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2009 National Champs 2009 National Champs Starts This Friday


Defending National Champion NM Equitable Brown and Defending Women's National Champion WFM Deborah Richards will start as favourites when they defend their crown in the 2009 National Chess Championships,which gets underway this Friday, at the Shirley Retreat House on Maeven Avenue in Kingston at 6pm. The Round Robin tournament will run from July 3 – July 19, 2009 and will include games on Saturdays and Sundays at the Norman Manley Law School and in the week games at 6pm at the Shirley Retreat Hotel.

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MAGNIFICENT CHESS AND UWI PARTNERS TO STAGE OVERSEAS MASTERS AND OPEN TOURNAMENTS MARCH 16-22

 

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The first annual Magnificent Chess UWI Tournaments will begin on March 16 and end on March 22. From March 16 - 18, the Masters Tournament will take place at the Medallion Hall Hotel. From March 20 - 22, both Masters and Open Tournaments will take place at the Assembly Hall on the University of the West Indies Mona Campus. See Flyer

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NothingChess Unlimited Holds Fide rated Chess Invitational Masters and Futures

 

Chess Unlimited, a partnership between Jamaica’s two highest internationally rated chess players, FM Warren Elliott and FM Jomo Pitterson, will stage the first Chess Unlimited Rating Improvement Tournament over the next two weekends at the RBTT Head Office in New Kingston and on Ash Wednesday at the Liguanea Chess Club

 

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NothingThe Olympiad in Germany!

 

In 2008, it is Dresden’s turn to host the 38th Chess Olympiad. From 12 to 25 November 2008 the stars of the international chess elite, including Jamaica, will be guests in Dresden, Germany and for two weeks millions of eyes worldwide will home in on the tournament and its grand games.

Besides chess grandmasters like Kramnik and Anand more than 1500 players will participate in the biggest team competition of chess. All chess games will take place in the International Congress Center Dresden, in a unique setting directly on the Elbe river banks of the Old Town – Church of Our Lady, Semper Opera and Castle all within range of sight.