Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
The Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championships are the annual individual National Chess championships of Trinidad and Tobago. Although chess was being played in Trinidad and Tobago from 1922 or earlier, the first men's tournament took place in 1937.
Christo Cave is the player with the most wins to his credit, having won 13 titles.
However, several other players have managed to pull off multiple wins: Ryan Harper has 8 titles, George E. C. Stanford has 6, Frederick Edward Brassington has 5, Fred Sabga has 4, and Carl Brown and Shawn Tavares each have 3 titles.
There is also an annual National Women's Championship. Aditi Soondarsingh has won a record nine titles.
NOTE: The table below lists only the years when tournaments took place. There were no chess tournaments in Trinidad and Tobago in 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1960, 1962, and 1963.
| Year | National Men's Champion |
| 1937 | George E. C. Stanford |
| 1939 | Dr. Aldwyn G. Francois |
| 1942 | Ralph Bersodi Jr |
| 1944 | Dr. R. O. Young |
| 1945 | Dr. Maxwell G. Sturm |
| 1946 | George E. C. Stanford |
| 1947 | Dr. Maxwell G. Sturm |
| 1948 | George E. C. Stanford |
| 1949 | Rene Pratt, H.A. Mc Shine, George E. C. Stanford |
| 1950 | Rene Pratt |
| 1951 | Frederick Edward Brassington |
| 1952 | Tournament Unfinished |
| 1953 | Carl Brown |
| 1954 | Frederick Edward Brassington |
| 1955 | Eric Callender |
| 1956 | Frederick Edward Brassington |
| 1957 | Eric Callender |
| 1958 | Frederick Edward Brassington |
| 1959 | Carl Brown |
| 1961 | Frederick Edward Brassington |
| 1964 | Arnold Ramon-Fortune |
| 1965 | George E. C. Stanford |
| 1966 | Fred Sabga |
| 1967 | Carl Brown |
| 1968 | Arnold Ramon-Fortune |
| 1969 | George E. C. Stanford |
| 1970, 1971, 1972 | Fred Sabga |
| 1973 | Arthur Rudy Mohipp |
| 1974 | Arthur Rudy Mohipp |
| 1975 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1979 | Arthur Morris |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | Franklyn Pierre |
| 1984 | Cecil Lee |
| 1985 | |
| 1986, 1987 | Shawn Tavares |
| 1988 | Yogendranath Ramsingh |
| 1989 | Edward Duchesne |
| 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | Christo Cave |
| 1994 | |
| 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | Christo Cave |
| 2002 | Ryan Harper |
| 2003, 2004 | Christo Cave |
| 2005, 2006, 2007 | Ryan Harper |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010, 2011 | Ryan Harper |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Ryan Harper |
| 2014 | Vishnu Singh |
| 2015 | Kevin Cupid |
| 2016 | Keelan Hunte |