National Junior Chess Championship 2025
Open SwissStandard
19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Nassau, Bahamas. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 811, and top seed was Avian Pride (🇧🇸 BAH, 1824).
Sohan Umesh (🇧🇸 BAH, 1621) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Chika Pride (4.0) and Bharath Nair (4.0). Umesh won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇧🇸Nassau, Bahamas
Dates
15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇸Bahamas×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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7
2
1
3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
WCM Chika Pride held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Umesh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
WCM Chika Pride beat Sohan Umesh (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WCMChika Pride | * | 1 | — | 0 |
| 2Sohan Umesh | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Bharath Nair | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Avian Pride | 1 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umesh, Sohan | 1621 | BAH | +7B | +16N | +3B | −2N | +9B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 1525 | -10.0 |
| 2 | Pride, ChikaWCM | 1610 | BAH | +14N | +15B | +6N | +1B | −5N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1790 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Nair, Bharath | 1497 | BAH | +12N | +11B | −1N | +4B | +13N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 10.00 | 1590 | +17.6 |
| 4 | Knowles, Michael | 1559 | BAH | +18B | +8N | =5B | −3N | +6B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1598 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Pride, Avian | 1824 | BAH | +17N | +10B | =4N | F | +2B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9.75 | 1786 | -3.6 |
| 6 | Nair, Abijith | 0 | BAH | +9N | +19B | −2B | +8N | −4N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 793 | -34.4 |
| 7 | FIDE 10402373 | 0 | — | −1N | +?B | +10N | −11B | +12N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 10402411 | 0 | — | +?N | −4B | +12N | −6B | +11N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 750 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 10402292 | 0 | — | −6B | +18N | +13B | +?N | −1N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 10402403 | 0 | — | +?B | −5N | −7B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1032 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 10402284 | 0 | — | +?B | −3N | =?B | +7N | −8B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 10402462 | 0 | — | −3B | +?N | −8B | +?N | −7B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 10402349 | 0 | — | +19N | +?B | −9N | F | −3B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 10402314 | 0 | — | −2B | +?N | +16B | F | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 10402730 | 0 | — | +?B | −2N | −?B | F | +?N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 10402330 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | −14N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 10402691 | 0 | — | −5B | +?N | −?N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1032 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 10402497 | 0 | — | −4N | −9B | −?N | −?N | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 10402721 | 0 | — | −13B | −6N | −?B | F | −?B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 742 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pride, ChikaWCMBAH+25.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Nair, BharathBAH+17.64.0 pts · #5
- 3Knowles, MichaelBAH+5.23.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Nair, AbijithBAH-34.43.0 pts · #9
- 2Umesh, SohanBAH-10.04.0 pts · #4
- 3Pride, AvianBAH-3.63.5 pts · #2