2025 British Championship: Under 12
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39 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1802, and top seed was Zack Norris (🇬🇧 ENG, 2036).
Zack Norris (🇬🇧 ENG, 2036) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Advait Keerthi Kumar (5.5) and Tavish Railwani (5.0). Norris shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Tavish Railwani (1714) beat Advait Keerthi Kumar (1878), a +164-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
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×31
🇬🇧Scotland×3
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Norris takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Advait Keerthi Kumar beat Zack Norris (White).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Zack Norris won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Advait Keerthi Kumar | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Zack Norris | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Guranshvir Singh | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Sidhanth Pai | — | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norris, Zack | 2036 | ENG | +17N | +10B | +12N | +3B | =6N | +8B | −2N | 5.5 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 23.75 | 1936 | -15.4 |
| 2 | Keerthi Kumar, Advait | 1878 | ENG | +34N | +13B | −3N | +22B | =7N | +14B | +1B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 20.75 | 1962 | +25.6 |
| 3 | Railwani, Tavish | 1714 | SCO | +28N | +29B | +2B | −1N | =12B | +13N | =5B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 19.00 | 1919 | +63.2 |
| 4 | Singh, Guranshvir | 1738 | ENG | +31B | =7N | +23B | =6N | −5B | +16N | +15B | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 18.00 | 1849 | +42.4 |
| 5 | Pai, Sidhanth | 1920 | ENG | =20B | =27N | +36N | +9B | +4N | =6B | =3N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 18.75 | 1804 | -30.4 |
| 6 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1773 | ENG | +19N | +9B | +22N | =4B | =1B | =5N | −12B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 18.75 | 1868 | +36.4 |
| 7 | Sriram, Gautam | 1638 | ENG | +37N | =4B | =14N | +10B | =2B | =12N | =8N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 17.00 | 1848 | +56.4 |
| 8 | Moran, Thomas | 0 | ENG | +11B | −22N | +34B | +25N | +13B | −1N | =7B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 15.75 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Li, Yueci | 1685 | ENG | +35B | −6N | +26B | −5N | +27B | =18N | +19B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 12.75 | 1741 | +12.9 |
| 10 | Helsby, Matthew | 1697 | ENG | +30B | −1N | +27B | −7N | +34B | =19N | +18B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 12.25 | 1702 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Maitret, Victor | 1554 | ENG | −8N | =24B | −21N | +38B | +29N | +17B | +26N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 11.50 | 1639 | +18.0 |
| 12 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 1761 | SCO | +26N | +25B | −1B | F | =3N | =7B | +6N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 15.25 | 1847 | +23.8 |
| 13 | Beattie, Kai | 1694 | ENG | +24N | −2N | +19B | +17B | −8N | −3B | +21N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 13.00 | 1762 | +22.8 |
| 14 | Mittal, Advik | 1806 | SCO | =27B | +32N | =7B | =16N | +23B | −2N | =25B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 12.50 | 1684 | -38.4 |
| 15 | Ford, Nikodem | 1648 | POL | =32B | =18N | +37B | F | +26N | +21B | −4N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1751 | +17.2 |
| 16 | Taylor, Noah | 1675 | ENG | F | +28B | +29N | =14B | =21N | −4B | +24N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 11.50 | 1686 | +5.2 |
| 17 | Narang, Ishaan | 1617 | ENG | −1B | +30N | +18B | −13N | =25B | −11N | +23B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1622 | -4.4 |
| 18 | Wylie, Ted | 0 | ENG | =21N | =15B | −17N | +28B | +20N | =9B | −10N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 11.75 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Tang, Carolus | 1567 | ENG | −6B | +33N | −13N | +37B | +22N | =10B | −9N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 8.75 | 1552 | -4.4 |
| 20 | Choung, James | 1590 | WLS | =5N | −36B | +24N | −23N | −18B | +33B | +30N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 10.50 | 1717 | +25.2 |
| 21 | Ben-Eshak, Djad | 1629 | ENG | =18B | −23N | +11B | +36N | =16B | −15N | −13B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 9.75 | 1500 | -34.4 |
| 22 | Sarwar, Adam | 1650 | WLS | +38N | +8B | −6B | −2N | −19B | −25N | +34B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 1452 | -49.2 |
| 23 | Wang, Hantin | 1675 | ENG | =36N | +21B | −4N | +20B | −14N | =24B | −17N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 8.75 | 1575 | -34.4 |
| 24 | Ren, Jason | 1418 | ENG | −13B | =11N | −20B | +32N | +36B | =23N | −16B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 7.75 | 1397 | -5.2 |
| 25 | Maheshwari, Shlok | 1661 | ENG | F | −12N | +31B | −8B | =17N | +22B | =14N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 9.25 | 1741 | +22.8 |
| 26 | Patel, Parisa | 1512 | ENG | −12B | +39N | −9N | +33B | −15B | +34N | −11B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.50 | 1407 | -24.8 |
| 27 | Raj Konwar, Daryan | 1572 | ENG | =14N | =5B | −10N | +35B | −9N | =30B | −29N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1568 | -5.2 |
| 28 | Tie, Theodore Dennis | 1477 | HKG | −3B | −16N | +32B | −18N | =33N | +36B | −35N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 5.25 | 895 | -17.6 |
| 29 | Zhou, Chenyu | 0 | ENG | F | −3N | −16B | =31N | −11B | +39N | +27B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Parikh, Aadhya | 1469 | ENG | −10N | −17B | +39B | −34N | +31B | =27N | −20B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1401 | -19.6 |
| 31 | Blin, Eliza | 1509 | ENG | −4N | +38B | −25N | =29B | −30N | +35B | −32N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 4.25 | 822 | -42.8 |
| 32 | Pasumarthi, Kalyan Srinidhi | 0 | ENG | =15N | −14B | −28N | −24B | +37N | F | +31B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.50 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Cheng, Tyning | 0 | ENG | F | −19B | +38N | −26N | =28B | −20N | +36N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.75 | 1213 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Saharkar, Sharvari | 1587 | ENG | −2B | +35N | −8N | +30B | −10N | −26B | −22N | 2.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 4.50 | 1401 | -42.5 |
| 35 | Daysh, Sofia | 0 | ENG | −9N | −34B | F | −27N | +39B | −31N | +28B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1327 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Samuel, Claude | 0 | ENG | =23B | +20N | −5B | −21B | −24N | −28N | −33B | 1.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 5.00 | 1425 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 343477232 | 0 | — | −7B | F | −15N | −19N | −32B | −38N | +39B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 816 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Hoxha, Oliver | 0 | ENG | −22B | −31N | −33B | −11N | F | +37B | F | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Ewart, Rebecca | 0 | ENG | F | −26B | −30N | F | −35N | −29B | −37N | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Railwani, TavishSCO+63.25.0 pts · #9
- 2Sriram, GautamENG+56.44.5 pts · #13
- 3Singh, GuranshvirENG+42.45.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Sarwar, AdamWLS-49.23.0 pts · #32
- 2Blin, ElizaENG-42.82.5 pts · #39
- 3Saharkar, SharvariENG-42.52.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R3+164 Elo gap
- R7+158 Elo gap