2025 London Junior Championship Under 16
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33 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Harrow, England. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1832, and top seed was Rock Yu (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2055).
Rock Yu (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2055) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Tom Balmond (4.5) and Yuk Hei Lee (4.5). Yu took the lead from round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Trisha Katiyar (1483) beat Edgar Pack (1816), a +333-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Harrow, England
Dates
28 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×33
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCM Rock Yu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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5
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE30 Dec
CM Rock Yu takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
R2–R6 · WIN STREAK
CM Rock Yu won 5 in a row (R2–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMRock Yu | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Tom Balmond | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Yuk Hei Lee | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Cedric Demarcus | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yu, RockCM | 2055 | ENG | F | +4N | +12B | +10B | +3N | +9B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 2612 | +32.4 |
| 2 | Balmond, Tom | 1891 | ENG | +14N | +7B | =3N | =6B | =9N | +13B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 23.0 | 17.00 | 1935 | +15.2 |
| 3 | Lee, Yuk Hei | 1894 | ENG | +26B | +20N | =2B | +5N | −1B | +12N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 14.25 | 1949 | +23.2 |
| 4 | Demarcus, Cedric | 0 | ENG | +22N | −1B | +11N | =13B | +15N | +10B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 14.25 | 1799 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Palav, Mayank | 1797 | ENG | +24N | +17B | =10N | −3B | +21N | =6B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 11.25 | 1700 | -18.0 |
| 6 | Kodukula, Sameera | 1677 | ENG | =23B | +29N | +9B | =2N | =12B | =5N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 12.00 | 1819 | +39.2 |
| 7 | Gohil, Aryan | 1637 | ENG | +31N | −2N | +16B | +8B | −13N | +24N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 10.50 | 1721 | +16.8 |
| 8 | Shiva, Shrishti | 1709 | ENG | −11B | +24N | +32B | −7N | +22B | +21N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 1405 | -47.2 |
| 9 | Helsby, Matthew | 1842 | ENG | +25N | +11B | −6N | +19B | =2B | −1N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.75 | 1819 | -2.8 |
| 10 | Bates, Hubert | 1759 | ENG | +27B | +18N | =5B | −1N | +20B | −4N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.50 | 1844 | +17.2 |
| 11 | Kataria, Dhairya | 1483 | ENG | +8N | −9N | −4B | +18N | +28B | =14B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1772 | +57.6 |
| 12 | Gopikrishna, Ashwin | 1752 | ENG | +33N | +19B | −1N | +22B | =6N | −3B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 1770 | +0.8 |
| 13 | Pack, Edgar | 1816 | ENG | −20B | +28N | +23B | =4N | +7B | −2N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 9.75 | 1680 | -28.4 |
| 14 | Misquita Rodrigues, Raul | 1583 | ENG | −2B | −32N | +25B | +23N | +16B | =11N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 8.75 | 1718 | +26.0 |
| 15 | Li, Alice | 0 | ENG | =28B | =23N | =20B | +29N | −4B | +30N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Torne, Shayan | 0 | ENG | −17N | +33B | −7N | +31B | −14N | +27N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Seal, Joshua | 0 | ENG | +16B | −5N | =29B | −20N | =27B | +22N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 6.75 | 1374 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Aggarwal, Kian | 0 | ENG | +30N | −10B | −22N | −11B | +25N | +33B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Scola, George | 1801 | ENG | +32B | −12N | +30B | −9N | −24B | +26N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1460 | -68.0 |
| 20 | Katiyar, Trisha | 1483 | ENG | +13N | −3B | =15N | +17B | −10N | F | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.25 | 1694 | +25.2 |
| 21 | Singh, Jagat | 0 | ENG | −29B | =25N | +26B | +28N | −5B | −8B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Biju, Alen Joseph | 0 | ENG | −4B | +27N | +18B | −12N | −8N | −17B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 23 | De Boer, Lara | 1452 | ENG | =6N | =15B | −13N | −14B | −33B | +28N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.25 | 1575 | +21.2 |
| 24 | Yang, Rachel | 1469 | ENG | −5B | −8B | F | +32N | +19N | −7B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 1543 | +10.8 |
| 25 | Moisey, Joshua | 0 | ENG | −9B | =21B | −14N | =26N | −18B | +32B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.25 | 1384 | -41.6 |
| 26 | Chong, James | 1546 | ENG | −3N | =31B | −21N | =25B | +32N | −19B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 2.75 | 1513 | -5.6 |
| 27 | Owladi, Dara | 1660 | ENG | −10N | −22B | +33N | =30B | =17N | −16B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 959 | -14.4 |
| 28 | Sagyaman, Vassily M | 1574 | ENG | =15N | −13B | +31N | −21B | −11N | −23B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 3.25 | 784 | -59.6 |
| 29 | Cai, Catherine | 0 | ENG | +21N | −6B | =17N | −15B | −30N | −31B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Anto Jawahar Roy, Jim Calvin | 0 | ENG | −18B | F | −19N | =27N | +29B | −15B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1538 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Baddula, Manvik | 0 | ENG | −7B | =26N | −28B | −16N | F | +29N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1313 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Chong, David | 0 | ENG | −19N | +14B | −8N | −24B | −26B | −25N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 3.50 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Lo, Keith | 0 | ENG | −12B | −16N | −27B | F | +23N | −18N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 1496 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kataria, DhairyaENG+57.63.5 pts · #9
- 2Kodukula, SameeraENG+39.24.0 pts · #6
- 3Yu, RockCMENG+32.45.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Scola, GeorgeENG-68.03.0 pts · #22
- 2Sagyaman, Vassily MENG-59.61.5 pts · #31
- 3Shiva, ShrishtiENG-47.24.0 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R1+333 Elo gap
- R5+332 Elo gap
- R1+226 Elo gap