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