"The future of chess lies in the hands of this young man.."
---- Botvinnik

INTRODUCTION

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.

PLAYING STYLE

Aside from National Master Neil Fairclough, Warren Elliott is perhaps the most well rounded Jamaican Chess Player who has ever lived. He excels in all stages of the game and is both tactical and positional. Since becoming a National and Fide Master he has concentrated more on Openings and his level of Opening Preparation is perhaps rivaled only by NM Jomo Pitterson.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

With Back to back victories in 2004 and 2005, FM Warren Elliott has retained his crown and is once again the current defending 2005 Jamaica National Champion and the National Champion and National Blitz champion of 2004. However he went into the history books when he first won the 2001 National Championships with an unprecedented perfect score of 9/9. It was also a back to back victory since he had also won the National Champs of 2000. He then went on to attain the title of Fide Master when he represented Jamaica in the Subzonals 2.3.5, which was held in Venezuela in 2001
Some other highlights of his chess career are as follows;