Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association

NATIONAL YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020

The National Youth Chess Championship Under 8-18 categories will take place in January 2020. Details are as follows: Dates: January 2nd-5th, 2019 Venue: Naparima College Registration Fee: $60.00 Registration will be taken online up to 1st January, 2020 and NOT on the day of the tournament. Payment due the day of the tournament up toRead More

Central America and the Caribbean (CAC Under 20) Chess Championships

The Confederation of Chess for the Americas (CCA) and the Trinidad & Tobago Chess Association (TTCA), are pleased to invite all National Federations of the CAC Region to the Central America and the Caribbean Under-20 (CAC Under 20) Chess Championships, to be held at: The Cycling Velodrome, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago, from December 12 –Read More

National Senior Championships 2019 (50+ and 65+)

The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association will be hosting its 2019 (FIDE Rated) National Senior Chess Tournament on Saturday 16, Sunday 17, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November, 2019 at the Tranquility Government Secondary School in Port of Spain. Pre-registration is encouraged and players can register with either the Secretary – Ms Sandy Razark, srazark@yahoo.comRead More

National Blitz 2019 Tournament

The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association, TTCA, is pleased to invite all nationals to participate in the National Blitz 2019 Tournament. Date: Saturday, 16th November, 2019Late registration would be taken up to 3:40 pmTournament begins 4 pm Venue: Tranquility Government Secondary School Registration: $50.00 Payments can be made directly to the TTCA’s First Citizen’s Account:Read More

Introduction to Swiss Manager

For club administrators and arbiters/helpers who do tournament management and have used Swiss Manager before or at least are quick learners when it comes to using new software. Date: Saturday 14th September – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pmVenue: Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre in St. Anns. Topics: Introduction to Swiss Manager Review of the FIDERead More

C3 Centre Simultaneous

The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association, TTCA, is pleased to invite all interested persons to participate in the C3 Centre Simultaneous Event with Grandmaster Marian Petrov. Attractive prizes, and medals the event!The games begin from 3.00 p.m. on Monday, 26th August, 2019. Registration: $20.00 Participants for the simultaneous are asked to pre-register using the formRead More

Trainer Title Fees

Attention all Chess Trainers certified by FIDE The following trainer certificates are due for renewal, the outstanding sums of money would be required to extend the validity of the trainer titles for 4 years 8.3 8.3.1 Every four years, holders of the titles FIDE Senior Trainer, FIDE Trainer, FIDE Instructor, National Instructor, Developmental Instructor must apply for aRead More

Pre Registration Women’s Finals 2019

The National Women’s Chess Championship is carded to take place on 31st August, 2019. Those who are interested are kindly ask to register in the form below Date: 31st August, 2019 (starts and will run on weekends thereafter)Venue: The Cascadia Hotel and Conference CentreRegistration Fee: $110 Registration will be taken online up to 27th August, 2019.PaymentsRead More

Training with Grand Master Marian Petrov

The TTCA has embarked on a Chess Training exercise to be conducted by a Bulgarian Grand Master Marian Petrov. This unique and exciting project will take place in Trinidad from Monday 19th August to Saturday 24th August 2019. The Following are the details:• This Training will be split into four modules o Module “A” isRead More