Jessica Hyatt is an American chess player.

In 2019, she won the New York State Scholastic Championships and was the 2023 KCF All-Girls Nationals Champion.^[1] She is the highest-rated African-American female chess player in history.^{[2] [3]}

In 2021, she defeated Grandmaster Michael Rohde and in 2022 Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra, becoming one of a few African-American female players to have beaten a grandmaster.^[4]

In November 2023, she caused an upset at the World Youth Chess Championship where she (rated 1818) held a draw against Liya Kurmangaliyeva (rated 2236).^[5]

In June 2024, she held a simultaneous exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she won all of her games.^[6]

In August 2024, she became the youngest African-American woman to achieve the National Master title, and second in the world only one month after Shama Yisrael became the first to do so.^[1]

She attended the Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts in Manhattan.^[1]

• Jessica Hyatt rating card at FIDE