Central America and Carribean Youth Chess Championship 2009

From August 6 till August 11, 2009 the Central America and Carribean Youth Championship is taking place in Panama.

The treasurer of the Puerto Rico Chess Federation George Perez-Borrero let us know that:

" The Puerto Rico Chess Federation will be sending a delegation of nine young chess players to the IV Central American and Caribbean Youth Chess Festival to be held at Panamá City, Panamá from August 6 to 15, 2009. The delegation will be lead by the Puerto Rico Chess Federation President., Omar Añeses-Bocanegra and among the representation there will be two chess trainers FM Luis Sosa-Trani and Abnel Ayala-Sanchez.

Among the delegation the last year Pan American Youth silver medalist Danitza Vazquez-Maccarini will be participating in the 10 year old girls section. Danitza Vazquez-Maccarini with only nine years old came out in second place in this year’s Puerto Rico Woman Chess Championship with a rating performance of 1873.


Boys Under 12: Abnell Comas Colon
Boys Under 14 : Rinel Comas Colón
Boys Under 16 : Pedro Rodríguez Mercado
Boys Under 18 : Raúl Vázquez Reyes
Girls Under 14 : Rinelly Comas Colón
Girls Under 10 : Danitza Vázquez Macarrini
Girls Under 16 : Jill Bianca Claudio del Valle
Girls Under 18 : Wilmairi Sánchez Rodríguez

The official page for the event is http://www.ajedrezpanama.com/

Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com

Puerto Rico Women Championship - Final

The treasurer of the Puerto Rico Chess Federation, George Perez-Borrero let me know today that: "The Final of the Puerto Rico Woman Championship, Puerto Rico National Women Championship -2009 is being held at the Casa de Ajedrez

in Caguas Puerto Rico from July 11, 2009 to July 27 2009. The institution of 9,753 square feet is the only installation dedicated exclusively to chess in Puerto Rico. The house was built at a cost of $1,6 million. Casa del Ajedrez "the House of Chess" opened its doors in October of 2006 under the direction of IA Rafael Ortiz Bonilla with the purpose of promoting the education and practice of the sport science."

After eight rounds the Chess Champion of Puerto Rico en titre - Seqarra Choe Tammy is leading with 7.5 points, the 9 years old Danitza Vazquez is in second place with 5 points. On the photo below you can see the direct encounter between the leaders.The latest results can be seen here. For those of you who know Spanish, the official web-page of the Puerto Rico Chess Federation is here.

Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com

Puerto Rico Chess Federation Woman Open Classificatory

Today I received a very nice email from the Treasurer of the Puerto Rico Chess Federation:

"Hi Alexandra:

From May 29 till May 31 the Puerto Rico Chess Federation Woman Open Classificatory will take place. It's a Swiss system where 5 players will be selected for the final Round Robin Championship.

The 2008 Pan-American silver medalist Danitza Vazquez Macarrini

will be participating as well as the WFM Jo Ann Álvarez Orta

The Puerto Rico Federation is following closely with great enthusiasms the development of its young woman chess players. The Puerto Rico Chess Federation and other chess groups are undertaking initiatives to increase the number of women chess players. One is to increase the number of female players in the public spotlight so that they serve as role models and spokespeople. These efforts are already producing results. At annual chess tournaments, the number of girls participating is increasing every year.

George Perez-Borrero
Treasurer
Puerto Rico Chess Federation"

I'm very happy to hear that the Puerto Rico Chess Federation is doing so many things for promoting women's chess. I hope they will continue this work and many more girls from Puerto Rico will have a chance to get to know how wonderful the game of chess is!

Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com