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National Junior Chess Championship 2026-Open

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1669, and top seed was Joshua Medina (🇹🇹 TTO, CM, 1830).

Joshua Medina (🇹🇹 TTO, CM, 1830) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Zara La Fleur (5.5) and Ty Humphrey (5.0). Medina won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Ty Humphrey (1647) beat Levi James (1824), a +177-point gap.

Location
🇹🇹Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇹CMJoshua Medina1830
Avg top 10
1,669
Participants
21
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Joshua Medina led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Medina7La Fleur5.5Humphrey5Ramdatt4.5Harry4.5James4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Joshua Medina never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Joshua Medina beat WCM Zara La Fleur (White).

R1–R7 · WIN STREAK

CM Joshua Medina won 7 in a row (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJoshua Medina*
1
1
—
2WCMZara La Fleur
0
*—
1
3Ty Humphrey
0
—*
1
4Nilesh Ramdatt—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Medina, JoshuaCM1830TTO+12B+3N+2B+7N+6B+8B+13N7.025.528.528.502446+78.4
2La Fleur, ZaraWCM1815TTO+13B+8N−1N+12B+4N=6B+7B5.526.529.520.501864+9.8
3Humphrey, Ty1647TTO+19N−1B+20N+15B−8N+4B+6N5.023.524.513.501688+8.4
4Ramdatt, Nilesh1551TTO+16B+7N+9B=6N−2B−3N+8B4.526.528.516.001738+59.2
5Harry, Caleb1484TTO−6B−9N+19B=16N+20B+12N+14B4.517.518.59.501584+19.2
6James, Levi1824TTO+5N+11B+17N=4B−1N=2N−3B4.030.032.015.001702-38.0
7Gillette, Luke1692TTO+14N−4B+13N−1B+10N+9B−2N4.027.530.513.501607-25.6
8Campo, Caleb1550TTO+21N−2B+10N+17B+3B−1N−4N4.027.527.510.501631+18.0
9Bowyer, Jaydon1556TTO=18N+5B−4N=11B+15N−7N+16B4.021.022.511.501487-16.8
10Hosein, Ilyas0TTO−11N+14B−8B+18N−7B=15N+21B3.518.518.55.7513660.0
11Hosein, Yuri1558TTO+10B−6N−15B=9N−16B+20N+18B3.517.518.58.001497-8.4
12Maharaj, Kevin1533TTO−1N+18B+16N−2N−14B−5B+20N3.023.524.54.50837-30.6
13Dolly, Nicholas1462TTO−2N+19B−7B+21NF+14N−1B3.023.023.04.501498+1.2
14Gillette, James1422TTO−7B−10N+18N+20B+12N−13B−5N3.019.520.55.501349-7.8
15Zhan, Jeremy0TTOF−17B+11N−3N−9B=10B+19N2.519.519.56.7514190.0
16Suchit, Sachin0TTO−4NF−12B=5B+11N=19B−9N2.021.021.06.5013900.0
17Mc Letchie, Nicholas1671TTO+20B+15N−6B−8NFFF2.014.514.53.50886-38.4
18FIDE 77158200—=9B−12N−14B−10BF+21N−11N1.517.017.02.0011990.0
19Dottin, Andrew0TTO−3B−13N−5NF+21B=16N−15B1.517.017.01.007290.0
20FIDE 1431051840—−17N+21B−3B−14N−5N−11B−12B1.021.021.00.007540.0
21Thomas, Chad Elias0TTO−8B−20NF−13B−19N−18B−10N0.014.514.50.007060.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets