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KING EQUITABLE - THE CELESTIAL ONE!


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.

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2008 Independence OpenSet for Aug 2-3, Independence weekend

 

 

Nothing (1) 2008 Independence Open set for Aug 2-3, Independence weekend

 

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 (shown in pic at right) is the defending champ.

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NothingWILLIAMS ,ABBAS TIE FOR FIRST IN MOBAY LADDER

 

Duan Williams, who trailed Abbas for most of 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.

 

In other games Randy Stewart drew with Gregory Dehaney to tie with Dehaney for third and fourth place while Merlin young managed to hang on to 5th place after losing to Kevin Wilson in the final round..

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NothingThe Olympiad in Germany!

 

In 2008, it is Dresden’s turn to host the 38th Chess Olympiad. From 12 to 25 November 2008 the stars of the international chess elite, including Jamaica, will be guests in Dresden, Germany and for two weeks millions of eyes worldwide will home in on the tournament and its grand games.

Besides chess grandmasters like Kramnik and Anand more than 1500 players will participate in the biggest team competition of chess. All chess games will take place in the International Congress Center Dresden, in a unique setting directly on the Elbe river banks of the Old Town – Church of Our Lady, Semper Opera and Castle all within range of sight.