FM DAVY WINS 2016 JOHN POWELL MEMORIAL OPEN FOR THE 4TH TIME

 

 

FM Davy Wins Open Section on tiebreak

Fm Damion Davy won the the ninth edition of the NM John Powell Memorial Chess Open for the 4th time with 5 points from Six games. Despite tying with Stuart james on 5 points, FM Davy was elevated to 1st place on tiebreak.

FM Davy previously won the Championships in 2012,2013,and 2015.

Stuart James was second,also with 5 points, while Terrence Lindo tied for 3rd place with National Master Shreyas Smith, Kevin Merritt and Donavon Merritt with 4.5 Points

The Tournament, which kicked off on february 18th, was played at the PCJ Auditorium on 36 Trafalgar Road in Kingston. and also at the Libery.

The tournament, which was previously called the New Year's Open, was renamed in honour of National Master John Powell, a founding member of the JCF and former president, who passed away in October of 2007.

Powell was considered to be an extraordinary chess administrator, who was one of the catalysts for the growth and development of the sport in Jamaica, particularly at the secondary school level during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Powell was also one of the strongest players in Jamaica at the height of his chess-playing career during the 1970s and 1980s, achieving the title of National Master in 1975. He was widely considered to be the strongest Jamaican player never to have won the National Championships outright. He tied for first three times, 1973, 1980 and 1988, however, he lost on tiebreak to NM Harold Chan in 1973, and NM Robert Wheeler in 1980 and 1988.

Powell represented Jamaica at many Chess Olympiads, winning a silver medal for Jamaica on Board Four in the Olympiad of 1984, which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Powell was still actively playing up to his untimely passing in 2007.

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