Player Profiles - Barbados

Top Barbados Players Competing

Randy Bennett A talented all round sportsman, being an athlete and cricketer as well as chess player. He finished second in the Under 16 section of the Curacao International Open, in 1996. He was also second in the 1999 Mutual Open Chess Championships.
Junior Taitt The 1998 champion, he came on the Barbados chess scene very late and as a relative unknown, he made his mark by qualifying for the 1998 and 1999 Barbados National Championships. He represented Barbados at the 1999 Pan American Under 18 in Brazil. He is the current joint Barbados Under 20 champion (with Justin Kirton).
Justin Kirton (St. George Secondary) The Knight of St. George, he is the current joint national Under 20 champion (with Junior Taitt). Sharp and aggressive he is one of Barbados's brightest hopes for the future. He represented Barbados at the 1999 Pan American Under 14 and the 2000 Pan American Under 16, in Brazil.
Olaudah Pryce (St. Leonards Boys) After dominating the Under 14 age group in 1997 and 1998, and having been a member of several St. Leonards champion junior interschool teams, he is now looking to make his mark at the senior level having just qualified for the 2000 Barbados national championships. A positional player, he represented Barbados at the 1999 Curacao International Open.
Saeed Norville (Hill Top Prep School) Just 8 years old, he is the current Barbados Under 12 champion. Not to be underestimated, he won a Board prize at last year's interschool playing opponents almost twice his age. He represented Barbados at the 2000 Pan American Under 10 in Brazil. This is one name which will feature in next 12 Open Juniors!
Rashida Corbin Barbados' brightest young female hope. Another sharp and aggressive player, she was a key member of the Barbados Under 14 Junior Squad which toured Trinidad 1998 and 1999, and is the current Barbados Under 14 champion.
Amilton Wilson (Ellerslie) A surprise winner of the Barbados 2000 Under 16 Championship and a member of the Barbados Under 16 squad, he is a rapidly developing junior whom one must keep an eye on!
Anderson Christie (Barbados Community College) One of Barbados' most experience juniors having represented the country at the CAC Under 20 in Venezuela in 1999, the 1998 Pan American Under 20 in Brazil, and the British Junior Under 16 in 1998 where he placed 8th. Anderson qualified for the Barbados National Championship this year for the first time and is currently the highest ranked Barbados junior.
Askari Elson Askari, while only 13 years old and playing his first Open Junior, is not to be underestimated. This positional player, placed 4th in the 1999 US Open Junior in Arizona and has qualified for this year's National Championships.

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