Curacao participated in this years CARIFTA Hybrid 2026 tournament organised by the Confederation of Chess for Americas. The tournament counted with participation of over 300 players from various Caribbean  nations such as: Aruba, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Cayman islands, US Virgin islands, Dominica, St. Kitts & Nevis including Guyana and Suriname who all played online via the Tornelo chess tournament platform in groups of under age 8, 10, 12, 14 16, 18, OPEN and Women. The event kicked off Thursday evening with a technical meeting for Arbiters, Delegates and Organizers covering various important technical aspects, rules and regulations for partaking in the event followed by a test practice tournament Friday evening where organizers can setup and test their playing venues along with participants. The 9 rounds kicked off Saturday 11 July for youth players in the under 8 to under 18  age groups followed Sunday 12 July with the OPEN and Women groups at Frater Aurelio SBO school. Despite some hiccups during  Friday's test practice event and Saturday throughout some rounds, Sunday's rounds went pretty smoothly for Curacao where 11 youth players took part in the U8 to U18 and 10 players in the OPEN & Women (some youth and adult players combined).

Ranking highlights of our players in their respective categories

U10 - Laurens van Diepen 9th out of 45 players
​OPEN - FM Ursus van Bemmelen 11th out of 101 players
OPEN - Vaibhav Bedi 15th out of 101 players
Women - WCM Liana Pieter 13th out of 48 players
Women - WCM Taqesyah Marcos 14th  out of 48 players

Overview ​U8 to U18 scores - 9 rounds

Overview ​OPEN & Women scores - 9 rounds

Tournament results details on Chess-Results

We are excited to announce that the Fide Chess Olympiad Under 16 will be held in Barranquilla, Colombia from the 16th to the 23rd of August 2025. The Curaçao Chess Federation FEDAKO intends to send a team. The team will consist of 4 players (and 1 Captain), according the Olympiad U16 rules, minimum 1 girl and minimum 1 boy.

To qualify for the team, players will get the chance to gather qualification points in 3 different tournaments:
1) All Star, 25th till 27th of April. This will count for 60%.
2) Fedako U16 Olympiad Qualification Tournament 1, 16th till 18th of May. This will count for 100%.
3) Fedako U16 Olympiad Qualification Tournament 2, 29th till 31st of May. This will count for 100%.

The 4 players with the most total qualifying points will make it to the team. If there is no girl in the top 4 spot, the girl with the highest qualifying points will be selected for the 4th spot. Same for boys.
If someone who qualified, but for whatever reason, can not make it to the Olympiad in Barranquilla, the next player with the highest qualifying points will be selected for substitution.
We are very pleased that our local FIDE Master Mr. Alvin Smith has volunteered to train the selection for free! 
Fide will subsidize the hotel and 3 meals for the selection of 4 players with Captain, but everyone has to pay for their tickets. 
Fedako will help getting sponsors.
Minors can only be sent by Fedako if at least one of their parents or legal guardian accompanies them.

​Since start of the Covid-19 pandemic it has become a challenge for the regular bi-annual Chess Olympiad to take place whereby the International Chess Federation FIDE set out on organizing an online format to somewhat compensate and keep chess players worldwide engaged in their beloved sport. Curacao participates in the FIDE Online Olympiad 2021, which is the 2nd edition of this new online format and we invite you to ​check out the various links below for info and follow our national team.
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​Info: 
Full team line-up : AHO - Curacao​
Official website : View
Results: View
​Games: View

​Team Curaçao participated in the Online Chess Olympiad for the second time. Based on the current world ranking of Team Curaçao, Team Curaçao was placed in the 4th division in pool E with countries such as Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago and Bahamas, among others.
FIDE (International Chess Federation) proves that the pandemic also offers opportunities by organizing this large-scale chess event with the participation of more than 155 chess countries. Every country had to put together a mixed team every match consisting of 2 men, 2 women and two U20 youth players. Team Curaçao is represented in this tournament by the Fide Meesters Fabio Mensing, Rurik Capella and Wim Blijstra. This trio was reinforced with the youthful talents Rishab Anand Bahadoer and Kennard Martinez-Gallardo. Both youth players can look back with pride on their participation and have gained the necessary experience. Gregory Capella made his debut at this Chess Olympiad with a creditable 50% score (2 out of 4). The participating ladies in Team Curaçao were led by Woman Candidate Master, Ailen Mena and Taqesyah Marcos with excellent scores of 8 out of 11 and 5 out of 5 respectively. Aarona Koenraad (4 wins) and the experienced Seydi Salem–Moussa (2 wins and a draw ) have made an important contribution to the good performance of Team Curaçao. After competing for 3rd place in the final rounds, Team Curaçao eventually finished 4th just behind Teams of Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti. De Fedako (Federashon di Ahedres Kòrsou) can look back on a successful participation of Team Curaçao with Captain David Curiel.

​Curacao Chess Federation proudly announces participation of Curacao in the upcoming FIDE Online Olympiad. Check out the various links below for info and follow our national team.
​Info:
Full team line-up : All countries | AHO - Curacao​
Official website : View
Results: View
​Games: View