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.
