Bahamas set to host Subzonal!
The Bahamas Kean Smith is leading the host effort for the Caribbean Chess Subzonal 2.3 in the capitol city of Nassau. The event will take place from Friday, June 25th to July 1st. Some 16 federations will take part in the nine-round FIDE event. This will mark the first time the subzonal has been hosted in the English-speaking Caribbean.
e-mail: kean_nassau@yahoo.co.uk
Full details here!
Good luck to our friends in the Bahamas for this historic effort. We in Jamaica plan to support the event and make it the most exciting ever!
Greetings Dr.Shabazz,Iwas talking to a friend of mine William”The Exterminator”Morrison and we were wondering if anyone had been in recent contact with Steve Muhammad. Thank you Richard…
Hey Daaim,
Any further news on this tournament?
Despite the lack of Central and South American players, this still looks like a great field with most of the top players in the Caribbean being there. Great coverage as usual!
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June 29, 2010
Zachary Ramsay, The Jamaica Chess Federation
Jamaica’s Top Chess Player Leads the Pack in Regional Championships
Jamaica’s #1 rated player FIDE Master Jomo Pitterson leads the Subzonal 2.3 Chess Tournament in Nassau, Bahamas with a commanding 5 points after 6 rounds of play. The Subzonal tournament brings together the best chess players from across the Caribbean and Central America.
Pitterson shares first place with Womens Grand Master Sarai Sanchez Castillho of Venezuela and, surprisingly, Trinidad’s top junior- Keron Cabralis. Jamaica also boasts the largest contingent of players as National Champion FIDE Master Warren Elliott and National Masters Shane Matthews, Equitable Brown and Mark Holness have also ventured to represent Jamaica in the championships. The effort is primarily thanks to sponsorship by Western Air, who provided a ticket for FIDE Master Elliott. Elliott and Matthews trail in second with 4 points each. Also in shared second place with 4 points are Martyn Del Castillho and Shamel Howell of Barbados, and FIDE Masters Ryan Harper of Trinidad and Tobago and Gabriel Berrios-Echevarria of Puerto Rico.
The tournament finishes with the ninth and final round on July 1. The winnner of the championship is awarded the title of International Master and qualification for the subsequent Zonal tournament.
National Master Mark Holness (left) and FIDE Master Jomo Pitterson (right) at the Subzonal 2.3 in the Bahamas. Photo by Bahamas Chess Federation.
Wow, the fellas doing good man!!! Congrats 🙂
Daaim,
It is a great day for chess in Jamaica and the English-speaking caribbean. Jomo Pitterson has the distinction of being the first “home-grown” Jamaican to become an international master. the only other person to achieve this feat is GM Maurice Ashley who left Jamaica as a 12 year-old.
Jomo is a true chess “phenom” and very few players, if any, in the region work as hard as he at chess. Among other things, he is a serious opening theoretician and has coninued to grow from strength to strength. His inexorable upward climb was evident since December, 2007 when he won the Frederick Cameron Open in Kingston, Jamaica ahead of a big and tough field including the celebrated Jamaican-born GM Maurice Ashley.
His sparkling play at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad for Jamaica saw him being the star of the show with an unbeaten 7/9, for which he earned the FM title. He has continued to play and train hard with excellent results and it is no surprise that he mirrored his olympiad success with another unbeaten 7/9 in the Bahamas.
These two digits must be his favourite numbers!
Much more will be said in the future but I just wanted to share these few words with you.
Special congratulations must be extended to the president of the Bahamian chess federation Kean Smith, my colleague at the Bar, and his fellow Bahamians who had the vision and tenacity to bring this prestigious event to their country. The future for chess in the region is really pregnant with promise.
More anon.
Warmest,
Ian Wilkinson
President
Jamaica Chess Federation
Congrats to my dad and all the other Jamaicans.
Congrats to Jomo on a well deserved result well done!!! A special congrats to Keron Cabralis the youngest FM in Trinidad and i also believe in the english speaking caribbean well done Keron hats off to u for an excellent result u make us all in Trinidad proud!!!
Jomo… It’s only fitting that a hearty congrats comes from your training partner ; I am reminded of Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10. You have worked harder than the ‘average Joe’ and I am happy that the rewards are finally showing. The impact that this will have for Jamaican chess is far past tremendous. I am happy to be a part of this continued journey and I’m not sure we can find another more deserving… CONGRATS again!!
Congrats Jomo and the Jamaican Team! Job well done. Congratulations also to Sarai, Martin and Keron. Great things to come.
Quintin
National Champion of Jamaica FIDE Master Warren Elliott receives sponsored ticket from Western Air to participate in the 2010 Subzonal Championships. Photo courtesy of Zachary Ramsey.
Special congratulations to Keron Cabralis. Continue with your great achievements young FM Cabralis