Jamaican Chess Championship

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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

NrYearWinner [1]
11969 Alfred Thompson
21970 Steve Curry
31971 Steve Curry
41972 Harold Chan
51973 Harold Chan
61974 Harold Chan
71975 Thomas Figueroa
Robert Wheeler
81976 Sheldon Wong
91977 Sheldon Wong
101978 Harold Chan
111979 Harold Chan
Robert Wheeler
121980 Robert Wheeler
131981 Robert Wheeler
141982 Orrin Tonsingh
151983 Robert Wheeler
161984 Shane Matthews
171985 Neil Fairclough
181986 Shane Matthews
191987 Shane Matthews
201988 Robert Wheeler
211989 Shane Matthews
221990 Orrin Tonsingh
231991 Grantel Gibbs
Neil Fairclough
241992 Ryan Palmer
Jomo Pitterson
251993 Jomo Pitterson
261994 Grantel Gibbs
271995 Russell Porter
Duane Rowe
281996 Duane Rowe
291997 Shane Matthews
301998 Duane Rowe
311999 Jomo Pitterson
322000 Warren Elliott
332001 Warren Elliott
342002 Shane Matthews
352003 Shane Matthews
362004 Warren Elliott
372005 Warren Elliott
382006 Duane Rowe
392007 Warren Elliott
402008 Equitable Brown
402009 Equitable Brown
412010 Warren Elliott
432011 Damion Davy
442012 Andrew Mellace
Damion Davy
452013 Damion Davy
462014 Andrew Mellace
472015 Warren Elliott
482016 Warren Elliott
492017 Shreyas Smith
502018 Damion Davy
512019 Shreyas Smith
522020 Shreyas Smith
2021Not held (COVID-19)
532022 Shreyas Smith
542023 Jaden Shaw
552024 Shreyas Smith


PlayerChampionships WonYears Won
Warren Elliott82000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016
Shane Matthews71984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2002, 2003
Robert Wheeler61975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988
Shreyas Smith52017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
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

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  1. "Jamaican Chess Federation, list of champions". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  2. "The Jamaica Chess Federation".
  3. https://chess-results.com/tnr510852.aspx?lan=1&art=1 [ bare URL ]
  4. https://chess-results.com/tnr737102.aspx?lan=1&art=1 [ bare URL ]
  5. "Jaden Shaw tops 2023 Jamaica Championship!". 15 May 2023.