The Heroes Day International Chess Festival took place from 26th April to 1st May, 2014, at the Chess Center, Cavans Lane, in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados.
The tournament was split into two groups – a 6 player double round robin Master tournament and a 9 round Swiss Open Candidates tournament.
WGM Alina L’Ami was more than convincing, winning the Master Section with 9.5/10 points. She outplayed the nearest follower GM Mesgen Amanov 2-0, thus leaving him full 2 points behind.
Amanov finished second with 7.5/10 points, while local FM Delisle Warner took the bronze with 4.5/10 points.
The Open Section was won by FM Orlando Husbands with 8/9 points, followed by Gilles Suez-Panama and FM Yutien Poon on 7.5/9 points each.
Official website / Previous report: Heroes Day Chess Festival 2013
2014 Heroes Day Master final standings:
1 WGM L’ami Alina (2415) ROU 9.5
2 GM Amanov Mesgen (2463) TKM 7.5
3 FM Warner Delisle (2192) BAR 4.5
4 IM Farley Terry (2213) BAR 4.0
5 IM Denny Kevin (2295) BAR 2.5
6 FM Harper Ryan (2293) TTO 2.0
2014 Heroes Day Candidates final standings:
1 FM Husbands, Orlando 8.0 BAR M 2042
2 Suez-Panama, Gilles 7.5 FRA M 2066
3 FM Poon, Yutien 7.5 BAR M 2055
4 Prescod, Bryan 6.0 BAR M 1866
5 Richards, Allon 6.0 BAR M 1857
6 Castillo, Roberto 6.0 CUB M 1925
7 Harewood, Othneil 6.0 BAR M 1783
8 Jarrett, David 6.0 ENG M 1830
9 Elcock, Corie 5.5 BAR M 1677
10 Cupid, Kevin 5.5 TRI M 2075
11 Parson, Justin 5.5 BAR M 1419
12 Sandiford, Kyle 5.5 BAR M 1486
13 Cardozo, Luke 5.0 BAR M 1466
14 Lowe, Mark 5.0 BAR M 1628
15 Degia, Ross 5.0 BAR M 1517
16 Grant, Christopher 5.0 BAR M 0
17 Murray, Donna 5.0 BAR F 1461
18 Jones, Shaquan 5.0 BAR M 1381
19 Mathani, Nitin 5.0 BAR M 0
20 Coppin, Jeran 5.0 BAR M 1305
21 Harewood, Jakeel 4.5 BAR M 1685
22 Davis, Tyrell 4.5 BAR M 0
23 Sargeant, Kody 4.5 BAR M 0
24 Hoyte, Royston 4.5 BAR M 1104
25 Gibson, Rachad 4.0 BAR M 0
26 Cumberbatch, Gabriela 4.0 BAR F 1279
27 Thomas, Akelie 4.0 BAR M 0
28 Jiang, Jennifer 4.0 BAR F 0
29 Porter, Najjah 4.0 BAR M 0
30 Sandiford, Leigh 4.0 BAR M 0
31 King, Chad 3.5 BAR M 0
32 Waner, Giovanni 3.5 BAR M 1385
33 Sandiford, S�gan 3.5 BAR F 0
34 Walrond, Niccolo 3.0 BAR M 1222
35 Gilkes, Dwayne 3.0 BAR M 1833
36 Austin, Tavonte 3.0 BAR M 0
37 Adams, Jacintha 3.0 BAR F 0
38 Warner, Miguel 3.0 BAR M 0
39 Burgess, Stefon 3.0 BAR M 0
40 Moore, Emerald 2.5 BAR F 0
41 Worrel, Matthew 2.0 BAR M 1354
42 Harewood, Dave 2.0 BAR M 0
43 Edwards, Mequan 1.0 BAR M 0
44 Bynoe. Dajmar 1.0 BAR M 0
45 Edwards, Tre 0.0 BAR M 0
