One of the biggest events on The Bahamas Chess Federation's calendar, the Junior Chess Championships, is scheduled for a 10 am start Saturday, August 26 at the CC Sweeting High School Auditorium.<\/p>\n
Only the top ranked players ranging between primary school and college are eligible and were invited to play. <\/p>\n
At least 24 players are set to compete and were selected based on their performances from two chess tournaments held earlier this year.<\/p>\n
These tournaments include the Individual Scholastic Tournament held in March and the Team Championships held in June. <\/p>\n
Some of the top-ranked junior players expected to compete include one of the youngest players in the country and defending champ in his age group, 11 year-old Akini Morris. <\/p>\n
The overall defending junior champion, the College Of The Bahamas\uff92 Elton Joseph is also expected to participate. <\/p>\n
The Junior Championship tournaments\uff92 format will have each player play five rounds. The players with the highest accumulative score after the rounds are completed will advance to the finals. <\/p>\n
According to the BCF\uff92s Youth Programme Director and Tournament Organizer, Warren Seymour, stiff competition is expected. <\/p>\n
"There should be exciting matches coming from high school players like Lamaro Thompson. I think he will give Joseph a run for his money. Also I expect big things from the youngest player in the tournament Akini," said Seymour. <\/p>\n
In other BCF news, a team exhibition was held last week where six teams made up of four players apiece participated.<\/p>\n
The exhibition was organized by the BCF to encourage more female participation in the game. <\/p>\n
In the end, the Pass Pawns team, captained by Milton Evans, won with a total of 12.5 points. <\/p>\n
There was a three-way tie for second that saw the Bad Bishops, Redoubtable Rooks and the Poison Pawns accumulate 11.5 points apiece. <\/p>\n
Placing fifth were the Defiant Knights with a total of six points and the Knightmares were sixth with a total on 5.5 points. <\/p>\n
Seymour who organized this exhibition noted that, "We were trying to give the young female players a chance to play. There was a good turnout. However seeing that the summer break is still ongoing, the majority of them did not show. As a result there were some weak players on the teams and the overall scores reflected that. But overall it was a good idea," Seymour explained.<\/p>\n
By: Dahalia Smith, The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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