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Jamaica Third Overall At Carifta Chess
Published: Friday | April 13, 20120 Comments
Claire Clarke, Contributor
Carifta success
Two Jamaican Carifta Chess champions were crowned this week in Trinidad at the Inaugural Carifta Chess Tournament - Sheneal Gardner for the girls Under-12 section and Stuart James in the open Under-20 category. Jamaica with its 10-member team placed third overall in the tournament and collected the most awards.
Other winners and awards in from the squad of 12 players who returned this week included a third-place Carifta title for Shreyas Smith in the open Under-16 section, a gold-medal award to Alistair Walker who was fourth in this section after ending on the same points as Shreyas Smith; Rachel Miller playing in open section of the open Under-12 section was awarded the second-place Carifta title, while Elias Issa who finished fifth in this section was awarded a silver medal. Nathan Chin played in open Under-12 and was awarded a category age-group prize of a gold medal for being the best Under-8 player.
The rest of the team representing Jamaica in the April 6-10 tournament included: Justin Lowe, Jordan Lowe, Michael Lowe, Nathan Balifante and National Master Mikhail Solomon (who played in an Open tournament that ran concurrently).
Challenge the Mind Linstead tournament results
Ewarton Primary dominated the winners' circle when approximately 200 kids gathered at the Dinthill Technical High School in Linstead, St Catherine, two weeks ago, to match their wits in the NCB-sponsored Challenge the Mind Chess. This series has, for the first time, ventured out of the city.
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Published: Friday | April 13, 20120 Comments
Claire Clarke, Contributor
Carifta success
Two Jamaican Carifta Chess champions were crowned this week in Trinidad at the Inaugural Carifta Chess Tournament - Sheneal Gardner for the girls Under-12 section and Stuart James in the open Under-20 category. Jamaica with its 10-member team placed third overall in the tournament and collected the most awards.
Other winners and awards in from the squad of 12 players who returned this week included a third-place Carifta title for Shreyas Smith in the open Under-16 section, a gold-medal award to Alistair Walker who was fourth in this section after ending on the same points as Shreyas Smith; Rachel Miller playing in open section of the open Under-12 section was awarded the second-place Carifta title, while Elias Issa who finished fifth in this section was awarded a silver medal. Nathan Chin played in open Under-12 and was awarded a category age-group prize of a gold medal for being the best Under-8 player.
The rest of the team representing Jamaica in the April 6-10 tournament included: Justin Lowe, Jordan Lowe, Michael Lowe, Nathan Balifante and National Master Mikhail Solomon (who played in an Open tournament that ran concurrently).
Challenge the Mind Linstead tournament results
Ewarton Primary dominated the winners' circle when approximately 200 kids gathered at the Dinthill Technical High School in Linstead, St Catherine, two weeks ago, to match their wits in the NCB-sponsored Challenge the Mind Chess. This series has, for the first time, ventured out of the city.
Full Hundred
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