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 | 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 [4] | |
| 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[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 | Vishnu Singh[8] | |
| 2015 | Kevin Cupid[9] | |
| 2016 | Keelan Hunte |
| Year | National Women's Champion[10] | |
|---|---|---|
| 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[11] | |
| 2015 | Aditi Soondarsingh[12] | |
| 2016 | Gabriella Johnson |