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On the 11th of November 1997 The Liguanea Chess Club introduced chess at a professional level to the Jamaican Public. National Master and Jamaica Open Champion Geoffrey Byfield, began operations with seven members meeting at the University Of The West Indies. This association has since grown to over eighty members and now meets at the Student Union Activity Center 'the barn' at the University Of Technology on Saturdays. The Administrative office is located at 11 Ardenne Road, Kingston 10. The Liguanea Chess Club is an organization that aims to promote the development of chess and to facilitate social interaction among chess players. The Club has developed a number of young talented players such as Daren Wisdom, Christopher Buchanon, Malaku Lorne, Alain Morais, Ryan Blackwood, Andrew Ross, Brandon Wilson and Scott Jones. For the past two years, the number of females playing chess professionally has almost been non-existent. This club has accomplished a tremendous task by producing two of the top female players in the island, namely Kiweda Davis and Camille Casserly. By introducing chess within the schools and colleges, The Liguanea Chess Club has proven the theory that chess does improve reasoning capabilities and therefore results in students receiving higher grades. The club has also presented international chess to its members and to anyone who would like to play chess at a professional level. In 1999 seven persons were taken to the Curacao International Chess Tournament where Daren Wisdom did exceptionally well, defeating Curacao's number one and number two players. In the following year the club took players to the World Open Tournament in Philadelphia where Malaku Lorne shocked players from around the world with his excellent play. He completed the Tournament with a fairly high score and was among the few players who won cash prizes. In December 2000 Alain Morais displayed his true potential when he went up against the mighty Americans at the Miami Orange Bowl Chess Tournament. There were about thirty-five competitors in this tournament and Alain was placed 5th of the lot. The Saturday Program is now more advanced and professionally structured to accommodate physical activities along with chess. Some of the activities, which have been implemented, are badminton, swimming, football and basketball. Plans are being put in place to introduce table tennis along with other activities. This area of the club has grown tremendously over the years and has seen over fifty persons attending in one day. |