{{Short description|Jamaican chess player (born 2007)}} {{Infobox chess player | country = Jamaica | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2007|5|16}} | birth_place = Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica | title = FIDE Master (2023) | peakrating = 2146 (June 2025) }}
'''Jaden Shaw''' is a Jamaican chess player. He was the Jamaican Chess Champion in 2023.
==Chess career== In April 2021, he won the Jamaica Chess Federation Open Satellite Chess Tournament, which allowed him to advance to the preliminary stage of the American qualifier for the Chess World Cup 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/04/26/wolmerian-shaw-wins-open-satellite-chess-tourney/|title=Wolmerian Shaw wins Open Satellite Chess tourney|date=April 26, 2021}}</ref>
In August 2022, he played for Jamaica at the 44th Chess Olympiad. He became known for offering a draw against grandmaster Meelis Kanep, who had fainted and was rushed to the hospital during their game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/other-sports/chess-olympiad-jamaican-player-accepts-draw-to-let-opponent-receive-medical-help-1.7747421|title= Chess Olympiad: Jamaican player accepts draw to let opponent receive medical help|date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> The team ultimately recorded 5 wins, 5 losses, and one draw at the end of the tournament, finishing 85th after being seeded 108th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-star.com/article/sports/20220812/chess-federation-heaps-praise-players|title=Chess Federation heaps praise on players|date=August 12, 2022|first=Sharla|last=Williams}}</ref>
In April 2023, he was given the 2022 Prime Minister's National Youth Awards for Excellence in sports after becoming Jamaica's youngest national chess champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230412/wolmers-chess-genius-tops-them-all|title=Wolmer's chess genius tops them all|date=April 12, 2023|first=Paul|last=Williams}}</ref> He achieved a score of 10/11 in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2023/04/25/shaw-brown-win-national-chess-honours/|title=Shaw, Brown win national chess honours|date=April 25, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{FIDE|7402880}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Jaden}} Category:Living people Category:2007 births Category:Jamaican chess players Category:Chess FIDE Masters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Sportspeople from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Category:21st-century chess players