In a strong field of 23 top chess talent to include multiple Grandmasters (GM), Jamaicans Fide Master (FM) Jaden Shaw and CM Akeem Brown performed creditably in the Open Section at the Cayman Islands Chess Classic, which unfolded over three days, November 8-10, 2025, and six rounds.

Fide Candidate Master (CM) Akeem Brown finished in fourth position on 4 points and also won the rating prize for U2200, while FM Jaden Shaw tied for fifth place with six others, finishing sixth overall on tie-breaks, all on 3.5 points.

The tournament was won by GM Aryan Tari from Norway on 5.5 points from GM Vladimir Georgiev from North Macedonia on 5 points and International Master (IM) Michael Song from Canada third on 4.5 points.

Cayman Island Chess Federation President CM Shaun Tracey, at the closing ceremony, while thanking all the participants across the three sections contested, stressed the importance of bringing top talent to the Caribbean region, which will aid in the greater development and exposure of the region’s chess playing community.

Jamaican Jaden Shaw shared fifth place at the recent Cayman Islands Chess Classic.

(From left) Dr Devon Smith, chairman of United Way of Jamaica; 100m world champion Oblique Seville; Kerry-Lee Lynch, United Way of Jamaica officer; Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green; and Deron Blake from the Jamaica Agricultural Society share lens time after the sprinter donated $500,000 towards the United Way Jamaica Restoration and Rehabilitation Fund, which was launched at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. United Way also contributed $1.5 million towards the fund.