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2025 British Championship: Under 16

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was Max Pert (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2263).

Andrejs Gorskovs (🇬🇧 ENG, 1844) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Rock Yu (5.5) and Max Pert (5.0). Gorskovs shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Andrejs Gorskovs (1844) beat Max Pert (FM, 2263), a +419-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Liverpool, England
Dates
03 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMMax Pert2263
Avg top 10
1,926
Participants
28
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×22
🇬🇧Wales×3
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Andrejs Gorskovs
    🇬🇧ENG·1844
    6.5pts·2841perf+116.4
  • 🥈
    CMRock Yu
    🇬🇧ENG·2107
    5.5pts·2097perf+2.0
  • 🥉
    FMMax Pert
    🇬🇧ENG·2263
    5.0pts·2066perf-23.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Andrejs Gorskovs led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
3
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Gorskovs6.5Yu5.5Pert5Sherwood4.5Thomas4.5Catabay4.5
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Andrejs Gorskovs never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andrejs Gorskovs beat CM Rock Yu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Andrejs Gorskovs 6 wins (R2–R7)CM Rock Yu 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Max Pert 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Andrejs Gorskovs*
1
1
—
2CMRock Yu
0
*
½
—
3FMMax Pert
0
½
*—
4Gabriel Sherwood———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gorskovs, Andrejs1844ENG=12N+27B+17N+4N+2B+3N+7B6.525.527.025.252841+116.4
2Yu, RockCM2107ENG+24B+15N+11B=3N−1N+9B+8N5.526.529.020.002097+2.0
3Pert, MaxFM2263ENG+18N+9B+14N=2B+11N−1B=4N5.027.530.519.002066-23.8
4Thomas, James1882ENG=27N+12B+13N−1B=16N+11B=3B4.525.527.015.501905+5.8
5Sherwood, Gabriel0ENG+19B−11N=6B−13N+12N+16B+14N4.522.025.015.7517600.0
6Catabay, Mae Katelyn Rose1823ENG+23N−14B=5N−8B+27N+13B+15B4.522.023.513.751825+0.4
7Vadalia, Jainill1929SCO=13N+21B=16N=9B=8N+18B−1N4.024.527.513.501845-29.6
8Nelson, Leon1825ENG−11B=19N+26B+6N=7B+10N−2B4.024.527.014.501743-21.2
9Swiatkowski, Dominik1843ENG+20B−3N+24B=7N=15B−2N+19B4.024.026.512.251928+28.4
10Hale, Jack0ENG=21N−13B+27N=12B+17N−8B+18N4.020.021.510.7516820.0
11Ajaykumar, Arav1527ENG+8N+5B−2N+14B−3B−4N=17B3.527.030.013.501823+59.6
12Madhusudhan, Tanmay0ENG=1B−4N+25B=10N−5B+24N=16N3.525.528.012.0018220.0
13Dissanayake, Sathsara1733ENG=7B+10N−4B+5B−14N−6N+25B3.525.027.513.001706-8.0
14Vaidyanathan, Sathya1915ENG+25B+6N−3B−11N+13B=15N−5B3.524.527.012.251873-10.4
15Kong, Emma Zihan1825WLS+28N−2B+20N=16B=9N=14B−6N3.524.024.59.001808-5.6
16Parikh, Naavya1800ENG=26B+22N=7B=15N=4B−5N=12B3.523.025.512.001764-4.0
17Grimley, Matthew0ENG=22B+26N−1B=19N−10B=20B=11N3.023.025.58.7516140.0
18Brennan, Henry1793ENG−3B−20N+28B+22N+19B−7N−10B3.022.022.56.501715-25.2
19Newton, Ben1644ENG−5N=8B+21N=17B−18N+23B−9N3.021.524.59.501709+12.4
20Ramzan, Timur1618WLS−9N+18B−15B=24N=25B=17N=22B3.019.021.58.501717+20.0
21Punshon, Evan1725ENG=10B−7N−19B=25N=22B+26N=24B3.019.021.58.501623-26.4
22Christensen, Oscar1668ENG=17N−16B=23N−18B=21N+28B=20N3.018.519.06.5016260.0
23Ralph, Toby0ENG−6B=25N=22B=26N=24B−19N+28B3.018.018.55.7515940.0
24Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim1761UZB−2N+28B−9N=20B=23N−12B=21N2.522.022.55.001697-20.4
25Puig-Souto, Luca1726ENG−14N=23B−12N=21B=20N+27B−13N2.519.521.06.001560-34.4
26Rajaguru, Diyenka Kithumi1418SRI=16N−17B−8N=23B=28N−21B+27N2.518.018.55.001526+14.0
27Clarke, John0ENG=4B−1N−10B+28N−6B−25N−26B1.524.525.02.7515110.0
28Tagg, Ann1533WLS−15B−24N−18N−27B=26B−22N−23N0.517.519.01.251377-28.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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