Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship

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,[1] 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.[2] However, several other players have managed to pull off multiple wins: Ryan Harper has 8 titles, George E. C. Stanford has 6, Frederick Edward Brassington has 5, Fred Sabga has 4, and Carl Brown and Shawn Tavares each have 3 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.

YearNational Men's Champion
1937George E. C. Stanford
1939Dr. Aldwyn G. Francois
1942Ralph Bersodi Jr
1944Dr. R. O. Young
1945Dr. Maxwell G. Sturm[3]
1946George E. C. Stanford
1947Dr. Maxwell G. Sturm
1948George E. C. Stanford
1949Rene Pratt, H.A. Mc Shine, George E. C. Stanford
1950Rene Pratt
1951Frederick Edward Brassington
1952Tournament Unfinished
1953Carl Brown
1954Frederick Edward Brassington
1955Eric Callender
1956Frederick Edward Brassington
1957Eric Callender
1958Frederick Edward Brassington
1959Carl Brown
1961Frederick Edward Brassington
1964Arnold Ramon-Fortune
1965George E. C. Stanford
1966Fred Sabga
1967Carl Brown
1968Arnold Ramon-Fortune
1969George E. C. Stanford
1970, 1971, 1972Fred Sabga
1973Arthur Rudy Mohipp [4]
1974Arthur Rudy Mohipp
1975John Raphael
1976Arthur Morris
1977Kwame Payne
1978Cecil Lee
1979Arthur Morris
1980Courtney Lee
1981Edward Duchesne
1982Shawn Tavares
1983Franklyn Pierre
1984Cecil Lee
1985Yogendranath Ramsingh
1986, 1987Shawn Tavares
1988Yogendranath Ramsingh
1989Edward Duchesne
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Christo Cave
1994Anderson Gordon
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Christo Cave
2002Ryan Harper[5]
2003, 2004Christo Cave
2005, 2006, 2007Ryan Harper
2008Ravishen Singh [6]
2009Marcus Joseph
2010, 2011Ryan Harper
2012Frank Yee [7]
2013Ryan Harper
2014Vishnu Singh[8]
2015Kevin Cupid[9]
2016Keelan Hunte

List of women's champions
YearNational Women's Champion[10]
1982Ayodele Moheni
1983Ayodele Moheni
1984Marylin Geoffroy
1985Ayodele Moheni
1986Ayodele Moheni
2002Desire Derrick
2003Desire Derrick
2004Aditi Soondarsingh
2005Chantal Fitzpatrick
2006Aditi Soondarsingh
2007Aditi Soondarsingh, Jane Kennedy
2008Aditi Soondarsingh
2009Aditi Soondarsingh
2010Aditi Soondarsingh
2011Aditi Soondarsingh
2012Aditi Soondarsingh
2013Javanna Smith
2014Gabriella Johnson, Javanna Smith, Shannon Yearwood[11]
2015Aditi Soondarsingh[12]
2016Gabriella Johnson

References
  1. Jacobs, Carl (2005-07-20). "Chess: Where are the records? The game that lost its history". The Trinidad Guardian.
  2. Unknown, Reporter (2006-10-26). "Chess: New India Champs Crowned". The Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
  3. Unknown, Writer (2013-05-01). "Chess: Dr Maxwell Sturm". The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation.
  4. Jacobs, Carl (2012-05-28). "Chess: Ancient Set for Arrival Day". The Trinidad Guardian.
  5. Jacobs, Carl (2011-11-03). "Chess: Chess king Harper's elusive dream". The Trinidad Guardian.
  6. Unknown, Writer (2013-05-01). "Chess: Ravishen Singh receives his trophy from Coreen Cabralis, Secretary T&TCA". The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation.
  7. Jacobs, Carl (2012-11-14). "Chess: Frank Yee wins national title at last". The Trinidad Guardian.
  8. Unknown, Reporter (2014-11-20). "Chess: Vishnu Singh is Champ". The Trinidad Express.
  9. Jacobs, Carl (2015-11-05). "Chess: Cupid wins TT Chess Crown". The Trinidad Guardian.
  10. "History of Chess in Trinidad & Tobago". Dibe Church of the Nazarene. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  11. "Three-headed women's championship". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  12. "Cupid wins T&T chess crown". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
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