FM SHANE MATTHEWS LEADS CHESS SUB ZONALS ON BRINK OF INTERNATIONAL MASTER TITLE GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND

 

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FM SHANE MATTHEWS LEADS SUBZONALS AFTER ROUND 8

 

 

FM Shane Matthews now leads the tournament with 6.5 points from 8 rounds after clinching a draw with FM Damon Davy who now stands on 6 points, tied with FM Joshua Christie, Estevev Polanco, FM Malaku Lorne, Allan Romatour, FM Christopher Guzman and Martyn Del CastilhoLorne A win in round 9 will guarantee him clear first place and the IM title while a draw could see him tied for first place if any of the players on 6 points should win.

Pairings/Results

Round 8 on 2018/06/24 at 10.00

Bo.		Name	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name
1	FM	MATTHEWS Shane	6	½ ½	5½	DAVY Damion
2	FM	CHRISTIE Joshua	5½	½ -½	5½	ESTEVEZ POLANCO Leonardo Rafael
3	FM	LORNE Malaku	5½	½ -½	5½	RAMOUTAR Alan-Safar
4	FM	GUZMAN Christopher	5	1 - 0	5	TORRES SANTIAGO Jonathan
5	FM	DEL CASTILHO Martyn	5	1 - 0	5	MUNRO Allan
6	FM	CUPID Kevin	4½	0 - 1	5	LORENZO DE LOS SANTOS Luis L.
7		RAMIREZ REYES Braulio Fernando	4½	1 - 0	4½	SOONDARSINGH Dev
8	CM	ROWE Duane	4½	0 - 1	4½	GLAVES Raheem
9		MORAIS Alain	4½	0 - 1	4½	CURRIAH Malik
10	FM	GIASI Viresh	4½	½ -½	4½	DRAYTON Anthony
11	NM	JAMES Stuart	4½	0 - 1	4½	BROWN Akeem
12		MCDONALD Jhustice-Dimonte	4½	1 - 0	4	ABREU JEAN Carlos Paul
13	FM	ELLIOTT Warren	4	1 - 0	4	HINDS Nathan
14	CM	SMITH Shreyas	4	1 - 0	4	MERRITT Kevin
15	NM	BROOKS Paul	4	½ -½	4	JOSEPH Marcus
16	CM	HOLNESS Mark	4	0 - 1	3½	POLANCO NUNEZ Yoel Estarling
17	AIM	STEADMAN Tevanio	3½	½ -½	3½	ARVELO LEO Gian Carlo
18		HALL Odane	3½	0 - 1	3½	BROWN Equitable
19	CM	SANCHES Casanova Romario	3½	1 - 0	3½	WHITE Rushawn
20		LYN Christopher	3½	0 - 1	3½	BLACKWOOD Ryan
21		MURDOCK Christopher	3½	1 - 0	3½	MYERS Peter
22		THOMAS Carson	3½	0 - 1	3½	MONCUR Cecil
23		SHAW Jaden	3	½ - ½	3	MELLACE Andrew
24		BOWLES Andrew	3	0 - 1	3	MCKENNIS Darren
25		SOARES Andre	3	1 - 0	3	BOWEN Mark
26		SMITH Di-Jaun	3	1 - 0	3	WALSH Nathan
27		MCDONALD Angelus-Seren	3	½ - ½	3	RICHARDS Shaheem
28		LOBBAN Brandon	3	½ - ½	2½	JORDAN Valence
29		GUPTE Nikit	2½	0 - 1	2½	SINCLAIR Horace
30		CAMPBELL Tevin	2½	1 - 0	2½	SMITH Kenroy
31		LYN Nicholas	2½	0 - 1	2½	MCDERMOTT Peter
32		LAMOUNT Samuel	2½	0 - 1	2	WHYMS Chappell
33	CM	SEARS Frank	2	1 - 0	2	WRIGHT Davielo
34		NATHOO Loris	2	1 - 0	2	WATTS Justin
35	ACM	CLARKE Kishan	2	½ - ½	1½	JERVIS Kevin
36		KHEMLANI Krish	1½	0 - 1	1½	LYN Anthony
37		DYER Armani	1	1 - 0	1	FAGAN Nathan
38		JOHNSON Obrian

 

Jamaican FIDE Master (“FM”) Ras Malaku Lorne pawned off his historic Chess (Absolute) Zonals debut with a win against El Salvador’s Camilo Medrano in the first round held on Friday May 26 in El Salvador. In the second round scheduled for today (10 am local time) Lorne will have the black pieces against Nicaraguan FM Rene Lacayo.

Lorne, who arrived in El Salvador on Thursday May 25, 2017, is among fifty-one players from nine countries battling for a chance to qualify for the World Cup of Chess. The players include several Grandmasters led by the rating favourite Cuban Lazaro Bruzon.

The former Jamaica Junior Championand multiple Chess Olympian,qualified for this prestigious event by virtue of his outstanding performance at the 2016 Sub-Zonals in Barbados where he scored seven points from a possible nine to tie for second.

Other Jamaicans to play in the  Absolute Zonals are Devlin Sinclair (in the 1990s) and IM Jomo Pitterson who played in the 2011 event in the Dominican Republic after creating history by winning the 2010 Sub-Zonals in the Bahamas.
Lorne’s trip is sponsored by the Sports Development Foundation of Jamaica, the Kasparov Chess Foundation and the Jamaica Chess Federation, respectively.

Ian G. Wilkinson QC
President, Jamaica Chess Federation
2017 May 27

 

 

 

 

FM RAS MALAKU LORNE TO REPRESENT JAMAICA IN CHESS ZONALS IN EL SALVADOR

 

 

Fm Ras Malaku Lorne is currently  participating in the Zonal tournament in El Salvador from May 25- June 1. The  First round started on May  26th 2017.

Check out the links below to keep up to date with results as the tournament progresses.

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