Career

Corbin has represented Barbados in eleven Chess Olympiads from 1986 through 2008, playing first board in 1986, 1990, 1998, and 2000. He also plays the Budapest Gambit and the Scandinavian defense as black. In a television interview Corbin said that he attempts to play chess in an innovative and entertaining style and referred to his playing style as "Calypso Chess.".

Achievements

• He is known for using the Elephant Gambit when playing with the black pieces, most notably in his 2006 simultaneous exhibition win over British Grandmaster Nigel Short.