Jessica Hyatt | |
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| Country | United States |
| Born | 2005 (age 19–20) Brooklyn, New York |
| Peak rating | 2007 (September 2024) |
Jessica Hyatt is an American chess player.
In 2019, Hyatt won the New York State Scholastic Championships and was the 2023 KCF All-Girls Nationals Champion. [1] Hyatt is the highest-rated African-American female chess player in history, and a 5x National USA Youth Team member. [2] [3]
In 2021, she defeated Grandmaster Michael Rohde and in 2022 Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra, becoming one of a few African-American female players to have beaten a grandmaster. [4]
In November 2023, she caused an upset at the World Youth Chess Championship where she (rated 1818) held a draw against Liya Kurmangaliyeva (rated 2236). [5]
In 2024, she was the No. 1 rated 18-year-old girl in the USCF rankings.
In June 2024, she held a simultaneous exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she won all of her games. [6]
In August 2024, Hyatt became the youngest African-American woman to achieve the National Master title, and second in the world only one month after Shama Yisrael became the first to do so. [1]
She attended the Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts in Manhattan. [1]