{"id":793,"date":"2016-05-06T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/?p=793"},"modified":"2016-05-06T02:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:11:03","slug":"tt-has-2-new-fms-and-1-new-wcm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/tt-has-2-new-fms-and-1-new-wcm\/","title":{"rendered":"T&#038;T Has 2 New FMs and 1 New WCM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve (12) players from Trinidad and Tobago participated in the recently concluded Sub Zonal Chess Championships in Barbados over the period April 28- May 2, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The full contingent comprised:<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEMALE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>WCM Aditi Soondarsingh<\/strong>-National Women\u2019s Champion<\/p>\n<p><strong>WCM Gabriella Johnson<\/strong>&#8211; National Under 16 Female Champion and runner up National Junior Female Champion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shemilah James<\/strong>-National Under 14 Female Champion and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> runner up National Junior Female Champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABSOLUTE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CM Kevin Cupid-National Champion<\/p>\n<p>CM Adrian Winter Atwell-2<sup>nd<\/sup> runner up National Champion<\/p>\n<p>FM Ryan Harper-8 time National Champion<\/p>\n<p>Other players included: FM Allan Munro, CM Dev Soondarsingh, CM Frank Sears, Andrew Bowles, Mikel Martin, Leonard Duncan.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 9 rounds, Trinidad and Tobago can\u00a0boast of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 new FIDE Masters (FMs): Adrian Winter Atwell and Kevin Cupid, who tied for 4th ( 6th place and 8th place respectively on the tie break) \u00a0and ended on 6 points. Each only had 1 loss.<\/li>\n<li>1 new Woman Candidate Master (WCM): Shemilah James, a 12-yr old student of St. Francois Girls; College, who ended on 5 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is also noteworthy that 8 out of the 12 players obtained 50% or more during the tournament, which is the equivalent level of a Candidate Master performance.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament proved to be very competitive and the titles were only obtained at the end of the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Special mention also goes out to 14 yr-old Mikel Martin, from Naparima College, who had a strong tournament, with a draw against International Master Delisle Warner in the 1st round.<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to chess-results for the final rankings:<\/p>\n<p>Absolute:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr218870.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821\">http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr218870.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr218871.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821\">http:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr218871.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;wi=821<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve (12) players from Trinidad and Tobago participated in the recently concluded Sub Zonal Chess Championships in Barbados over the period April 28- May 2, 2016. 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