Posted in Caribbean, Trinidad on Jun 18th, 2010 13 Comments »
Josh was featured in the Trinidadian Guardian. Summer vacation is here and young stars are out to make an impact. Josh Colas has been making strides to reach National Master status. He has been selected to compete in the World Youth Championship in Haldiki, Greece in October. However, Josh will make his international debut in [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Trinidad on Jun 4th, 2010 30 Comments »
The Trinidadian Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Trinidad & Tobago Chess Foundation will be hosting its annual Caribbean Chess Carnival from August 3rd – August 8th. The tournament has become a popular fixture in the Caribbean and hopes to attract a strong field in the Open section. There will be three junior [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Scholastic, Trinidad on Sep 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Edison Raphael is the brains behind the Caribbean Chess Carnival, but his exploits do not end there. The ambitious organizer has launched “Let’s Play Chess” an eight-week course beginning on Sunday mornings from 10:00am until noon. The event will be held at the National Library and is similar to the wave of initiatives sweeping the [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Drum Majors, Games, Trinidad on Aug 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
The 2009 edition of the Caribbean Chess Carnival had some interesting games. In these games, one can see why IM Humberto Pecorelli reigned supreme over his competition. His positional understanding seemed to carry the day over nine rounds. The games had a mixture of styles… ebb and flow, vicious attacks, tragic blunders and intriguing endings. [...]
Posted in Cuba, Drum Majors, Tournaments, Trinidad on Aug 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
After winning the inaugural Caribbean Chess Carnival, International Master Humberto Pecorelli has travelled from Cuba to Trinidad’s Port-of-Spain the last two years to defend his title. He now qualifies for a nickname given his historic ‘three-peat’… winning three times in a row. Humberto Pecorelli Garcia wins the 2009 Caribbean Chess Carnival This year boasted arguably [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Tournaments, Trinidad on Jul 24th, 2009 24 Comments »
The Caribbean Carnival will kick off on August 4th and extend through August 9th. Edison Raphael has released a preliminary slate of players scheduled to compete. Player Nation Flag ELO IM Humberto Pecorelli Garcia Cuba 2403 IM Kevin Denny Barbados 2351 WGM Ilaha Kadimova Azerbaijan 2331 IM Julio Ostos Venezuela 2306 IM Oladapo Adu Nigeria [...]
Posted in Africa, Nigeria, Trinidad, UAE on Jul 23rd, 2009 8 Comments »
International Master Oladapo Adu nixed plans to compete in Tripoli, Libya in the African Championship, but has a busy schedule which includes competing in the Caribbean Chess Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad from August 4th-9th. This event is hosted by the Trinidad Chess Foundation and organized by Edison Raphael. Adu will then compete in [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Trinidad on Jun 21st, 2009 4 Comments »
Trinidad’s FM Ryan Harper has been his island’s national champion for a number of times. Having broken the dominance of countryman FM Christo Cave, he has ventured out find opportunities for IM norms. Harper is competing in the New York International with seven GMs and 14 IMs. GM Jaan Ehlvest is top seed and at [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Tournaments, Trinidad on May 12th, 2009 2 Comments »
Edison Raphael has been organizing tournaments in Trinidad for more than 20 years. Perhaps his crown achievement had been the GM tournament in 1990. It was the first GM norm tournament in the English-speaking Caribbean. He then organized the memorable Caribbean. During the recent Barbados Heroes Day Cup, both Andy Walker (Guyana) and FM Grantel [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Trinidad on Aug 7th, 2008 5 Comments »
The CMMB Caribbean Chess Carnival has begun and reigning champion IM Humberto Pecorelli will be challenged by Barbados’ IM Kevin Denny. Organizer Edison Raphael states that the tournament is off to an exciting start. Photos below! Reports to follow! IM Humberto Pecorelli (Cuba) IM Kevin Denny (Barbados)
Posted in Caribbean, Tournaments, Trinidad on Jun 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
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 earned his 3rd GM norm [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Tournaments, Trinidad on Aug 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
Trinidad’s Edison Raphael made modest projections for the CMMB Caribbean Chess Championships, but in an interview with The Chess Drum, he stated that the tournament exceeded his expections. A total of 104 entries with the following breakdown in four sections: 36 in the Open, 30 in the under-20, 27 in the under-14 and 11 in the under-10. Again… [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Tournaments, Trinidad on Jul 23rd, 2007 14 Comments »
The Trinidad Chess Foundation is hosting the CMMB Caribbean Chess Championships on August 8th-11th. Edison Raphael has been publicizing this event and an announcement was made on The Chess Drum last month. I am scheduled to be in attendance and possibly IM Amon Simutowe. While there, I hope to be able to interact with the [...]
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