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National Chess Championships 2025 - Women

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1495, and top seed was Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez (🇹🇹 TTO, WFM, 1894).

Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez (🇹🇹 TTO, WFM, 1894) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Shemilah James (7.0) and Zara La Fleur (7.0). Hermoso Rodriguez won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Aradhana Ramnarine Singh (1604) beat Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez (WFM, 1894), a +290-point gap.

Location
🇹🇹Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Dates
06 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇹WFMYsvett Hermoso Rodriguez1894
Avg top 10
1,495
Participants
10
Titled players · 3
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
3
2
1
1
2
1
2
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9James takes lead
Hermoso Rodriguez7La Fleur7James7Ramnarine Singh6Dolly4.5Johnson3.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE27 Sept

WCM Shemilah James takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Hermoso Rodriguez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (33.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez beat WCM Zara La Fleur (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMYsvett Hermoso Rodriguez*
1
1
0
2WCMZara La Fleur
0
*
½
½
3WCMShemilah James
0
½
*
1
4Aradhana Ramnarine Singh
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hermoso Rodriguez, YsvettWFM1894TTO+10B+9N+6B+2N+3B−4NF+5N+7B7.033.535.027.501942+7.2
2James, ShemilahWCM1770TTO+4N+8B+5N−1B+10N+9B+6N=7N=3B7.033.535.023.251843+15.4
3La Fleur, ZaraWCM1768TTO+7B=4B+8N+5B−1N+10B+9N+6B=2N7.033.535.021.501843+15.4
4Ramnarine Singh, Aradhana1604TTO−2B=3N+7B=8B=5N+1B+10N+9B=6N6.034.536.020.751766+66.4
5Dolly, Samantha1675TTO+9B+6N−2B−3N=4B+8N−7B−1B+10N4.536.037.511.001619-26.4
6Johnson, Adaya1569TTO+8N−5B−1N+10B−9N+7N−2B−3N=4B3.537.038.58.501632+21.6
7Sayyid, Akeera1543TTO−3N−10B−4N+9B−8N−6B+5N=2B−1N2.538.039.59.501428-46.4
8Chuniesingh, Nikielia1656TTO−6B−2N−3B=4N+7B−5BFFF1.539.040.55.501463-29.8
9Ali, Catherine0TTO−5N−1B=10N−7N+6B−2N−3B−4NF1.539.040.54.2514140.0
10Ramsaroop, Sandhya1475TTO−1N+7N=9B−6N−2B−3N−4BF−5B1.539.040.53.251380-31.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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