National Chess Championships 2025 - Open
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 13 Sept 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 8 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2072, and top seed was Joshua Johnson (🇹🇹 TTO, FM, 2213).
Quinn Cabralis (🇹🇹 TTO, FM, 2212) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Ryan Harper (7.0) and Marcus Joseph (7.0). Cabralis shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 11: Tyrese Gill (1916) beat Marcus Joseph (FM, 2121), a +205-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsFM Quinn Cabralis led from R6 onwards, the title was decided early.
FM Quinn Cabralis takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
FM Quinn Cabralis opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: FM Marcus Joseph); the title is out of reach before R11.
FM Quinn Cabralis beat FM Marcus Joseph (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇹🇹FMCabralis, Quinn | 2212 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 41.25 | 48.5 | +29.4 | 2330 |
| 3 | 🇹🇹FMHarper, Ryan | 2096 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | — | 7.0 | 30.25 | 51.0 | +18.6 | 2156 |
| 2 | 🇹🇹FMJoseph, Marcus | 2121 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 25.25 | 51.0 | +3.8 | 2123 |
| 4 | 🇹🇹FMJohnson, Joshua | 2213 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.5 | 27.25 | 51.5 | -20.0 | 2115 |
| 5 | 🇹🇹Gill, Tyrese | 1916 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 24.25 | 52.0 | +43.8 | 2075 |
| 7 | 🇹🇹CMMedina, Joshua | 1964 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 5.0 | 24.75 | 53.0 | +29.2 | 2020 |
| 6 | 🇹🇹FMWinter Atwell, Adrian | 2090 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | — | 5.0 | 19.75 | 53.0 | -19.6 | 2008 |
| 8 | 🇹🇹Khafra, Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab | 1909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.0 | 13.50 | 54.0 | +8.8 | 1954 |
| 9 | 🇹🇹Ramdath, Simon | 1911 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | — | 3.5 | 17.50 | 54.5 | -1.8 | 1916 |
| 10 | 🇹🇹CMSamuel Bisnath, Kael | 2023 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | — | 3.0 | 13.75 | 55.0 | -82.4 | 1865 |
| 11 | 🇹🇹Gillette, Luke | 1711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | — | 1.0 | 3.50 | 57.0 | -18.8 | 1658 |
| 12 | 🇹🇹FMCupid, Kevin | 2178 | 0 | — | 0 | — | ½ | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.5 | 3.00 | 57.5 | -27.0 | 1810 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gill, TyreseTTO+43.86.0 pts · #5
- 2Cabralis, QuinnFMTTO+29.49.5 pts · #1
- 3Medina, JoshuaCMTTO+29.25.0 pts · #7
- 1Samuel Bisnath, KaelCMTTO-82.43.0 pts · #10
- 2Cupid, KevinFMTTO-27.00.5 pts · #12
- 3Johnson, JoshuaFMTTO-20.06.5 pts · #4
- R11+205 Elo gap
- R9+200 Elo gap
- R4+174 Elo gap