The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championships are the annual individual National Chess championships of Trinidad and Tobago. Although chess was being played in Trinidad and Tobago from 1922 or earlier, the first men's tournament took place in 1937.
Christo Cave is the player with the most wins to his credit, having won 13 titles. However, several other players have managed to pull off multiple wins: Ryan Harper has 9 titles, George E. C. Stanford has 6, Frederick Edward Brassington has 5, Fred Sabga has 4, Carl Brown, and Shawn Tavares each have 3 titles, and Isaiah McIntosh has 2 titles.
There is also an annual National Women's Championship. Aditi Soondarsingh has won a record nine titles.
NOTE: The table below lists only the years when tournaments took place. There were no chess tournaments in Trinidad and Tobago in 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1960, 1962, and 1963.
Year National Men's Champion 1937 George E. C. Stanford 1939 Dr. Aldwyn G. Francois 1942 Ralph Bersodi Jr 1944 Dr. R. O. Young 1945 Dr. Maxwell G. Sturm 1946 George E. C. Stanford 1947 Dr. Maxwell G. Sturm 1948 George E. C. Stanford 1949 Rene Pratt, H.A. Mc Shine, George E. C. Stanford 1950 Rene Pratt 1951 Frederick Edward Brassington 1952 Tournament Unfinished 1953 Carl Brown 1954 Frederick Edward Brassington 1955 Eric Callender 1956 Frederick Edward Brassington 1957 Eric Callender 1958 Frederick Edward Brassington 1959 Carl Brown 1961 Frederick Edward Brassington 1964 Arnold Ramon-Fortune 1965 George E. C. Stanford 1966 Fred Sabga 1967 Carl Brown 1968 Arnold Ramon-Fortune 1969 George E. C. Stanford 1970, 1971, 1972 Fred Sabga 1973 Arthur Rudy Mohipp 1974 Arthur Rudy Mohipp 1975 John Raphael 1976 Arthur Morris 1977 Kwame Payne 1978 Cecil Lee 1979 Arthur Morris 1980 Courtney Lee 1981 Edward Duchesne 1982 Shawn Tavares 1983 Franklyn Pierre 1984 Cecil Lee 1985 Yogendranath Ramsingh 1986, 1987 Shawn Tavares 1988 Yogendranath Ramsingh 1989 Edward Duchesne 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Christo Cave 1994 Anderson Gordon 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Christo Cave 2002 Ryan Harper 2003, 2004 Christo Cave 2005, 2006, 2007 Ryan Harper 2008 Ravishen Singh 2009 Marcus Joseph 2010, 2011 Ryan Harper 2012 Frank Yee 2013 Ryan Harper 2014 Vishnu Singh 2015 Kevin Cupid 2016 Ryan Harper 2018 Adrian Winter Atwell 2019 Isaiah McIntosh 2022 Ryan Harper 2023 Isaiah McIntosh2024Joshua Johnson2025Quinn Cabralis
List of women's champions Year National Women's Champion 1982 Ayodele Moheni 1983 Ayodele Moheni 1984 Marylin Geoffroy 1985 Ayodele Moheni 1986 Ayodele Moheni 2002 Desire Derrick 2003 Desire Derrick 2004 Aditi Soondarsingh 2005 Chantal Fitzpatrick 2006 Aditi Soondarsingh 2007 Aditi Soondarsingh, Jane Kennedy 2008 Aditi Soondarsingh 2009 Aditi Soondarsingh 2010 Aditi Soondarsingh 2011 Aditi Soondarsingh 2012 Aditi Soondarsingh 2013 Javanna Smith 2014 Gabriella Johnson, Javanna Smith, Shannon Yearwood 2015 Aditi Soondarsingh 2016 Gabriella Johnson 2018 Gabriella Johnson 2022 Obdulis Hermoso Rodriguez 2023 Zara La Fleur2024Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez
References
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Newspaper Report on Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
External links Official Website of the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association Trinidad & Tobago at the Chess Olympics Chess Drum Report on Trinidad & Tobago Chess Players Chess Drum Report on Trinidad & Tobago Chess Players FIDE on Cecil Lee Official Website of the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation