Four Barbadians conditionally awarded titles after Olympiad
Four Barbadian chess players have been conditionally awarded titles following their performance at the 44th FIDE Olympiad in Chennai, India.
2022-09-07 15:25:34 - VI News Staff
The four are reigning national ladies champion Hannah Wilson, double Pan American Youth Championships gold medallist Chanon Reifer-Belle, former national Under-20 and Under-18 female champion Kiarra Eversley and former national Under-20 champion Justin Parsons.
Parsons has been conditionally awarded the title of Candidate Master, while Wilson, Reifer-Belle and Eversley have been conditionally awarded the title of Woman Candidate Master.
The quartet, competing at their first Olympiad, achieved the requirement of attaining a 50 per cent record from a minimum seven games during the July 29 to August 9 event. They must now fulfil a minimum rating requirement to be fully awarded the title.
Parsons, who scored six out of ten points and moved his rating to 1795 after the Olympiad, needs to achieve a rating of 2000 to be awarded the Candidate Master title, while the requirement for the three female players to be awarded the Woman Candidate Master title is a rating of 1800.