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Jamaica National Junior Championship Female 2026

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Kingston, Jamaica. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1596, and top seed was Kaia Gayle (🇯🇲 JAM, WCM, 1890).

Amy Stephenson (🇯🇲 JAM, 1696) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Kaity Gayle (6.5) and Kaia Gayle (6.5). Stephenson shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Emilia-Rose Leake (1580) beat Kaia Gayle (WCM, 1890), a +310-point gap.

Location
🇯🇲Kingston, Jamaica
Dates
14 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇯🇲WCMKaia Gayle1890
Avg top 10
1,596
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇲Jamaica×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Amy Stephenson led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
2
4
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Gayle takes leadStephenson takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE15 Mar

Kaity Gayle takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Amy Stephenson beat WCM Kaia Gayle (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Amy Stephenson 3 wins (R7–R9)Kaity Gayle 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stephenson, Amy1696JAM+13B+10N4B+8N+6B=2N+3B+5B+7N7.543.045.536.251829+28.6
2Gayle, Kaity1548JAM=8N+11B+9N+4N=3B=1B5N+6B+10N6.544.048.533.751753+49.0
3Gayle, KaiaWCM1890JAM+7N4B+5N+11B=2N+6B1N+8N+9B6.544.048.531.751720-54.8
4Leake, Emilia-Rose1580JAM+15B+3N+1N2B=9N+11B=8B=7N=5N6.044.045.529.501662+33.2
5Aung, Victoria1447JAM6B+16N3B+14N+7N+9B+2B1N=4B5.543.043.021.001640+79.2
6Murphy, Glory1635JAM+5N=9B=8N+7B1N3N+12B2N+13B5.043.546.021.001586-21.2
7Patel, Elisha1496JAM3B+12N+10B6N5B+16N+11N=4B1B4.543.543.516.001549+16.4
8Moses, Kayla1402JAM=2B+13N=6B1BF+10N=4N3B+14N4.541.041.018.251630+92.0
9Wood, Nyah1567JAM+12B=6N2B=10N=4B5N+14B+15N3N4.540.542.015.751521-19.6
10Daniels, Ariana-Marie1578JAM+14N1B7N=9B+15N8B+13N+12N2B4.536.538.012.751455-53.2
11Noble, Noelle1519JAM+16B2N+14B3N+12B4N7B=13B+15N4.534.034.09.251441-32.0
12Gardener, Rhea1425JAM9N7B+13B+15N11N+14B6N10B+16N4.029.529.56.501363-21.2
13Terry Gordon, Yeney1449JAM1N8B12N+16B=14N=15B10B=11N6N2.534.034.04.251214-72.0
14Hinds, Natalya1433JAM10B+15N11N5B=13B12N9N+16B8B2.531.531.52.751057-102.0
15Cummings, Kalie1440JAM4N14B+16N12B10B=13NF9B11B1.528.528.51.2510800.0
16FIDE 7407254011N5B15B13NF7BF14N12B0.025.025.00.006570.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets