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. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1802, and top seed was Zack Norris (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2036).

Zack Norris (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 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

Top seed

🇬🇧CMZack Norris2036

Avg top 10

1,802

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇬🇧England×31

🇬🇧Scotland×3

🇬🇧Wales×2

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
CMZack Norris
🇬🇧ENG·2036
5.5pts·1936perf-15.4
🥈
Advait Keerthi Kumar
🇬🇧ENG·1878
5.5pts·1962perf+25.6
🥉
Tavish Railwani
🇬🇧SCO·1714
5.0pts·1919perf+63.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Keerthi Kumar5.5Norris5.5Singh5Pai5Railwani5Moran4.5

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 CM Zack Norris (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

CM 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	—	—
2CMZack 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, ZackCM	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
+63.2
5.0 pts · #9
2Sriram, GautamENG
+56.4
4.5 pts · #13
3Singh, GuranshvirENG
+42.4
5.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Sarwar, AdamWLS
-49.2
3.0 pts · #32
2Blin, ElizaENG
-42.8
2.5 pts · #39
3Saharkar, SharvariENG
-42.5
2.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R3+164 Elo gap
Railwani, Tavish1714 beat Keerthi Kumar, Advait1878
R7+158 Elo gap
Keerthi Kumar, Advait1878 beat CMNorris, Zack2036