| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1999 |
| FIDE Master (2014) | |
| Peakrating: | 2359 (June 2024) |
| Fideid: | 7700768 |
Joshua Johnson (born February 10, 1999) is a Trinidadian chess player. He is the highest-rated player of his country and was the national U12 champion.[1]
In October 2014, he earned the FIDE Master by winning the U16 category of the CAC Youth Chess tournament.[2]
In December 2018, he won the Promenade Chess Club International City Chess Tournament.[3]
In May 2023, he earned his final IM norm at the Continental Chess Championship (only needing to surpass 2400 rating to earn the title). He recorded the best performance by a Trinidadian player at the event and increased his rating to place him as the second highest rated player in the English-speaking Caribbean.[4]
In June 2023, he represented his country at the Central American and Caribbean Games, where he earned the silver medal on the first rapid board.[5]
In January 2024, he was named as the T&T Chess Association's Sportsperson of the Year due to his winning of the national championship.[6]
He studied at the University of the West Indies.[7]