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Christie, Joshua
FM🇯🇲FIDE 7402074· Male· Jamaica· Born in 2001
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Joshua Christie, a 25-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2216 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 21 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025, National Championship 2025, and CARICOM Classic Team Tournament 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Clasificatorio Masculino XXV Juegos Centroamericanos y C, RD 2026) and 2 blitz events (including CARICOM Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2294 was reached at age 21 (Sep 2022); he also reached #1 nationally in Feb 2019 and spent 71 months as #1, with a longest streak of 5 consecutive years.
Awarded FM in 2017 (age 16). Earned a IM norm at Sub-Zonal 2.3.5 Absoluto 2021. At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2216
Standard
Rpd2208·Blz2302
All-time high
2294
−78 pts below
Sep 2022 · age 21
Sep 2022 · age 21
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#7,345 · players worldwide · of 218,279
71 months in #1 nationally (2019–2025)
71 months in #1 nationally (2019–2025)
Career timeline
18 entries2025
71 months in National #1
longest streak 62 months · since Feb 2019
Jul 2025
2022
All-time peak 2294
at age 21 · −78 from today
Sep 2022
2021
1st U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 2224
Dec 2021
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2206 → returned at 2224
Feb 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2262
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+3
2213 → 2216
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
13/ 1776.5%
11W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #2 | 2140 | -4.8 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 8.5/11 | #2 | 2201 | +1.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRaheem GlavesFM
🇯🇲JAM·2146
+16 −6 =8
30 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsShreyas SmithFM
🇯🇲JAM·2272
+10 −14 =6
30 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAkeem BrownCM
🇯🇲JAM·2072
+11 −8 =11
30 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJhustice-Dimonte McDonaldCM
🇯🇲JAM·2024
+12 −1 =2
15 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMalik CurriahCM
🇯🇲JAM·2035
+7 −5 =2
14 games·last met Nov 2019
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Rankings
/
Jamaica
#2
out of 163 players
Americas
#806
in continent
World
#7,345
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Jamaica
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Americas
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World
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