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Jamaican Chess Championship

National chess championship of Jamaica


Summary

National chess championship of Jamaica

The Jamaican Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Jamaica. The first edition was played in 1969. The championship is usually a twelve-player round-robin tournament. The championship is also used as a qualifier for the Chess Olympiads.

List of champions

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! Nr !! Year !! Winner |- | 1 || 1969 || |- | 2 || 1970 || |- | 3 || 1971 || |- | 4 || 1972 || |- | 5 || 1973 || |- | 6 || 1974 || |- | 7 || 1975 ||

|- | 8 || 1976 || |- | 9 || 1977 || |- | 10 || 1978 || |- | 11 || 1979 ||

|- | 12 || 1980 || |- | 13 || 1981 || |- | 14 || 1982 || |- | 15 || 1983 || |- | 16 || 1984 || |- | 17 || 1985 || |- | 18 || 1986 || |- | 19 || 1987 || |- | 20 || 1988 || |- | 21 || 1989 || |- | 22 || 1990 || |- | 23 || 1991 ||

|- | 24 || 1992 ||

|- | 25 || 1993 || |- | 26 || 1994 || |- | 27 || 1995 ||

|- | 28 || 1996 || |- | 29 || 1997 || |- | 30 || 1998 || |- | 31 || 1999 || |- | 32 || 2000 || |- | 33 || 2001 || |- | 34 || 2002 || |- | 35 || 2003 || |- | 36 || 2004 || |- | 37 || 2005 || |- | 38 || 2006 || |- | 39 || 2007 || |- | 40 || 2008 || |- | 40 || 2009 || |- | 41 || 2010 || |- | 43 || 2011 || |- | 44 || 2012 ||

|- | 45 || 2013 ||
|- | 46 || 2014 ||
|- | 47 || 2015 ||
|- | 48 || 2016 ||

|- | 49 || 2017 || |- | 50 || 2018 || |- | 51 || 2019 || |- | 52 || 2020 || |- | || 2021 || Not held (COVID-19) |- | 53 || 2022 || |- | 54 || 2023 || |- | 56 || 2024 || |- | 57 || 2025 || |- | 58 || 2026 || |}

PlayerChampionships WonYears won
Warren Elliott82000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016
Shreyas Smith72017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
Shane Matthews71984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2002, 2003
Robert Wheeler61975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988
Harold Chan51972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979
Duane Rowe41995, 1996, 1998, 2006
Damion Davy42011, 2012, 2013, 2018
Jomo Pitterson31992, 1993, 1999
Steve Curry21970, 1971
Sheldon Wong21976, 1977
Orrin Tonsingh21982, 1990
Neil Fairclough21985, 1991
Grantel Gibbs21991, 1994
Equitable Brown22008, 2009
Andrew Mellace22012, 2014
Alfred Thompson11969
Thomas Figueroa11975
Ryan Palmer11992
Russell Porter11995
Jaden Shaw12023

Notes

References

  1. "Jamaican Chess Federation, list of champions".
  2. "The Jamaica Chess Federation".
  3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - National Championships 2020".
  4. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - National Championships 2023".
  5. (15 May 2023). "Jaden Shaw tops 2023 Jamaica Championship!".
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