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Jamaica recaptures team title at 2017 CARIFTA Chess Championships

admin · April 19, 2017 · News · 0 comments
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Jamaica recaptured the team title at the 6th staging of the CARIFTA Chess Championships held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. When the points were tallied after the final round, Jamaica was declared the champion over Barbados with Trinidad and Tobago taking 3rd place. It was Team Jamaica’s first win since 2013 when they last hosted the tournament.

 
Johmoi Blake
 

Leading the way for Team Jamaica were category winners David Thomas, Johmoi Blake, Adani Clarke and Sheanel Gardner.

Number one seed Thomas (Candidate Master) triumphed in the Boys U-12 (Absolute) Category after defeating fellow Jamaican Coy Wilson in his final round encounter to top the standings with 6.5 points from seven games. Jamaica’s Nathan Walsh finished 3rd with 6 points.

 
David Thomas
 

Blake was declared champion in the U-12 Girls Category in a tiebreak over Vanessa Greenidge of Barbados. Both players were tied on 6 points at the end of the final round.

Adani Clarke (Jamaica’s Woman Candidate Master) won the U-16 Girls title with 6 points. Teammate Ashanti Blackwood and Nulani Kidd shared 3rd place with 4.5 points.




Category favourite Sheanel Gardner confirmed her top billing among the U-20 Girls after overcoming a poor start to score a hard fought win. Gardner ended on 5.5 points. Compatriot Akalia Donaldson took the Silver in a tiebreak.
 

Sheanel Gardener
 

Other notable performances for the Jamaicans at the championships came from Malik Curriah who was joint 3rd in the coveted U-20 Boys (Absolute) Category with 5 points and Joshua Christie who secured Silver in the U-16 (Absolute) Category.

Christie was tied on 6 points with defending champion Alan-Safar Ramoutar of Trinidad and Tobago who was declared champion on tiebreak after defeating the Jamaican in round six. Another Jamaican, Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald was 3rd with 5.5 points from seven games.

 
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Suriname will host the 2018 CARIFTA Chess Championships. Sponsors for the 2017 edition included the Knutsford Court Hotel, the Sports Development Foundation, the Kasparov Chess Foundation, the Magnificent Chess Foundation, JAMSPORTS and the Ministry of Tourism, Burger King, Craft Wicker and Things, the RJR Group and WATA.

 

Written by J. Dario Chin
Pictures courtesy of Jamaica Chess Federation (jamchess.com)

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