Former National champion and Candidate Master (CM) Damion Davy walked away with a near perfect victory in the 2014 Robert Wheeler Chess Open over the weekend.

He finished with 5.5 points from six games, only conceding a draw to former junior champion Miguel Asher.

Finishing second to third were National Master (NM) Russel Porter and Miguel Asher, both on 4.5 points, with Porter getting the nod on tiebreaks.

This was the first Open tournament after the Nationals where Davy finished second. “Having finished second in Nationals, winning the Robert Wheeler Chess Open was comforting and very good practice for the upcoming Chess Olympiad in Norway,” he said.

Damion will be a part of the chess team representing Jamaica at the Chess Olympiad.

The tournament had over 100 participants and had three major sections. The Open section best junior was Nathan Hinds, finishing on 4 points, while best female went to Melisha Smith.

The Intermediate section was won by Aulanni Kidd on tiebreaks after a massive tie on 5 points with three other competitors. Finishing from second through to fourth were Ashley Renee-Gregory, Lontae Walker and Chimoabii Iheonunekwu. Aulanni also won best Under-16, Under-14 and Under-12. Best Under-10 was Nicholas Lyn, while Kishan Clarke copped the best Under-8 prize.

Kennedy Brown was victorious in the amateur section with 5.5/6 points. Second through third in that section was Nishani Clarke and Israel Isaacs.

The Robert Wheeler Chess open is a premiere annual event on Jamaica Chess Federation’s calendar and is named after one of Jamaica’s Chess Federation founding members.