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John Powell Open - Open

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24 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Kingston, Jamaica. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1893, and top seed was Raheem Glaves (🇯🇲 JAM, FM, 2146).

Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald (🇯🇲 JAM, CM, 2025) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Raheem Glaves (4.5) and J-Loy Chin (4.5). McDonald shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Odane Lodge (1660) beat Kaia Gayle (WCM, 1890), a +230-point gap.

Location
🇯🇲Kingston, Jamaica
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇯🇲FMRaheem Glaves2146
Avg top 10
1,893
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇲Jamaica×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

CM Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
3
2
3
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
McDonald5Glaves4.5Chin4.5Hope4.5Harvey4Shergil3.5
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald beat FM Raheem Glaves (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald 3 wins (R3–R5)FM Raheem Glaves 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJhustice-Dimonte McDonald*
1
½
1
2FMRaheem Glaves
0
*
½
—
3J-Loy Chin
½
½
*—
4CMNathaniel Hope
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1McDonald, Jhustice-DimonteCM2025JAM+8B=12N+2B+7N+4B=3N5.020.523.519.752131+11.0
2Glaves, RaheemFM2146JAM+18N=3B−1N+8N+7B+6B4.520.022.014.752026-11.8
3Chin, J-Loy1833JAM+9B=2N=12B+19N+6N=1B4.519.521.014.752048+64.8
4Hope, NathanielCM1871JAM+20B+19N+13N=6B−1N+12B4.516.017.510.752018+44.8
5Harvey, Corbin1850JAM+21N+24B−6N+20B=10N=13B4.013.013.06.251858+4.8
6Smart, Jaheim1814JAM+15B+14N+5B=4N−3B−2N3.520.022.511.251912+32.4
7Diedrick, Michael1798JAM=22B+11N+14B−1B−2N+15N3.518.019.09.001844+8.4
8Edwards, Zuberi1694JAM−1N+17B+24N−2B=11N+20B3.517.017.05.751827+36.0
9Baker, Michael1561JAM−3N+18B+16N=13B=12B=10N3.516.518.59.251852+89.2
10Shergil, Ronak1849JAM−11B+22N+21B=12N=5B=9B3.515.516.57.751723-32.4
11Lodge, Odane1660JAM+10N−7B−19B+23N=8B+14N3.514.515.58.751786+21.4
12Hare, Nathan1807JAM+23N=1B=3N=10B=9N−4N3.021.022.09.251764-4.6
13Foreshaw, Jayden1848JAM+17NF−4B=9N+15B=5N3.017.017.08.751753-19.6
14Gayle, KaiaWCM1890JAM+16N−6B−7N+24B=20N−11B2.514.514.53.251641-76.8
15McKoy, Troy1539JAM−6N=16B+22N+21B−13N−7B2.514.015.03.751651+14.6
16Bain, Emile1692JAM−14B=15N−9BF+24N+17B2.513.013.03.751623-9.6
17Bartlett, Khaleel1590JAM−13B−8N+18N=22B+19B−16N2.512.513.54.001633+13.2
18Henry, Mark1738JAM−2B−9N−17BF+22N+24B2.014.014.01.001579-22.6
19Oliver, Jevaughny1741JAMF−4B+11N−3B−17N=21B1.516.516.54.251574-44.4
20Coe, Cameron1677JAM−4NF+23B−5N=14B−8N1.515.515.52.251592-22.4
21McKoy, Aaron1670JAM−5BF−10N−15N+23B=19N1.512.512.51.751527-36.4
22Rose, Damaro1432JAM=7N−10B−15B=17N−18B−23N1.014.015.03.001376-20.0
23Noble, Noelle1519JAM−12BF−20N−11B−21N+22B1.010.510.51.001407-2.8
24Gayle, Kaity1548JAMF−5N−8B−14N−16B−18N0.014.514.50.00972-22.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
John Powell Open - Open (2026) — Kingston, Jamaica | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats