The 2022 Open and Women National Chess Championships of Jamaica took place from 7-15 May in Kingston. 12 players in the Open section and 8 players in the Women’s section battled it out to clinch the title of National Champions.
After 11 round robin rounds played in the Open tournament, three times Jamaican Champion FM Shreyas Smith defended the title and added the fourth National trophy to his collection. He scored 9/11 points to be a full point ahead of the runner-up Jaden Shaw who won silver. Jhustice-Dimonte Mcdonald and CM Malik Curriah tied for the third place with 7 points, but bronze eventually came to Mcdonald thanks to the better tiebreak criteria.
15-year-old Gabriella Watson convincingly won the Women’s Championship scoring the outstanding 7/7 points. Nickaylah Curwin was second with 5.5 points and Kaia Gayle came third with 4 points and better tiebreaks than Suraiya Matandara-Clarke who had the same score but ended up fourth. (scroll down for final standings)
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Final rankings – Jamaican Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
FM
Smith Shreyas
JAM
2140
9
0
8
45.8
2
Shaw Jaden
JAM
1614
8
0
7
41
3
Mcdonald Jhustice-Dimonte
JAM
1857
7
0.5
6
29
4
CM
Curriah Malik
JAM
2043
7
0.5
5
29
5
FM
Lorne Ras Malaku
JAM
2117
6.5
1
6
26
6
CM
Hinds Nathan
JAM
1990
6.5
0
4
33.5
7
CM
Merritt Kevin
JAM
1914
6
0.5
4
26
8
Mcdermott Peter John
JAM
1798
6
0.5
4
24.5
9
CM
Brown Akeem
JAM
2034
3.5
0
2
15
10
Brown Scott
JAM
1867
3
1
2
10
11
Soares Andre
JAM
1736
3
0
2
14.8
12
Murdock Christopher
JAM
1633
0.5
0
0
1.5
.
Final rankings – Jamaican Women’s Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
Watson Gabriella
JAM
1101
7
0
21
21
2
Curwin Nickaylah
JAM
1509
5.5
0
23
23
3
Gayle Kaia
JAM
0
4
1
24
24
4
Matandara-Clarke Suraiya
JAM
0
4
0
24
24
5
Gayle Kaity
JAM
1220
3
0
25
25
6
Murphy Glory
JAM
0
2.5
0
26
26
7
Stewart Alyssa
JAM
0
2
0
26
26
8
Lloyd I-Jeanae
JAM
0
0
0
26
28
.