Joshua Johnson | |
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Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Born | February 1, 1999 |
Title | FIDE Master (2014) |
Peak rating | 2359 (June 2024) |
Joshua Johnson (born February 1, 1999) is a Trinidadian chess player. He is the highest-rated player of his country and was the national U12 champion. [1]
In October 2014, he earned the FIDE Master by winning the U16 category of the CAC Youth Chess tournament. [2]
In December 2018, he won the Promenade Chess Club International City Chess Tournament. [3]
In May 2023, he earned his final IM norm at the Continental Chess Championship (only needing to surpass 2400 rating to earn the title). He recorded the best performance by a Trinidadian player at the event and increased his rating to place him as the second highest rated player in the English-speaking Caribbean. [4]
In June 2023, he represented his country at the Central American and Caribbean Games, where he earned the silver medal on the first rapid board. [5]
In January 2024, he was named as the T&T Chess Association's Sportsperson of the Year due to his winning of the national championship. [6]
He studied at the University of the West Indies. [7]