Chess Fun Weekend @ SAMBIL a Success

Prize winners

SAMBIL & Curacao Chess Players Foundation organized a weekend of  chess fun at the food court with a blitz tournament on Saturday March 12th and a chess simul on Sunday March 13th. The blitz tournament counted with a total of about 60 players, youth and adults combined while a group of about 15 adult players participated on Sunday in the chess simul played by national chess champion Ursus van Bemmelen and FIDE Master Fabio Mensing. A total of 9 rounds were played in the blitz tournament with 5 minutes per player. Below are the score results for the various groups.

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Youth age 6-9

1. Frederic Simonis 7.5
2. Dylan Leanez 6
3. Aviandrie Castablanc 5

Youth age 10 -12

1. Xavier Werleman 7
2. Raymell Ferreras 6
3. Nathan Dunker 5.5

Youth overall

1. Timothy Carolina 9
2. Frederic Simonis 7.5
3. Xavier Werleman 7

Open

1. Ursus van Bemmelen 8
2. Fabio Mensing 8
3. Alex Roose 7.5

As for the chess simul local player Hans van de Zande managed to draw his game against FIDE Master Fabio Mensing. In all the event was a tremendous success and the management of SAMBIL was very contented assuring this was the 1st of many more chess events to come.