Bahamas Chess Federation

BCF Receives Overwhelming Response to Caribbean

Chess Sub Zonal 2010

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kean Smith, President

The Bahamas Chess Federation (BCF) is preparing for a large turnout of participants in the upcoming Caribbean Chess Sub Zonal scheduled to be held in Nassau, Bahamas from June 25 to July 1 this year. Already the total entries of 34 players for this year’s tournament have almost tripled the number of the 2008 entries of 12 players.

From the list of 15 regional countries invited, 11 have responded and submitted registration information. The 10 countries are Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Not only is the response to the tournament impressive, the playing strength of the registered players will provide the participants with ample opportunity to earn a FIDE title. Among the registered players are 1 Woman Grandmaster, 3 International Masters, 7 Fide Masters and 2 Candidate Masters.

Below is a list of the players along with their FIDE ID Numbers and Ratings:

No.	NAME	TITLE	FED	POSITION	FIDE NO.	FIDE RATING
1	Lopez, Jasel		ARU	Official Player	15900045	2080
2	Lopez, Juste	c	ARU	Additional Player	15900150	2028
3	Croes, Octavio		ARU	Additional Player	1007220	1950

4	Lyansky, Yan		BAH	Official Player	10400290	1808
5	Gibson, Ken		BAH	Official Player	10400028	1911
6	Ferguson, Joseph		BAH	Additional Player	10400109	1735
7	Whyms, Chappel		BAH	Additional Player	10400125	1658
8	Joseph, Elton		BAH	Additional Player	10400036	1821
9	Small, Byron		BAH	Additional Player	10400044	1784
10	Evans, Milton		BAH	Additional Player	10400192	1630

11	Castilho, Martyn		BAR	Official Player	11100400	2199
12	Corbin, Philip	f	BAR	Official Player	11100036	2164
13	Howell, Shamel		BAR	Additional Player	11100559	2078
14	Warner, Delisle	f	BAR	Additional Player	11100109	2216

15	Faulks, Nicholas	c	BER	Official Player	88000103	2106

16	Fernandez, Francis		DOM	Official Player	6400698	2313
17	Mazara, Adan		DOM	Official Player	6400248	2274

18	Macias, Bryan	f	ECU	Official Player	3603296	2338
19	Mieles, Daniel	m	ECU	Official Player	3600467	2422
20	Santos, Alberto	m	ECU	Official Player	3601234	2361
21	Guerra, Lennin		ECU	Additional Player	3601382	2351

22	Brown, Equitable		JAM	Official Player	7400322	2169
23	Elliot, Warren	f	JAM	Additional Player	7400179	2264
24	Pitterson, Jomo	f	JAM	Additional Player	7400110	2241
25	Matthews, Shane		JAM	Additional Player	7400012	2203
26	Rowe, Duane		JAM	Additional Player	7400268	2222
27	Holness, Mark		JAM	Additional Player	7400233	1997

28	Harper, Ryan	f	TRI	Official Player	7700156	2262
29	Joseph, Marcus		TRI	Official Player	7700393	2166
30	Cabralis, Keron		TRI	Additional Player	7700440	2116

31	Machin-Riviera, Mark		PUR	Official Player	3101126	2212
32	Berrios-Echevarria, Gabriel	f	PUR	Official Player	3100928	2187

33	Alvarez, Johann	m	VEN	Official Player	3900649	2414
34	Sanchez Castillo, Sarai	wgm	VEN	Official Player	3900754	2263

A list of past tournament winners are as follows:

Year	Name and Country of Winner	Venue of Tournament
2008	GM Eduardo Iturrizaga - Venezuela	Merida, Venezuela
2006	IM Winston Boado - Venezuela	San Juan de los Marros, Venezuela
2004	FM Alberto Santos Flores - Ecuador	Guayaquil, Ecuador
2001	IM Jose Sequera - Venezuela	Merida, Venezuela

The Caribbean Chess Sub Zonal 2010 is being made possible by the financial contribution of its sponsors Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture; Ministry of Tourism; The British Colonial Hilton Hotel and GM Dave Norwood and its partners The Bank of The Bahamas and BTC (Bahamas Telecommunication Company).

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