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 {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Nr !! Year !! Winner |- | 1 || 1969 || |- | 2 || 1970 || |- | 3 || 1971 || |- | 4 || 1972 || |- | 5 || 1973 || |- | 6 || 1974 || |- | 7 || 1975 || |- | 8 || 1976 || |- | 9 || 1977 || |- | 10 || 1978 || |- | 11 || 1979 || |- | 12 || 1980 || |- | 13 || 1981 || |- | 14 || 1982 || |- | 15 || 1983 || |- | 16 || 1984 || |- | 17 || 1985 || |- | 18 || 1986 || |- | 19 || 1987 || |- | 20 || 1988 || |- | 21 || 1989 || |- | 22 || 1990 || |- | 23 || 1991 || |- | 24 || 1992 || |- | 25 || 1993 || |- | 26 || 1994 || |- | 27 || 1995 || |- | 28 || 1996 || |- | 29 || 1997 || |- | 30 || 1998 || |- | 31 || 1999 || |- | 32 || 2000 || |- | 33 || 2001 || |- | 34 || 2002 || |- | 35 || 2003 || |- | 36 || 2004 || |- | 37 || 2005 || |- | 38 || 2006 || |- | 39 || 2007 || |- | 40 || 2008 || |- | 40 || 2009 || |- | 41 || 2010 || |- | 43 || 2011 || |- | 44 || 2012 || |- | 45 || 2013 || |- | 46 || 2014 || |- | 47 || 2015 || |- | 48 || 2016 ||
| 49 || 2017 || |- | 50 || 2018 || |- | 51 || 2019 || |- | 52 || 2020 || |- | || 2021 || Not held (COVID-19) |- | 53 || 2022 || |- | 54 || 2023 || |- | 56 || 2024 || |- | 57 || 2025 || |- | 58 || 2026 ||
Player Championships Won Years won Warren Elliott 8 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016Shreyas Smith 7 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Shane Matthews 7 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2002, 2003 Robert Wheeler 6 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988 Harold Chan 5 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979 Duane Rowe 4 1995, 1996, 1998, 2006 Damion Davy 4 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 Jomo Pitterson 3 1992, 1993, 1999 Steve Curry 2 1970, 1971 Sheldon Wong 2 1976, 1977 Orrin Tonsingh 2 1982, 1990 Neil Fairclough 2 1985, 1991 Grantel Gibbs 2 1991, 1994 Equitable Brown 2 2008, 2009 Andrew Mellace 2 2012, 2014 Alfred Thompson 1 1969 Thomas Figueroa 1 1975 Ryan Palmer 1 1992 Russell Porter 1 1995 Jaden Shaw 1 2023
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