Two way tie at the top of national chess tournament

<a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/02/two-way-tie-at-the-top-of-national-chess-tournament/" title="Two way tie at the top of national chess tournament" rel="nofollow"><img width="857" height="1024" src="https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-857x1024.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-857x1024.jpg 857w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-251x300.jpg 251w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-768x918.jpg 768w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-1713x2048.jpg 1713w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-1170x1399.jpg 1170w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295-585x699.jpg 585w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawrence-Depradine-co-leader-of-the-2026-National-chess-finals-1-scaled-e1788307034295.jpg 1817w" sizes="(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px" /></a><p>Lawrence Depradine and defending champion FIDE Master Martyn Del Castilho share the lead on 3½ points at the halfway stage of the Barbados National Open Chess Championship Finals, which conclude&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/02/two-way-tie-at-the-top-of-national-chess-tournament/">Two way tie at the top of national chess tournament</a> appeared first on <a href="https://barbadostoday.bb">Barbados Today</a>.</p>