{"id":945,"date":"2017-09-22T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/?p=945"},"modified":"2018-12-11T19:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T23:28:44","slug":"national-chess-championships-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/national-chess-championships-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"National Chess Championships 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The National Open Chess Championship and National Women&#8217;s Chess Championship shall be held at\u00a0<b>7th Floor, Pan American Life Building, St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain<\/b>\u00a0over the following dates:<\/div>\n<div><b>September \u00a023, 24, 25, 30 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>October \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 \u00a0 2017<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rounds are at <strong>2.00 p.m<\/strong>. each day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Results shall be posted after each round and can be found at:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Open<\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chess-results.com\/tnr297899.aspx?lan=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.chess-results.com\/tnr297899.aspx?lan%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506179448276000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHySwJRjHk1RluLAXcizY8AB-ivQA\">http:\/\/www.chess-<wbr \/>results.com\/tnr297899.aspx?<wbr \/>lan=1<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Women<\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chess-results.com\/tnr302540.aspx?lan=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.chess-results.com\/tnr302540.aspx?lan%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506179448276000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHai10OJ1aOl97UabZmNHo7IClL-Q\">http:\/\/www.chess-<wbr \/>results.com\/tnr302540.aspx?<wbr \/>lan=1<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><b>In the Open tournament,\u00a0<\/b>12 players shall be vying for the prestigious title of National Chess Champion. 8-time \u00a0and current national Champion, FM Ryan Harper will have to pull out all the stops to retain his title against a very competitive field comprising:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>FM Adrian WinterAtwell<\/li>\n<li>FM Kevin Cupid<\/li>\n<li>FM Frank Yee<\/li>\n<li>FM Isaiah Mc Intosh<\/li>\n<li>FM Mario Merritt<\/li>\n<li>Alan-Safar Ramoutar<\/li>\n<li>FM Joshua Johnson<\/li>\n<li>CM Dev Soondarsingh<\/li>\n<li>CM Ravishen Singh<\/li>\n<li>CM Esan Witlshire<\/li>\n<li>David Jones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_3239548870001194958gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>On the Female side, defending Women&#8217;s Chess Champion, 16 yr-old WIM Gabriella Johnson shall face-off against:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>WCM Aditi Soondarsingh<\/li>\n<li>CM\/WFM Shannon Yearwood<\/li>\n<li>WCM Shemilah James<\/li>\n<li>WFM Sadiqah Razark<\/li>\n<li>Amy Ali<\/li>\n<li>Anusha Saha<\/li>\n<li>Athena Martin<\/li>\n<li>Zara La Fleur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>We encourage the community to come support the players during\u00a0the most important event on the local Chess Calendar.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Open Chess Championship and National Women&#8217;s Chess Championship shall be held at\u00a07th Floor, Pan American Life Building, St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain\u00a0over the following dates: September \u00a023, 24, 25, 30 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2017 October \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 \u00a0 2017 Rounds<a class=\"sup-readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/national-chess-championships-2017\/\">Read 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