Joshua Christie

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Joshua Christie
Personal information
Born (2001-12-16) December 16, 2001 (age 23) [1]
Chess career
Country Jamaica
Title FIDE Master (2017)
Peak rating 2294 (September 2022)

Joshua Christie is a Jamaican chess player. He has been the highest-rated player of his country.

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Chess career

He began playing chess at the age of 11, and became a FIDE Master at age 15 (the youngest for a Jamaican). He also began working as a chess coach in 2018. [2]

He has played for Jamaica in several Chess Olympiads, beginning in 2018. [3]

In September 2017, he won the St Jago Chess Open with a perfect score of 6/6. [4]

In October 2021, he won the Dr. Harold Chan Open Online Chess Tournament with a perfect score of 6/6. [2]

In December 2022, he finished as runner-up in the Thomas Figueroa Memorial Blitz Chess Championship behind Shreyas Smith and won the Neil Fairclough Rapid Chess Championship. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "JCF_JUNIOR_RANKINGLIST_MARCH1_2015" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "Jamaican Joshua Christie Wins Open Online Chess Competition".
  3. ↑ Fraser, Dwight (September 4, 2024). "Jamaica's ten member team gets ready to compete in 45th World Chess Olympiad in Hungary".
  4. ↑ "15-year-old slays FIDE Master to win St Jago Chess Open". September 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Smith, Christie on top in speed chess tourneys". December 22, 2022.
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