Maybe they took an early advantage. Perhaps they adopted a defensive approach. Perchance, they aimed for a tiebreak and quickly traded rook and kings, bishops and pawns. Their strategy might remain shrouded but clearly, our junior chess players made calculated moves to win at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Youth Chess Festival.

Team Trinidad and Tobago secured; three Gold and one Bronze medal; ranking 7th overall amongst regional federations.

The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs is proud of your collective efforts:

Arena Candidate Master (ACM) Ty Humphrey, won Gold in the U12 Open Standard; won Gold in the U10 Blitz categories.

Ty also compete in the U12 Standard, (above his age group) finishing undefeated with 8.5 points from nine games.

Sandhya Ramsaroop, claimed Gold in the U14 Girls Rapid competition and Bronze in the U14 Girls Blitz.

Cardel Miller- secured fourth-place finish -U8 Open Standard category

Catherine Ali- copped sixth place - U12 Girls Standard event,

Jordyn Flament- she recorded five wins in the U8 Girls Standard category

Sienna Mike and Naomi Flament represented in the U8 and U10 Girls Standard divisions

Luke Gillette competed in the U16 Open Standard and Blitz events, recording 5.5 points in Blitz

Candidate Master (CM) Kael Samuel Bisnath represented TT in the U18 Open Standard category, earning 4.5 points.


We extend hearty congratulations to you, on your outstanding performance,.

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