Jamaica
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Jamaica’s Jomo Pitterson earns FM title!
Jomo Pitterson (Jamaica) Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Jomo Pitterson of Jamaica clinched the FM title after drawing with IM Basheer Al-Qudaimi. He has earned the requisite six points and becomes the third Jamaica player to earn the title after Grantel Gibbs and Warren Elliott who both earned there titles at…
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Zack Ramsay on Caribbean Chess
Zachary Ramsay has launched a relatively-new blog called caribchess.net and recently penned an interesting article about the future of Caribbean chess. With Maurice Ashley arriving in Jamaica yesterday to help train the national team for the Olympiad, there is a since of urgency to move the federation in the right…
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Jamaica hosts Harold Chan Open
Jamaica will host its annual Hale Chan Open in honor of one of the federation’s first members. The tournament, formerly called the Summer Open, was renamed in 2003 in honour of Dr. Harold Chan who was one of the first three individuals to earn the National Master title in 1975.…
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Rowe takes Jamaican Independence Open!
Jamaica’s first Super National Master (SNM) Duane Rowe won the second staging of the Independence Chess Open, which was held at the Rooms on the Beach Hotel in Ocho Rios from August 2 – 3. Rowe took the main event after scoring 5 points from 6 games, while second place…
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2008 Jamaica Chess Championship
The Jamaican Nationals are underway and perhaps the most interesting observation is that none of the top players are playing. The field is missing FM Warren Elliott, Shane Matthews, Duane Rowe, Jomo Pitterson and Russel Porter, all past Olympians and national team members. The field has a mixture of players…
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Jamaica’s 40th Annual Meeting
Dear JCF Members and Supporters: Please be advised that 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…
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2008 Robert Wheeler Open (Jamaica)
The Jamaica Chess Federation presents the ROBERT WHEELER CHESS OPEN 2008 DATES Saturday April 19, 2008 Sunday April 20, 2008 VENUE Campion College Auditorium FORMAT Six Round Swiss (3 Rounds on Each Day) Open Section – Anyone can participate Amateur Section – Open only to entrants with a JCF rating…
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Young Lions clash in Bahamas, Jamaica!
THE 2nd BAHAMAS YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 The 2nd Bahamas Youth Chess Championship 2008 was held on Saturday 16th and 23rd February at C.R. Walker Senior High School Auditorium. This two day tournament was divided into six (6) sections – U21, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10. The BCF President,…
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Russel Porter takes John Powell Open
Peter Myers, “Porter takes Inaugural John Powell Chess Open,” 18 January 2008 (Jamaica). PORTER TAKES INAUGURAL JOHN POWELL OPEN 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…
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Jamaica: Chess Review in 2007
Peter Myers, “CHESS YEAR IN REVIEW: Wilson, Pitterson Shine in 2007.” 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…
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