National Master Duane Rowe JCF Rating:2402
Fide Rating:2203National Master Duane Rowe first learned chess 1992, while still attending Kingston College. He made a tremendous impact on the chess scene during that year, and his progress was so fast that he was voted the most promising chess player in 1992. After winning the LennHapp Tournament of 1992, he went on to become a Three time National Champion wen he won in 1995, 1996 and 1998. Duane Rowe, is still regarded as one of the most Promising Players in terms of Sheer Talent and is currently ranked third in the Island with a National Rating of over 2300. He achieved his National Master title in 1996.

Fide Master Warren Elliott JCF Rating:2392
Fide Rating:2239 Fide Master Warren Elliott,first learned chess when he was only 11 years old. His first chess Tournament was the Albion ladder league, which was held in 1992 in Montego bay, which is his place of birth. FM Elliott made a tremendous impact on the chess scene in Kingston when he won the 1998 Jamaica Open. Since then he has never looked back. FM Warren Elliott is only the second player in Jamaica to have achieved the title of Fide Master. His rapid growth in strength in a short period of time, and the forceful way in which he has burst into the top three (3) three ranking is perhaps unequalled in the history of chess in Jamaica.

National Master Shane Matthews JCF Rating:2354
Fide Rating:2231 The chess career of Jamaica's former number one rated player, NM Shane Matthews, reads like a fairy tale. After learning the game in 1974,Matthews played his first Tournament when he placed second in the first qualifier of the National Junior Championships of 1981. Just two years later he achieved the title of National Master in 1983, with the help of a winning streak of five straight games in the X-mas ladder of '82 and some open tournaments in '83.

National Master Jomo Pitterson JCF Rating:
Fide Rating:"Be prepared Son, be prepared.." ---- Bruce Willis in the Movie "The last Boy Scout" NM Jomo Pitterson first learned the game while still in 1st form at Campion, in 1985. After being drafted unto the Campion High School team by then Captain NM Holness, he has never looked back. He went on to eventually lead Campion to three straight Workers Bank Chess Titles in 1989, 1990, and 1991. He achieved his National Master Title, while still in High School, in 1992 and won the Jamaica Open of that same year.