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Barbados chess players performed credibly at the St. Lucia Easter Chess Classic held over the Easter weekend. The event was played in the hybrid format, which is where the players play from one central location under the charge of a referee and play via the internet on a chess playing platform. The tournament had two sections, an Under 2000 section and
Over the last weekend Barbados crowned a new Under 12 Open chess champion in the form of the enthusiastic Jonathan Griffith of Gordon Walters Primary. Griffith put in an impressive second day performance to win all three of his games and finish in sole first with 5 ½ points from a possible 6. Griffith started the day in joint fourth place but defeated Janiyah Browne in
Reigning national ladies chess champion Hannah Wilson dominated the National Scholastics Championships by winning two of the categories. In the first local over-the-board action for juniors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilson captured