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Barbadian Chess Championship

{{Short description|Chess championship organized by the Barbados Chess Federation since 1983}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

The Barbadian National Chess Championship has been organized by the Barbados Chess Federation since 1983. Previously it was organized by the Barbados Chess Club.{{cite thesis |last=Forde |first=Michael Bernadine |url=http://packedpearls.com/pdf/The%20History%20of%20Organised%20Chess%20in%20Barbados%201877-1985.pdf |title=The History of Organized Chess in Barbados (1877 – 1985) |publisher=University of the West Indies, Cave Hill |access-date=29 January 2017}} A separate national championship for women was first held in 1981.{{cite web |last=Herbert |first=Allan |title=Margaret Prince, an icon of Barbados Chess passes on |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3208-margaret-prince-an-icon-of-barbados-chess-passes-on.html |date=27 August 2008 |publisher=FIDE |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202100706/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3208-margaret-prince-an-icon-of-barbados-chess-passes-on.html |url-status=dead }}

Open championship winners

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! Year !! Champion

1924Sidney Inniss
1925Sidney Inniss
1926Sidney Inniss
1927Charles Gilkes
1928W. Stoute
1929Charles Gilkes
1930Sidney Inniss
1931Sidney Inniss
1932Charles Gilkes
1933Charles Gilkes
1934Charles Gilkes
1935H. Walton
1936Charles Gilkes
1937H. Walton
1938Charles Gilkes
1939H. Walton
1940H. Walton
1941Charles Gilkes
1942H. Walton
1943H. Walton
1944Charles Gilkes
1945H. Walton
1946H. Walton
1947H. Walton
1948Charles Gilkes
1949C. Beasley
1950Charles Gilkes
1967George Trotman, Charles Gilkes
1976Philip Corbin
1977T. Morton, Philip Corbin
1978Ronald Moseley
1979Philip Corbin
1980Philip Corbin
1981David Dawson
1982Peter Dawson
1983Ron Buckmire
1984Ron Buckmire
1985Ron Buckmire
1986{{Interlanguage link multi|Kevin Denny|qid=Q27580118}}{{cite web |last=Shabazz |first=Daaim |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/talkingdrum/TDnovdec01.html |title=The Talking Drum featuring IM Kevin Denny |website=The Chess Drum |date=October 2001 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
1987Philip Corbin{{cite book |last=Corbin |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Corbin |title=Calypso Chess |chapter=About the Author |publisher=Caribbean Chapters Publishing |date=2011}}
1988Kevin Denny
1990Philip Corbin
1991Kevin Denny
1992Kevin Denny
1993Kevin Denny
1994Kevin Denny
1995Kevin Denny
1996Kevin Denny
1997Philip Corbin
1998Kevin Denny
1999Kevin Denny
2000Kevin Denny
2001Kevin Denny
2002Ricardo Szmetan{{cite web |last=Herbert |first=Allan |title=Szmetan is the new Barbados Champion! |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2002/NB_BajanNatl.html |date=18 July 2002 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2003{{Interlanguage link multi|Delisle Warner|qid=Q27580175}}{{cite web |title=2003 Barbados National Championship |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2003/NB_BajanNatl.html |date=23 July 2003 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2004Kevin Denny{{cite web |title=2004 Barbados National Championship |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2004/NB_BajanNatl.html |date=8 May 2004 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2005Delisle Warner{{cite web |title=Warner wins Barbados Championship! |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_BajanNatl3.html |date=23 October 2005 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2006Terry Farley{{cite web |title=Farley claims Barbados National Crown! |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2006/NB_BajanNatl2.html |date=29 October 2006 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2007Delisle Warner{{cite web |title=Warner wins 2007 Barbados Championship! |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_Barbados2.html |date=2 November 2007 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2008Kevin Denny{{cite web |title=2008 Barbados National Championships |url=http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2008/09/16/2008-barbados-national-championships/ |date=9 October 2008 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2009Martyn Del Castilho{{cite news |title=Del Castilho national chess champion |url=https://www.pressreader.com/barbados/daily-nation-barbados/20091008/282003258480140 |date=8 October 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Nation (Barbados) |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2010Martyn Del Castilho
2011Martyn Del Castilho{{cite news |title=Del Castilho retains chess title |url=http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2012/07/30/del-casthilho-retains-chess-title-2/ |date=30 July 2012 |newspaper=Barbados Today |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2012Martyn Del Castilho
2013Orlando Husbands{{cite web |title=HUSBANDS IS NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPION |url=https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/7963-husbands-is-national-chess-champion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712131424/http://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/7963-husbands-is-national-chess-champion |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 July 2014 |date=5 December 2013 |publisher=FIDE America |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2014Yu Tien Poon{{cite news |title=Poon still chess champ |url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/73933/poon-chess-champ |date=31 October 2015 |newspaper=Nation News |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2015Yu Tien Poon
2016Martyn Del Castilho{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/100482/del-castilho-chess-champion |title=del Castilho still chess champion |last=Gill |first=Haydn |newspaper=Nation News |date=14 September 2017 |access-date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213062212/http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/100482/del-castilho-chess-champion |archive-date=13 February 2018}}
2017Martyn Del Castilho{{Cite web |title=Del Castilho still chess champion |url=https://www.pressreader.com/barbados/daily-nation-barbados/20170914/281947428016760 |access-date=2017-09-26 |via=PressReader}}

Women's championship winners

{{Expand list|date=January 2017}}

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! Year !! Champion

1981Margaret Prince
1982Margaret Prince
1983Margaret Prince
1992Margaret Prince
1997Margaret Prince
2002Rashida Corbin{{cite news|title=Corbin among successful players in opening round |url=http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=14757 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050314015007/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=14757 |archive-date=14 March 2005 |newspaper=The Barbados Advocate |access-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}
2003Rashida Corbin{{cite web|title=The Ladies National Chess Championship – 2003 |url=http://www.barbados.org/chess/2003ladies.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530110038/http://www.barbados.org/chess/2003ladies.htm |archive-date=30 May 2010 |access-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}
2004Teresa Howell{{cite web|title=Ladies National Championship is underway at Sagicor Sports Club |url=http://www.barbados.org/chess/2004events.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530074440/http://www.barbados.org/chess/2004events.htm |archive-date=30 May 2010 |access-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}
2006Corrine Howard{{cite web |title=Women's Chess in Barbados |url=http://goddesschess.blogspot.com/2008/09/womens-chess-in-barbados.html |date=26 September 2008 |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2007Corrine Howard
2008Rashida Corbin
2011Sheena Ramsay{{cite news |last=Hurdle |first=Natanga Smith |title=Sheena's will to win |url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/35662/sheena-8217-win |date=15 July 2012 |newspaper=Nation News |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2012Katrina Blackman{{cite news |last=Gill |first=Haydn |title=Blackman retakes chess title |url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/90753/blackman-retakes-chess-title |date=26 November 2016 |newspaper=Nation News |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2013Donna Murray{{cite news |title=Women start well at Chess Olympiad |url=https://www.barbadostoday.bb/2014/08/05/women-start-well-at-chess-olympiad/ |date=5 August 2014 |newspaper=Barbados Today |access-date=26 January 2017}}
2014Katrina Blackman
2015Gabriela Cumberbatch{{cite web |title=CUMBERBATCH IS NEW CHESS QUEEN |url=https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/9616-cumberbatch-is-new-chess-queen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202100847/https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/9616-cumberbatch-is-new-chess-queen |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 February 2017 |date=19 September 2015 |publisher=FIDE America |access-date=29 January 2017}}
2016Katrina Blackman{{cite web |title=2016 BARBADOS LADIES CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL REPORT |url=https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/10174-2016-barbados-ladies-chess-championship-final-report |date=23 November 2016 |publisher=FIDE America |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131221207/https://www.fideamerica.com/index.php/barbados/10174-2016-barbados-ladies-chess-championship-final-report |url-status=usurped }}

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