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City Knights Classical Chess Championships 2026 - u1800 (playoffs)

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 15 Feb 2026 in Kingston, Jamaica. Top 10 Elo average was 1599, and top seed was Romar Smith (🇯🇲 JAM, 1697).

Samuel Smith (🇯🇲 JAM, 1589) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Romar Smith (4.0) and Ajay Tennant (4.0). Smith took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Noelle Noble (1423) beat Michiale Williams (1621), a +198-point gap.

Location
🇯🇲Kingston, Jamaica
Dates
15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇯🇲Romar Smith1697
Avg top 10
1,599
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇲Jamaica×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Samuel Smith led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Smith takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

Samuel Smith takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Samuel Smith won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Samuel Smith*
½
2Luke E Wright*
0
3Romar Smith
½
1
*
½
4Ajay Tennant
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Smith, Samuel1589JAM+13B+12N=2B+8B+7N+4N5.515.516.514.501910+28.6
2Smith, Romar1697JAM+11N=3B=1N+5B+8NF4.019.521.513.751788+21.6
3Tennant, Ajay1554JAM+4B=2N=6B7N+11B+12N4.016.518.011.251698+39.2
4Salmon, Rhyeem0JAM3N+11B+13B+14N+10N1B4.014.514.55.0015690.0
5Wright, Luke E1656JAM+14B10N+12B2N+6B+8N4.014.014.08.001698+14.4
6Davy, Khalel1693JAM12B+13N=3N+10B5N+9B3.514.015.07.501498-44.4
7Williams, Michiale1621JAM8N+9B+11N+3B1BF3.019.021.08.501521-20.8
8Noble, Noelle1423JAM+7B+14N+10B1N2B5B3.018.518.55.001604+60.8
9Evans, Dovado0JAM10B7N+14B=12N+13B6N2.511.011.01.7514420.0
10Li, Javin1554JAM+9N+5B8N6N4B11N2.017.019.06.501382-35.6
11Harriott, William1540JAM2B4N7B+13N3N+10B2.017.018.03.001413-25.6
12Xiang, Austin1576JAM+6N1B5N=9BF3B1.519.519.54.751431-29.2
13Hylton, Jayden0JAM1N6B4N11B9N+14B1.017.517.50.0013910.0
14Terry Gordon, Yeney1512JAM5N8B9N4BF13N0.015.016.00.00730-37.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets