Gabriela Cumberbatch in action.

HC student is Girls’ chess champion

 

Gabriela Cumberbatch has won the 2016 Massy Girls’ School chess championship, which was recently played at the Bridgetown Chess Centre.
 
The Harrison College student won all five of her games to play unbeaten to finish one-and-a- half points ahead of second place finisher Azariah Johnson of Charles F Broome Primary. 
 
Cumberbatch was dominant through out that the tournament and only found herself in trouble in her last round game against visiting player Jessica Clementson. She was 
a piece down but with Clementson falling short on time, Cumberbatch was able to come back to claim victory and achieve a clean sweep of victories.
 
The current Under-12 Carifta Girls’ champion Johnson was half a point ahead of her fellow classmate Vanessa Greenidge, who finished in third on three points. Greenidge had two draws against Johnson and Kiarra Eversley, while only losing to Cumberbatch.
 
Clementson, visiting from Guyana, rounded out the top four finishing on two points.
 
Charles F Broome won the title of champion school, taken from the combined points of the top three players from an 
institution.
 
The next tournament on the Barbados Chess Federation’s Calendar is the second qualifier for the National Chess championship, which begins on Saturday July 9 at 4 p.m. at the Bridgetown Chess Centre, Cavans Lane, Bridgetown. 
 
All players except those who have qualified from the first qualifier are welcome to come and participate.
 
 

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