GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Jamaica received their first-ever CARICOM Basic Workforce Chess event spectacularly after Barbados shocked defending champions Trinidad and Tobago within the penultimate spherical on Sunday.
On the finish of the competitors performed on the Pegasus Suites and Company Centre, Jamaica emerged victorious on 29.5 factors, a mere half level forward of T&T, with Suriname third on 25.5 factors and Barbados fourth on 22.5 factors.
T&T entered the eighth spherical towards Barbados in a robust place to repeat as champions, however had been shocked 2.5-1.5 by the Bajans.
For Barbados, Emar Edwards upset Fide Grasp Joshua Johnson on the highest board, and Girls’s Candidate Grasp Chanon Reifer-Belle defeated Girls’s Fide Grasp Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez. On the identical time, Kemp Lynch drew with FIDE Grasp Kevin Cupid.
T&T’s solely victory got here from Zara La Fleur, who defeated Leshay Springer.
In the meantime, Jamaica was held to a 2-2 draw by Suriname, to arrange an exciting end to the competitors.
Jamaica stormed to a 3-1 victory over Barbados within the final spherical, whereas T&T defeated Guyana 3.5-0.5, nevertheless it was not sufficient to disclaim Jamaica their maiden title.
Within the Underneath-16 particular person title, Barbados’ Mileke Sinckler captured the highest spot on 6.5 factors, edging countrymen Noah Clarke on the tiebreak and Aaron Jaikaran, who completed third on six factors.
