National2025
Kaia Gayle
National Female Champion
- Won the female section of the 2025 National Championships
- One of six WeChess girls in the field
♛Hall of champions
Champions
start here.
Five national age-group champions in 2025 alone, CAC and CARIFTA gold, and FIDE titles. Most of them started as total beginners.
5National age-group champions in 2025
20+Schools across Jamaica
7National High School titles as coach
1stJamaican team at the World School Team Championships
Meet the champions
National2023
Emilia-Rose Leake
U10 National Female Champion
- U8 Absolute and Female Champion, 2022
- Cover star of The Gleaner's Children's Own
- Interviewed on TVJ's Smile Jamaica
International2024
Samakhya
U10 CAC Female Champion
- Gold at the 2024 CAC Youth Championships
- The only Caribbean female player to win first place that year
International2025
Aayush Jain
Candidate Master (provisional)
- Won the Frederick Cameron Open with 5.5/6
- U16 Absolute National Champion, 2022
- 400+ FIDE rating gain in about a year
International2025
Rachel Miller
WIM · FIDE Master (elect)
- Prime Minister's Youth Award for Excellence in Sport
- Under 18 Female National Champion
National2025
Wolmer's Boys' School
National High School Champions
- Champions in 2023 and 2025
- Coach Warren's 7th high school title came in 2023
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National2023
Corbin Harvey
U14 Absolute National Champion
- Candidate Master (provisional), 2025
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National2023
Dayna-Simone Swasey
U8 National Female Champion
- 2023 National Age Group Championships
National2021
Shamir Martin
U18 Online National Champion
- Online National Championships, 2021
Tournament2021
Victoria Lewin
John Powell Online U1300 Female Champion
- Mona Rapid Online, Grade 5 Female Champion
International2021
Brandon Wilson
Caribbean Junior Champion · CM
- Olympiad representative
- Prime Minister's Youth Awardee
- Former WeChess student
International2016
David Thomas
CARIFTA Champion · CM
- USA Scholastic National Championship, 2016
International2012
Stuart James
First CARIFTA Champion (U20)
- Won the very first CARIFTA Chess Championships in Trinidad
♞Flying the flag
On the world stage
The first Jamaican school team at the World School Team Championships in Costa Rica, CAC Youth medals from Trinidad to Puerto Rico, and the Pan-Americans. WeChess players travel to compete for Jamaica every year.
Results
The WeChess record
Highlights from more than a decade of coaching.
- 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.
As featured in The Gleaner, on CVM at Sunrise and on TVJ's Smile Jamaica