2025 British Championship: Under 14
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41 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 3 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1938, and top seed was Adithya Vaidyanathan (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2115).
Adithya Vaidyanathan (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2115) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Pengxiao Zhu (5.5) and Arthur Kendall (5.5). Vaidyanathan won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Joel Ofeni (1672) beat Yuk Hei Lee (1868), a +196-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
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×34
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2
🇱🇻Latvia×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsFM Adithya Vaidyanathan led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
FM Adithya Vaidyanathan never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Adithya Vaidyanathan beat Arthur Kendall (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
FM Adithya Vaidyanathan 5 wins (R1–R5)Arthur Kendall 3 wins (R1–R3)Pengxiao Zhu 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAdithya Vaidyanathan | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Arthur Kendall | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Pengxiao Zhu | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4CMEmils Steiners | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaidyanathan, AdithyaFM | 2115 | ENG | +36N | +10B | +7N | +5B | +3N | =2B | +9N | 6.5 | 28.5 | 30.0 | 27.25 | 2299 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Zhu, Pengxiao | 1938 | ENG | +18N | −3B | +28N | +10B | +4N | =1N | +5B | 5.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 23.75 | 2108 | +59.2 |
| 3 | Kendall, Arthur | 1826 | ENG | +39B | +2N | +25B | =6N | −1B | +20N | +13B | 5.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 19.25 | 2075 | +86.4 |
| 4 | Steiners, EmilsCM | 1933 | LAT | +31B | =6N | +19B | +8N | −2B | =5B | +12N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 19.50 | 1998 | +26.4 |
| 5 | Lebedev, LionCM | 2048 | ENG | +14B | +24N | +21B | −1N | +6B | =4N | −2N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 18.00 | 1948 | -18.8 |
| 6 | De Silva, Sithun | 1817 | ENG | +22N | =4B | +13N | =3B | −5N | +26B | =8B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 18.00 | 1936 | +46.8 |
| 7 | Rughani, Mahin | 1906 | ENG | +11B | +17N | −1B | =19N | +14B | −8N | +20B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 17.25 | 1891 | -0.7 |
| 8 | Dairi, Ramsey | 1898 | ENG | =26N | +12B | +35N | −4B | =19N | +7B | =6N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 15.50 | 1894 | +0.8 |
| 9 | Liu, Jacob | 1859 | ENG | =33N | +26B | =23B | +27N | =25B | +17N | −1B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 14.00 | 1887 | +12.3 |
| 10 | Ding, Yiwen | 1844 | ENG | +29B | −1N | +11B | −2N | =32B | =14N | +25B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 13.00 | 1821 | -2.0 |
| 11 | Ofeni, Joel | 1672 | ENG | −7N | +22B | −10N | +18B | +16N | −13N | +32B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 13.50 | 1796 | +46.0 |
| 12 | Pearson, Charlie | 1751 | ENG | +32B | −8N | −20B | +30N | +27B | +25N | −4B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1768 | +9.6 |
| 13 | Bates, Hubert | 1891 | ENG | +30B | −19N | −6B | +37N | +35N | +11B | −3N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 10.00 | 1766 | -42.0 |
| 14 | Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek | 1711 | UZB | −5N | +33B | =16N | +34B | −7N | =10B | +26N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 1845 | +42.8 |
| 15 | Ding, Yicheng | 1793 | ENG | +27B | −25N | +30B | =23N | −20B | +24N | =17B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 13.25 | 1793 | +1.9 |
| 16 | Lee, Yuk Hei | 1868 | ENG | +20B | −21N | =14B | =32N | −11B | +34N | +19B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 1762 | -27.2 |
| 17 | Hazell, Peter | 1754 | ENG | +41N | −7B | =32N | +33B | +21N | −9B | =15N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 8.00 | 1655 | -25.2 |
| 18 | Malibiran, Alexis Kristoff | 1693 | PHI | −2B | +39N | =24B | −11N | +34B | =32N | +29B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 8.25 | 1717 | +9.1 |
| 19 | Dhingra, Kanvansh | 1733 | ENG | +40N | +13B | −4N | =7B | =8B | =23N | −16N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 10.25 | 1830 | +37.6 |
| 20 | Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika | 1642 | SRI | −16N | +40B | +12N | =35B | +15N | −3B | −7N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.75 | 1760 | +27.6 |
| 21 | Linton, Alexander | 0 | ENG | F | +16B | −5N | =25N | −17B | +31N | +23B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 12.00 | 1878 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Purle, David | 1573 | ENG | −6B | −11N | +39B | =29N | =31B | +30N | =27B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 1651 | +28.8 |
| 23 | Lukhi, Neev | 1869 | SCO | +38N | =35B | =9N | =15B | =26N | =19B | −21N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 9.75 | 1757 | -29.6 |
| 24 | Catabay, Rezin C | 1829 | ENG | +34N | −5B | =18N | −26B | +28N | −15B | +37N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1724 | -38.4 |
| 25 | Gunarathne, Senith Thenula | 1918 | ENG | +28N | +15B | −3N | =21B | =9N | −12B | −10N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 11.00 | 1736 | -52.2 |
| 26 | Gomez, Hal | 1670 | ENG | =8B | −9N | +29B | +24N | =23B | −6N | −14B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 10.50 | 1747 | +26.8 |
| 27 | Ding, Yihua | 1536 | ENG | −15N | +38B | +36N | −9B | −12N | =28B | =22N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 6.25 | 1604 | +17.6 |
| 28 | Shiva, Shrishti | 1683 | ENG | −25B | +37N | −2B | +40N | −24B | =27N | =35B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.75 | 1661 | -10.4 |
| 29 | Burgess, Rose | 1598 | ENG | −10N | =36B | −26N | =22B | +39N | +38B | −18N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 1557 | -13.2 |
| 30 | Van Neerven, Yvon | 1650 | ENG | −13N | +41B | −15N | −12B | +33N | −22B | +40B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.50 | 1556 | -30.8 |
| 31 | Shah, Samuel | 1693 | ENG | −4N | =34B | −33N | +36B | =22N | −21B | +39N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1674 | -6.8 |
| 32 | Saxena, Samidh | 1445 | ENG | −12N | F | =17B | =16B | =10N | =18B | −11N | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 8.00 | 1635 | +46.4 |
| 33 | Poliakov, Andrii | 1633 | UKR | =9B | −14N | +31B | −17N | −30B | F | F | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.25 | 1584 | -13.6 |
| 34 | Misquita Rodrigues, Raul | 1596 | ENG | −24B | =31N | +38B | −14N | −18N | −16B | F | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 3.00 | 1393 | -38.0 |
| 35 | Boganadham, Ved Sudeep | 1731 | ENG | F | =23N | −8B | =20N | −13B | F | =28N | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 1647 | -16.5 |
| 36 | Gandhi, Preesh | 1713 | ENG | −1B | =29N | −27B | −31N | =37B | F | =38N | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 1464 | -67.2 |
| 37 | Delacour, Jacob | 1577 | ENG | F | −28B | +41N | −13B | =36N | F | −24B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.75 | 1457 | -20.4 |
| 38 | Pasupulety, Shreyas | 0 | ENG | −23B | −27N | −34N | F | +40B | −29N | =36B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.75 | 1433 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Patel, Diah | 1596 | ENG | −3N | −18B | −22N | F | −29B | +40N | −31B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 1365 | -67.2 |
| 40 | Tagg, George | 1443 | ENG | −19B | −20N | F | −28B | −38N | −39B | −30N | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 861 | -45.2 |
| 41 | Rajaguru, R M Thiyansa Dinuli | 1495 | SRI | −17B | −30N | −37B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kendall, ArthurENG+86.45.5 pts · #2
- 2Zhu, PengxiaoENG+59.25.5 pts · #3
- 3De Silva, SithunENG+46.84.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Patel, DiahENG-67.21.0 pts · #36
- 2Gandhi, PreeshENG-67.21.5 pts · #37
- 3Gunarathne, Senith ThenulaENG-52.23.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R5+196 Elo gap
- R3+177 Elo gap
- R6+167 Elo gap