Jamaican Chess Championship

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

Nr Year Winner[1]
1 1969 Thompson, AlfredAlfred Thompson
2 1970 Curry, SteveSteve Curry
3 1971 Curry, SteveSteve Curry
4 1972 Chan, HaroldHarold Chan
5 1973 Chan, HaroldHarold Chan
6 1974 Chan, HaroldHarold Chan
7 1975 Figueroa, ThomasThomas Figueroa
Wheeler, RobertRobert Wheeler
8 1976 Wong, SheldonSheldon Wong
9 1977 Wong, SheldonSheldon Wong
10 1978 Chan, HaroldHarold Chan
11 1979 Chan, HaroldHarold Chan
Wheeler, RobertRobert Wheeler
12 1980 Wheeler, RobertRobert Wheeler
13 1981 Wheeler, RobertRobert Wheeler
14 1982 Tonsingh, OrrinOrrin Tonsingh
15 1983 Wheeler, RobertRobert Wheeler
16 1984 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
17 1985 Fairclough, NeilNeil Fairclough
18 1986 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
19 1987 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
20 1988 Wheeler, RobertRobert Wheeler
21 1989 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
22 1990 Tonsingh, OrrinOrrin Tonsingh
23 1991 Gibbs, GrantelGrantel Gibbs
Fairclough, NeilNeil Fairclough
24 1992 Palmer, RyanRyan Palmer
Pitterson, JomoJomo Pitterson
25 1993 Pitterson, JomoJomo Pitterson
26 1994 Gibbs, GrantelGrantel Gibbs
27 1995 Porter, RussellRussell Porter
Rowe, DuaneDuane Rowe
28 1996 Rowe, DuaneDuane Rowe
29 1997 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
30 1998 Rowe, DuaneDuane Rowe
31 1999 Pitterson, JomoJomo Pitterson
32 2000 Elliott, WarrenWarren Elliott
33 2001 Elliott, WarrenWarren Elliott
34 2002 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
35 2003 Matthews, ShaneShane Matthews
36 2004 Elliott, WarrenWarren Elliott
37 2005 Elliott, WarrenWarren Elliott
38 2006 Rowe, DuaneDuane Rowe
39 2007 Elliott, WarrenWarren Elliott

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