Equitable Brown is the defending Champion.
Story Title:WILLIAMS ,ABBAS TIE FOR FIRST IN MOBAY LADDER Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-07-15
Duan Williams, who trailed Abbas for most fo the tournament, and needing a win to ties for first pulled out all stops to beat Sahir Abbas with the black side of a Caro Kan defence in the final round of the summer leg of the Montego Bay Chess Ladder league last Saturday
Story Title:NM Equitable Brown and Alain Morais lead Champs Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-07-14
After seven rounds of battle, including two rounds this past weekend at the Norman Manley Law School on the campus of the University of the West indies, National Master Equitable Brown and Alain Morais stand together at the top of the standings with five points each after emphatic wins over Damion Davy and Phillip Pryce, respectively, in round 7. They are closely followed by NM Andrew Mellace and Stuart James, both on 4.5 points who had wins against Onaje Lamont and Zachary Ramsay in round 7 action.
Story Title:KING EQUITABLE - THE CELESTIAL ONE! Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-07-22
KING EQUITABLE - THE CELESTIAL ONE! The curtains came down with applause on the 2008 LASCO DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED-sponsored Jamaican Chess Championships at the Norman Manley Law School, on the campus of the University of the West Indies, St. Andrew, Jamaica at about 7:30 pm on Sunday, 20th July, 2008. After a truly grandiose struggle that started at 1 pm and lasted 6 1/2 hours and 122 moves, National Master Equitable Celestial Brown, the Camperdown High School past student and former national junior champion, drew an epic encounter with Montego Bay-based National Master Mark Holness and in the process registered his maiden hold on the national title.
Story Title:SNM Rowe wins 2008 Ocho Rios Independence Chess Open Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-08-07
Jamaica's first ever Super National Master,and Jamaica's current number one player, Duane Rowe, dethroned last years champion NM Equitable Brown to win the 2008 Independence Open Tournament. NM Rowe and FM Elliott ended the tournament with 5 points from 6 games but Rowe edged Elliott for the top spot based on the tiebreak system. NM Rowe stumbled in the third round when he lost to Equitable Brown in the third round but rebounded strongly to register victories against Wilkinson, Elliott and Porter in the final rounds.
Story Title:BROWN TAKES LASCO CHESS CHAMPS Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-07-29
BROWN TAKES LASCO CHESS CHAMPS National Master Equitable Brown won the 2008 LASCO National Chess Championship, after battling for six and a half hours to secure a hard-fought final round draw against National Master Mark Holness at the Norman Manley Law School on Sunday night. Holness missed a number of chances to win the game against Brown after emerging two pawns up in the middlegame and having Brown against the ropes for most of the clash. Brown however refused to give up and fought on to salvage an incredible draw and with it a critical half point to end on eight points from eleven games and claim his first hold on the National Champion title.
Story Title:Jammaicans dominate Caribbean Junior Champs in Trinidad Posted By:Mark Holness on the date 2008-08-12
The Jamaican contingent dominated the 2008 Caribbean Junior CMMB chess Championships, in Trinidad when they swept the top places in the Open Junior section. In the open under 20 Junior section,The Russel Porter coached Phillip Pryce and Zachary Ramsay Ramsay, who both attend Campion College came in 2nd and 3rd respectively while Damon Davy, the 2008 Jamaica Junior Champion came in 4th place. In the other under 20 section, the stadnings were; - Ashley Furguson - 4.5 points, Margoe Williams 4 points, Jevon McIntosh 4 points, Alethia Edwards 3.5 In the Under 14 section ------------------------- - Ramardo Polen Henry - 3rd (7 points), Douglas Johnson 7th 5.5 points, Timothy Henry 4 points, Dominic Chang 3 points, George Roy Nalty 4 points Open Blitz ------------ FM Warren Elliott 1st (Junior Category) Phillip Pryce 2nd