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2026 Sittu Chess Championship - Group C

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Bridgetown, Barbados. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1639, and top seed was Aaron Jaikaran (🇧🇧 BAR, 1691).

Loki Clarke (🇧🇧 BAR, 1580) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Savion Little (5.5) and Aaron Jaikaran (5.0). Clarke won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Dominic Brathwaite (1455) beat Terence Lindo (1675), a +220-point gap.

Location
🇧🇧Bridgetown, Barbados
Dates
19 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇧Aaron Jaikaran1691
Avg top 10
1,639
Participants
26
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇧Barbados×24
🇬🇩Grenada×1
🇱🇨Saint Lucia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Loki Clarke led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
5
3
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Clarke7Little5.5Jaikaran5Herbert4.5Eversley4.5Stuart4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Loki Clarke never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Loki Clarke beat Savion Little (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Loki Clarke 7 wins (R1–R7)Savion Little 4 wins (R1–R4)Aaron Jaikaran 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Loki Clarke*
1
1
—
2Savion Little
0
*
1
½
3Aaron Jaikaran
0
0
*
1
4Allan Herbert—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Clarke, Loki1580BAR+12B+18N+24B+3B+2N+11B+4N7.025.026.526.502409+54.2
2Little, Savion1671BAR+21B+19N+20B+4N−1B+3B=5N5.526.028.018.751782+33.2
3Jaikaran, Aaron1691BAR+7B+6N+16B−1N+5B−2N+8B5.029.532.520.001764+27.2
4Eversley, KiarraWCM1598BAR+9B=24N+11B−2B+13N+6B−1B4.528.029.516.251680+13.4
5Herbert, Allan1643BAR−19B+9N+7B+16N−3N+10B=2B4.525.528.017.751681+8.2
6Stuart, Charis1587BAR+26B−3B+12N=17N+8B−4N+13B4.523.523.512.501634+14.4
7Coppin, Jeran1580BAR−3N+14B−5N+12B+16B−8N+17B4.023.526.513.001605+4.0
8La Touche, Cyprian1580BAR+17B−16N+18B+20N−6N+7B−3N4.022.525.012.501627+7.6
9Singh, Aidan1418BAR−4N−5B+15N+25B−10N+24B+16N4.021.022.09.001581+50.4
10Thompson, Boris1593BARF+26N−19B+21N+9B−5N+11B4.018.018.09.501579-1.6
11Brathwaite, Dominic1455BAR=13N+23B−4N+24B+17B−1N−10N3.524.025.58.251537+24.0
12Ziaian, Darius0BAR−1N+21N−6B−7N+25B=22B+19N3.522.023.06.5015720.0
13Cadogan, Dominic1624BAR=11B−17N+22B+19N−4B+20N−6N3.520.522.58.751520-35.2
14Griffith, Jonathan1431BAR−16B−7N+26B+18N=19B=17N=15N3.519.019.07.501517+24.4
15Jaikaran, Sameera1467BAR−18B−25N−9B+22N+21B+26N=14B3.515.515.55.751485+3.2
16Roberts, Gennard1605GRN+14N+8B−3N−5B−7N+19N−9B3.025.027.510.001498-40.8
17Lindo, Terence1675LCA−8N+13B+25N=6B−11N=14B−7N3.023.024.08.501497-33.4
18Harewood, Othneil1628BAR+15N−1B−8N−14BF+21N+20B3.022.522.58.001445-24.8
19Browne, Janiyah1491BAR+5N−2B+10N−13B=14N−16B−12B2.524.527.510.251538+14.0
20Ziaian, Bijan0BAR+25B+22N−2N−8B=24N−13B−18N2.519.520.53.7515000.0
21Herbert, Jaeda1529BAR−2N−12B+23N−10B−15N−18B+25N2.021.522.53.001447-26.0
22Toppin, Darren1664BAR=23N−20B−13N−15BF=12N+26B2.015.015.02.751255-61.2
23Sparman, Alfred1493BAR=22B−11N−21BFF+25N=24N2.010.010.02.751470-6.0
24Farley, Jefferson0BARF=4B−1N−11N=20B−9N=23B1.525.527.54.5012690.0
25Alleyne, Ethan1580BAR−20N+15B−17B−9N−12N−23B−21B1.018.520.53.501277-76.8
26Gayle, Kymani0BAR−6N−10B−14NFF−15B−22N0.020.522.50.007470.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets