2025 North American Youth Chess Ch. - Girls U14
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29 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 23 Aug 2025 in Kingston, ON, Canada. 6 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1787, and top seed was Arabella Fang (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1871).
Lilianna Gao (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1654) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Serena Yuan (6.5) and Anagha Aniket Sinkar (6.0). Gao won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Isabelle Guan (1506) beat Freya Austin (1830), a +324-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Kingston, ON, Canada
Dates
18 Aug 2025 → 23 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 6
WCM×6
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×15
🇨🇦Canada×12
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE20 Aug
WCM Lilianna Gao takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.5/9. Gao takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
WCM Lilianna Gao beat WCM Serena Yuan (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WCMLilianna Gao | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2WCMSerena Yuan | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3WCMArabella Fang | — | — | * | — |
| 4WCMMichelle Zhang | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gao, LiliannaWCM | 1654 | USA | +26N | +4B | =8B | +2N | +13B | −11N | =3B | =10B | +7N | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 33.75 | 1932 | +136.0 |
| 2 | Yuan, SerenaWCM | 1815 | USA | +14N | −3B | +22N | −1B | +9N | +16B | +15N | +11B | =4N | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 29.50 | 1850 | +18.6 |
| 3 | Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCM | 1738 | USA | +29B | +2N | =13B | +8N | −11B | +15B | =1N | =4B | =9N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 27.50 | 1845 | +45.6 |
| 4 | Zhang, MichelleWCM | 1744 | USA | +19B | −1N | =10B | =14N | +27B | +6N | +11B | =3N | =2B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 27.50 | 1773 | +12.4 |
| 5 | Fang, ArabellaWCM | 1871 | USA | =12N | =26B | =7N | −16B | +18N | =10N | +14B | +15B | +11N | 6.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 26.50 | 1822 | -19.2 |
| 6 | Wangluo, Joanne | 1728 | CAN | +18N | −15B | +23N | =7B | =12N | −4B | +17N | +25B | +10N | 6.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 23.75 | 1719 | -0.4 |
| 7 | Muthu, Kamatchi | 1782 | USA | +21B | =10N | =5B | =6N | =8B | =13N | +16B | +12N | −1B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 26.25 | 1791 | +6.8 |
| 8 | Lin, Ashley | 1761 | USA | +24N | +9B | =1N | −3B | =7N | =12B | −10N | +19B | +15N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 24.50 | 1748 | -0.8 |
| 9 | Zhuge, Katherine | 1701 | USA | +25B | −8N | +20B | −11N | −2B | +19N | +24B | +13N | =3B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 20.50 | 1683 | -4.8 |
| 10 | Yang, Leah | 1701 | USA | +20N | =7B | =4N | =12B | =16N | =5B | +8B | =1N | −6B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 25.50 | 1743 | +15.8 |
| 11 | Zhou, Audrey | 1739 | USA | +23N | +28B | −15N | +9B | +3N | +1B | −4N | −2N | −5B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 23.00 | 1721 | -5.2 |
| 12 | Vinodh Kumar, Trishona | 1686 | USA | =5B | =17N | +25B | =10N | =6B | =8N | +13B | −7B | =14N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 23.00 | 1712 | +11.2 |
| 13 | Yan, Isabella | 1783 | USA | +22N | +16B | =3N | +15B | −1N | =7B | −12N | −9B | +17N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 21.25 | 1722 | -27.6 |
| 14 | Xiao, Stephanie | 1551 | CAN | −2B | +29N | =28N | =4B | =22N | =17B | −5N | +23B | =12B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 13.25 | 1605 | +14.8 |
| 15 | Chen, ShuangWCM | 1809 | CAN | +17B | +6N | +11B | −13N | +26B | −3N | −2B | −5N | −8B | 4.0 | 44.0 | 46.5 | 17.50 | 1711 | -42.6 |
| 16 | Garcia Tinajero, Sofia | 1719 | MEX | +27B | −13N | =19B | +5N | =10B | −2N | −7N | +28B | −18B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 14.25 | 1617 | -32.0 |
| 17 | Ramesh, Sahana | 1520 | USA | −15N | =12B | −26N | +21B | +20B | =14N | −6B | +24N | −13B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 14.75 | 1580 | +16.8 |
| 18 | Lin, Selina | 0 | CAN | −6B | −19N | +21B | =25N | −5B | =20N | +27B | F | +16N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 12.50 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Wang, Angela | 1498 | CAN | −4N | +18B | =16N | −26B | +25N | −9B | +23N | −8N | −24B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 11.50 | 1433 | -24.0 |
| 20 | Tsanov, Denise | 0 | CAN | −10B | F | −9N | =23B | −17N | =18B | =21N | +29N | +28B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 7.25 | 1333 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kamath, Nikita | 1503 | CAN | −7N | −23B | −18N | −17N | +29B | F | =20B | +27N | +25N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 6.25 | 781 | -48.4 |
| 22 | Guan, Isabelle | 1506 | CAN | −13B | +27N | −2B | +28N | =14B | +26N | F | F | F | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.75 | 1658 | +24.8 |
| 23 | Leung, Katherine | 1442 | CAN | −11B | +21N | −6B | =20N | =28B | +27N | −19B | −14N | F | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 8.25 | 1363 | -20.0 |
| 24 | Rohrs, Sophie | 1502 | USA | −8B | −25N | +29B | −27N | F | +28B | −9N | −17B | +19N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 5.50 | 1427 | -6.4 |
| 25 | Wang, Ruoyu | 0 | CAN | −9N | +24B | −12N | =18B | −19B | +29N | F | −6N | −21B | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 5.00 | 1321 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Austin, Freya | 1830 | USA | −1B | =5N | +17B | +19N | −15N | −22B | F | F | F | 2.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 10.50 | 1585 | -72.4 |
| 27 | Nishanian, Phoenix | 0 | CAN | −16N | −22B | F | +24B | −4N | −23B | −18N | −21B | +29N | 2.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 3.00 | 1287 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Zhang, Flora | 0 | CAN | F | −11N | =14B | −22B | =23N | −24N | +29B | −16N | −20N | 2.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 3.75 | 1294 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2679604 | 0 | — | −3N | −14B | −24N | F | −21N | −25B | −28N | −20B | −27B | 0.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gao, LiliannaWCMUSA+136.06.5 pts · #1
- 2Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCMUSA+45.66.0 pts · #8
- 3Guan, IsabelleCAN+24.83.5 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Austin, FreyaUSA-72.42.5 pts · #17
- 2Kamath, NikitaCAN-48.43.5 pts · #29
- 3Chen, ShuangWCMCAN-42.64.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R6+324 Elo gap
- R1+176 Elo gap
- R4+161 Elo gap