England’s Chevannes still shines
Nov 6th, 2009 by Daaim Shabazz
WFM Sabrina Chevannes has come a long way from the cute British school champion we knew years ago. Of Jamaican and Chinese/Malay descent, young “Sabz” blazed the trails in youth chess for many years. The medical student is now competing with the British Women’s team. Last year, she represented England in the Four Nations Challenge (pictured right).
She recently competed in the 2009 European Team Championship in a reserve capacity scoring 2.5/5. Chevannes still competes in 4NCL and London leagues in England and juggles her studies with her coaching activities. Following the footsteps of her two older brothers, she is scheduled to finish medical college in 2011, we hope to see her at the Olympiad in 2010.
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Chevannes won all 20 games in about four hours.
Chevannes playing in London Classic (women’s invitational)…
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/festival_events/womens_invitational.htm
[…] WFM Sabrina Chevannes of Birmingham, England penned an article for ChessBase about her American chess experience. Late last year Sabrina told me she was coming to the U.S. for a visit. I had been covering her chess activities since she was around 13. Unfortunately, she would be too far away for an overdue face-to-face meeting, but unbeknownst to me she trekked to “Sin City” to check out the North American Open. Of course this is not considered the marquee tournament of the U.S., but it still draws a handful of top players on the American circuit and a few strong internationals. […]