Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship

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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.

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[3]
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
1952 Tournament Unfinished
1953 Carl Brown
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959 Carl Brown
1961
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 [4]
1974
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
1984
1985 Yogendranath Ramsingh
1986, 1987
1988
1989
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Christo Cave
1994 Anderson Gordon
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Christo Cave
2002 Ryan Harper[5]
2003, 2004 Christo Cave
2005, 2006, 2007 Ryan Harper
2008 Ravishen Singh [6]
2009 Marcus Joseph
2010, 2011 Ryan Harper
2012 Frank Yee [7]
2013 Ryan Harper
2014 [8]
2015 [9]
2016 Keelan Hunte

List of women's champions[]

Year National Women's Champion[10]
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
2002
2003
2004 Aditi Soondarsingh
2005
2006 Aditi Soondarsingh
2007 Aditi Soondarsingh,
2008 Aditi Soondarsingh
2009 Aditi Soondarsingh
2010 Aditi Soondarsingh
2011 Aditi Soondarsingh
2012 Aditi Soondarsingh
2013
2014 , , [11]
2015 Aditi Soondarsingh[12]
2016

References[]

  1. ^ Jacobs, Carl (2005-07-20). "Chess: Where are the records? The game that lost its history". The Trinidad Guardian.
  2. ^ "Chess: New India Champs Crowned". The Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 2006-10-26.
  3. ^ "Chess: Dr Maxwell Sturm". The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation. 2013-05-01.
  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. ^ "Chess: Ravishen Singh receives his trophy from Coreen Cabralis, Secretary T&TCA". The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation. 2013-05-01.
  7. ^ Jacobs, Carl (2012-11-14). "Chess: Frank Yee wins national title at last". The Trinidad Guardian.
  8. ^ "Chess: Vishnu Singh is Champ". The Trinidad Express. 2014-11-20.
  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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