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OFFICIAL LIST OF QUALIFIERS FOR THE NATIONAL FEMALE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020

 

October 6, 2019: Updated after Frederick Cameron Open 2019 & estimating January 2020 FIDE Ratings List

No.	Female Nationals 2020	Name	Gms/Pts	FIDE
1	Defending Champion	Annesha Smith WCM
2	Female Junior Champ (& Grand Prix Champion)	Raehanna Brown WCM	276
3	Next high finish in Grand Prix	Clarke Adani WCM	252
4	Next high finish in Grand Prix	Kidd Aulanni	96
5	Next high finish in Grand Prix	Stephenson Amy	60
6	Next high finish in Grand Prix	Blackwood Ashanti	48
7	Highest FIDE w/18 games	Miller Rachel CM	36+	1991*
8	Highest FIDE w/18 games	Curwin Nickaylah	35+	1544*
9	Highest FIDE w/18 games	Yankana Alliyah	20	1419
10	Highest FIDE w/18 games
11	Council Discretion
12	Council Discretion

 

OFFICIAL LIST OF QUALIFIERS
FOR THE JAMAICA WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020
(January 31st, February 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, & 16th 2020 (DATES TO BE CONFIRMED) , Kingston, Jamaica)
(FROM THE JCF ADULT PROTOCOL PUBLISHED APRIL 29,2017)

1. The following persons will qualify to play in the Women’s Championship which will be a twelve-player round-robin:

a. The defending Jamaica Women’s Champion;

b. The winner of the Female Grand Prix series of events (hereafter “the Grand Prix”) held in the year preceding the year of the Championship;

c. The second place finisher in the Grand Prix;

d. The third place finisher in the Grand Prix;

e. The fourth place finisher in the Grand Prix;

f. The reigning Jamaica Female Junior Champion;

g. The five (5) Female Jamaican players with the highest World Chess Federation (hereafter “FIDE”) ratings, not being any of the above-mentioned players PROVIDED HOWEVER that these five players must have played a minimum of eighteen (18) FIDE-rated games, whether locally or internationally, during the twelve month-period ending the 31st December of the year preceding the year of the Championship AND have a minimum FIDE rating of 1400.

h. Two (2) players to be selected at the discretion of the Council of the JCF.

(Note: this is an Unofficial list for information only. The Official places will be ratified by the JCF Council upon a review of the criteria and the final results, data and ratings as at Dec 31st, 2019.)

(Oct 6, 2019 )