Previous Winners

With The Mutual 2000 Open Junior Chess Championship underway, it is a good time to look back at who were the previous winners and what has become of them.

	1983	Kenneth Shovel (England) - now a FIDE MASTER 2270
	1984	Chris Ward (England) - now a Grandmaster, 2505.
	1985	Kevin Denny (Bdos) - now a FIDE Master-2245
	1986	Ron Buckmire (Bdos) - now a FIDE MASTER- 2315
	1987	Andrew Walker (Guyana)
	1988	Delisle Warner (Bdos) - now a Barbados National Master-2220
	1989	Delisle Warner (Bdos)- now a Barbados National Master-2220
	1990	Delisle Warner (Bdos)- now a Barbados National Master-2220
	1993	Matthew Hinds (Bdos).
	1994	Jomo Pitterson (Jamaica)
	1995	Dwayne Goodridge (Bdos)
	1996	Ryan Harper (Trinidad)
	1997	Robin Clark (England)
	1998	Junior Taitt (Barbados)
	1999	Sean Perryman (Trinidad)

Since winning the Mutual Open Junior Chris Ward (1984) went on to become a Grandmaster, an author of a number of chess books and British Champion in 1996.

Kevin Denny (1985) went on to win the Central American & Caribbean Under 20 and become the first player from the English speaking Caribbean to become a FIDE Master. Kevin has been a member of the Barbados Olympic team since 1988 and is the current Barbados National Champion.

Ron Buckmire not only became a FIDE Master but is still the only player from the English speaking who has a FIDE rating over 2300. He is also a former Barbados National Champion.

Delisle Warner went on to become a Barbados National Champion and is member of the Barbados Olympic team. To date he is the only person to have held the Open Junior title twice.

Since its introduction in 1983, the Open Junior has played a strategic role
in the development of junior chess within the English speaking Caribbean.

One thing is certain, a number of tomorrow's champions will be
on show at the Barbados Community College from July 17 to 21, 2000.