Warren Seymour Classic 2012
Tournament Notice
In appreciation of the tremendous
contribution that Mr. Warren Seymour has made to the chess lives of
Bahamians, young and old, the Bahamas Chess Federation has named the
second tournament of the year in his honor. The event will take place
at the C. W. Sawyer Primary School Auditorium on Saturday, February 25th
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Yan Lyansky Wins
the New Providence Open
2012
In the highly-anticipated 2012 New Providence Open, Yan Lyansky
won the tournament outright with the undefeated score of four
wins out of four games. By
winning the BCF's first tournament of the 2012 Calendar, Yan
leads the Federation’s newly-initiated Gran Prix system and is
automatically
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BCF donates 20 Chess sets to T. G. Glover Primary
On Monday, January 9th, 2012, the newly elected board members of The Bahamas
Chess Federation (BCF) met with Mrs. C. Forbes, Principal of the T. G.
Glover Primary school to discuss ways to introduce chess programs into the
school. This is in keeping with the
Federation’s goal of ....
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New BCF Board Members
After a fierce election in the
Bahamas Chess Federation, we now have new Board members. The newly
elected Executive
board are as follows:
President: NM Byron Small
1st Vice President (Member
Development):
Belinda Wheeler
2nd Vice President (Tournaments):
Andre White
Treasurer (Finance and
Junior Chess):
Ken Gibson
Secretary: Elton Joseph
2012 Tournament Calendar is out
2012
Calendar
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International Grand Master Maurice Ashley
Visits The Bahamas
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Monday the 14 of November the
Bahamas Chess Federation and The Bahamas welcomed with open arms the
International Chess Grand Master Maurice Ashley. With him came an amazing
flow of ideas and much enthusiasm. Full story will be posted on Wednesday.
By time you can visit his website, he has lots of info /apps for new chess
players.
http://www.mauriceashley.com/
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Bahamas Chess Nationals 2011
Round 6 Results
Round 6 of the 40th Bahamas National Chess
Championship ended on Sunday, 13th November, 2011 and the play
continues this coming weekend.
This exciting tournament shows a young Sandeep Gali (12 yrs
old) holding his ...
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Standard Tournament Rating Listing
October 1,
2011
The
following rating list reflects only the Standard Tournament sanctioned
by the BCF since July 1st.
Players with provisional ratings have not played the required
number of rated games (20
......
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10 year old Polina Major wins
Bahamas Junior Chess Championship 2011
The Bahamas Junior ChessChampionship (BJC )
2011started on August 13th andwas held at the C.W. SawyerPrimary School. The
BJC isthe tournament held onceevery year to crown the best
junior....
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Welcome to the BCF Website
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Welcome to the Bahamas
Chess Federation website, Our hope is that you will find here all the
information you are looking for about our present and past activities.
I wish this will also give
you an incentive to join us in the development of Chess in the Bahamas, as a
player, a sponsor or a supporter.
Thank you for visiting and
see you soon in one of our events,
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TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR'S COURSE
Interested Members of
the Bahamas Chess Federation are hereby informed that the Bahamas Chess
Federation is planning a Tournament Directors’ Course to be held this year.
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