Chess makes you smart.
WE make it fun.
WeChess is the Warren Elliott Chess Academy: chess classes, school programmes, camps and tournament coaching across Jamaica. Linking the world through chess.
FM Warren Elliott
Warren has coached Jamaican chess players for more than a decade: seven National High School champion teams (from Glenmuir High in 2013 to Wolmer's Boys in 2023 and 2025), dozens of national age-group champions, and young players who went on to win CARIFTA, CAC and FIDE titles.
He was on the national coaching team in 2015, when Jamaica became the first English-speaking country to win the CAC Youth Festival, and in 2026 he took the first Jamaican school team to the World School Team Championships.
“When we learn with pleasure, we never forget!”
From one board to 20+ schools
WeChess started with a simple idea: chess makes children smart, and the best way to learn it is to have fun. Today the academy runs classes in over 20 schools across Jamaica, a Saturday Club, online classes and holiday camps.
In 2021 WeChess partnered with the Jamaica Chess Federation, Grace Foods and Chess Unlimited to host the National Age Group Championships online for the first time. In 2025, five WeChess players became national age-group champions in a single season.
Follow @wechess876Four things we never skip
Fun first
Every child welcome
Respect
Compete with heart
A decade of firsts
- 2012
The first CARIFTA champion
Stuart James wins the very first CARIFTA Chess Championships (Under 20) in Trinidad.
- 2013
Glenmuir High, national champions
An early National High School title for a young Coach Warren.
- 2015
CAC Youth Festival champions
Coach Warren on the national coaching team when Jamaica became the first English-speaking country to win the CAC.
- 2021
National Age Group goes online
WeChess helps host the championships online for the first time, with the JCF, Grace Foods and Chess Unlimited.
- 2023
A clean sweep of school titles
A 7th National High School title as coach (the first with Wolmer's Boys) and the Prep/Primary title with Porter Center for Knowledge.
- 2024
U10 CAC Female Champion
Samakhya wins gold: the only Caribbean female player to finish first that year.
- 2025
CAC Youth Championships, Puerto Rico
Another historic December for the WeChess team abroad.
- 2025
Five national age-group champions
Five national champions from one academy, two more tied for first and countless medalists.
- 2025
National Female Champion
Kaia Gayle wins the 2025 National Championship female section, with six WeChess girls in the field.
- 2025
National High School Champions
Wolmer's Boys win the title again, coached by Warren Elliott.
- 2026
World School Team Championships, Costa Rica
The first Jamaican school team ever to take part, beating some top teams along the way.
- 2026
National Age Group Championships
Three clear first places, one tie for first, and seven more top-five medalists.
- 2026
Under 20 Junior Championships
2nd, 3rd and 4th in the female section for the WeChess 'clique', aged 9 to 16.
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