JAMAICA CHESS FEDERATION 2025 CHESS CALENDAR
 
January
February
March
Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue
Wed. 1   New Year's Day   Sat. 1 1-3 IA FM John Powell
Memorial Open
JCF
HQ
Wed. 5   Ash Wednesday  
Sat. 4   Free Day   Sun. 2 4-6 IA FM John Powell
Memorial Open
JCF
HQ
Sat. 8 1-3 National Age-Group
Chess Championships
(U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18)
TBA
Sun 5   Free Day   Sat. 8 1-2 National Junior Absolute &
Female Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sun. 9 4-6 National Age-Group
Chess Championships
(U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18)
TBA
Sat. 11   Free Day   Sun. 9 3-4 National Junior Absolute &
Female Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sat. 22 1-3 Manchester Open Belair
Sun 12   Free Day   Fri. 14 5 National Junior Absolute &
Female Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sun. 23 4-6 Manchester Open Belair
Sat. 18   JCF Extra Ordinary
General Meeting 2:30pm
Zoom Sat. 15 6-7 National Junior Absolute &
Female Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Wed. 26 1 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
TBA   RJR Sportsman/Woman
National Annual Awards
TBA Sun. 16 8-9 National Junior Absolute &
Female Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Fri. 28 2 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
Thu 23 1-3 Hope Anderson
National High School
Championship for Girls
JCF
HQ
        Sat. 29 3-4 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
Fri. 24 4-6 Hope Anderson
National High School
Championship for Girls
JCF
HQ
Sat. 22   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom Sat. 29   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom
Sat. 25   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom Sat. 22 1-3 National Intercollegiate
Chess Championships Finals
UTECH Sun. 30 5-6 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
Sat. 25
Sun. 26
1-6 National Intercollegiate
Chess Championships Prelims
UTECH Sun. 23 4-6 National Intercollegiate
Chess Championships Finals
UTECH TBA   CARICOM Classic
Chess Tournament 
TBA
Fri. 31 1-4 National High School Playoffs St. Jago Thu. 27
Fri. 28
1-6 National High School Finals
Calabar
       
April
May
June
Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue
Wed. 2 7 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
Sat. 3 1-14 NM Thomas Figueroa
National  Blitz Championship
JCF
HQ
Sat. 7  1-6 Trelawny PCA Rapid William
Knibb
Fri. 4 8 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
Sat. 10   Jamaica Chess Federation Special General Meeting onlne Sat. 14  1-2 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sat 5 9-10 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
TBA   Central America & Caribbean
Women's Championship
TBA Sun. 15 3-4 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sun. 6 11 President's Invitational JCF
HQ
Sat. 17  1-3 IA CM Robert Wheeler
Memorial Open 2025
JCF
HQ
Wed. 18 5 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sat. 12 1-3 National School Inter Grade
Chess Championships
Grades 1 to 13
TBA Sun. 18 4-6 IA CM Robert Wheeler
Memorial Open 2025
JCF
HQ
Fri. 20 6 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sun. 13 4-6 National School Inter Grade
Chess Championships
Grades 1 to 13
TBA Fri. 23   Labour Day   Sun. 22 7-8 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Fri. 18   Good Friday   Sat. 24 1-3   TBA Fri. 27 9 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Mon. 21   Easter Monday   Sat. 31 4-6 St. James Open Martina Bar and Grll Sat. 28 10-11 National Absolute & Women's
Chess Championships
JCF
HQ
Sat. 26 1-3 St. Catherine Open St. Cath.
High
Sat. 31   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom Sat. 28   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom
Sat. 26   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom         TBA   PAN AM U20 Championship TBA
Sun. 27 4-6 St. Catherine Open St. Cath.
High
       
 
     
July
August
September
Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue
TBA   PAN AM Youth Festival TBA Fri. 1   Emancipation Day   Sat. 13 1-3 NM Dr. Harold Chan Open JCF
HQ
Sat. 5 1-2 IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 1&2 (rnd of 16)
JCF
HQ
Wed. 6   Indeependence Day   Sun. 14 4-6 NM Dr. Harold Chan Open JCF
HQ
Sun. 6 3-4 IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 1&2 (Qfinals)
JCF
HQ
        Sat. 20 1-6 St. Elizabeth Rapid STETHS
Sat. 12 5-6 IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 3&4 (Qfinals)
JCF
HQ
Sat. 16 1-9 National Junior Blitz JCF
HQ
Sun. 21      
Sun. 13 7-8 IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 1&2 (Semifinals)
JCF
HQ
Sat. 23 1-7 National Junior Rapid JCF
HQ
Sat. 27   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom
Sat. 19 1-7 St. Ann/St. Mary Rapid Steer Town
High
Sat. 23 1-3 William Roper Memorial
Jamaica Seniors Championship:
Veterans (50-64 yo) & Seniors (65+)
JCF
HQ
       
Sun. 20 9-10 International Chess Day
IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 3&4 (Semifinals)
JCF
HQ
Sun. 24 4-6 William Roper Memorial
Jamaica Seniors Championship:
Veterans (50-64 yo) & Seniors (65+)
JCF
HQ
       
Sat. 26 11-12 IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 1&2 (Finals)
JCF
HQ
Sat. 30   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom        
Sat. 26   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom Sat. 30 7-9 William Roper Memorial
Jamaica Seniors Championship:
Veterans (50-64 yo) & Seniors (65+)
JCF
HQ
       
Sun. 27
13-14 IM Jomo Pitterson Masters KO
Games 3&4 (Finals)
JCF
HQ
Sun. 31 10-12 William Roper Memorial
Jamaica Seniors Championship:
Veterans (50-64 yo) & Seniors (65+)
JCF
HQ
       
October November
December
Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue Date Rnd Event Venue
Sat. 4 1-6 Hanover Rapid Green
Island
TBA   CAC U20 Championship TBA Sat. 6 1-6 WIM Deborah Richards-Porter
Women's Chess Festival
JCF
HQ
Sat. 18 1-2 Jamaica International Open TBA Sat. 1 1-6 Westmoreland Rapid Mannings Sat. 13 1-3 Frederick Cameron Open JCF
HQ
Sun. 19 3-4 Jamaica International Open TBA         Sun. 14 4-6 Frederick Cameron Open JCF
HQ
Mon. 20 5-6 Jamaica International Open
(Heroes Day)
TBA Thu-Fri
13-14
1-6 National High School Prelims
Eastern Zones
TBA 14th
22nd
  CAC Youth Championships Puerto
Rico
Sat 25   JCF NEC Meeting Zoom Sat. 15 1-3 Clarendon Open Glenmuir
High
Sat. 20    Free Day  
        Sun. 16 4-6 Clarendon Open Glenmuir
High
Sat. 20    JCF NEC Meeting Zoom
        Thu-Fri
20-21
1-6 National High School Prelims
Western  Zones
TBA Thu. 25   Christmas Day  
        Thu-Fri
20-21
1-6 National High School Prelims
Kingston & St. Andrew Zones
TBA Fri. 26   Boxing Day  
        Thu-Fri
27-28
1-6 National High School Prelims
Middlesex Zones
TBA        
        Sat. 29 1-9 Annual Enos Grant
Open Blitz Championship
JCF
HQ
       
        Sat. 29   JCF Annual General Meeting JCF
HQ