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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
Top seed
🇬🇧CMRock Yu2055
Avg top 10
1,832
Participants
33
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×33
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇬🇧ENG·2055
    5.0pts·2612perf+32.4
  • 🥈
    🇬🇧ENG·1891
    4.5pts·1935perf+15.2
  • 🥉
    🇬🇧ENG·1894
    4.5pts·1949perf+23.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

CM Rock Yu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
14
6
5
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Yu takes lead
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
Player1234
1CMRock Yu*
1
1
2Tom Balmond*
½
3Yuk Hei Lee
0
½
*
4Cedric Demarcus
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yu, RockCM2055ENGF+4N+12B+10B+3N+9B5.019.519.519.502612+32.4
2Balmond, Tom1891ENG+14N+7B=3N=6B=9N+13B4.519.523.017.001935+15.2
3Lee, Yuk Hei1894ENG+26B+20N=2B+5N1B+12N4.519.521.514.251949+23.2
4Demarcus, Cedric0ENG+22N1B+11N=13B+15N+10B4.519.021.014.2517990.0
5Palav, Mayank1797ENG+24N+17B=10N3B+21N=6B4.017.519.511.251700-18.0
6Kodukula, Sameera1677ENG=23B+29N+9B=2N=12B=5N4.017.519.012.001819+39.2
7Gohil, Aryan1637ENG+31N2N+16B+8B13N+24N4.017.018.510.501721+16.8
8Shiva, Shrishti1709ENG11B+24N+32B7N+22B+21N4.014.015.07.501405-47.2
9Helsby, Matthew1842ENG+25N+11B6N+19B=2B1N3.520.022.010.751819-2.8
10Bates, Hubert1759ENG+27B+18N=5B1N+20B4N3.519.021.09.501844+17.2
11Kataria, Dhairya1483ENG+8N9N4B+18N+28B=14B3.518.520.010.251772+57.6
12Gopikrishna, Ashwin1752ENG+33N+19B1N+22B=6N3B3.518.519.58.001770+0.8
13Pack, Edgar1816ENG20B+28N+23B=4N+7B2N3.517.519.09.751680-28.4
14Misquita Rodrigues, Raul1583ENG2B32N+25B+23N+16B=11N3.515.016.08.751718+26.0
15Li, Alice0ENG=28B=23N=20B+29N4B+30N3.512.013.56.0015030.0
16Torne, Shayan0ENG17N+33B7N+31B14N+27N3.014.015.04.5015020.0
17Seal, Joshua0ENG+16B5N=29B20N=27B+22N3.013.515.06.7513740.0
18Aggarwal, Kian0ENG+30N10B22N11B+25N+33B3.012.513.54.5015100.0
19Scola, George1801ENG+32B12N+30B9N24B+26N3.012.513.54.501460-68.0
20Katiyar, Trisha1483ENG+13N3B=15N+17B10NF2.518.018.08.251694+25.2
21Singh, Jagat0ENG29B=25N+26B+28N5B8B2.513.515.04.5016580.0
22Biju, Alen Joseph0ENG4B+27N+18B12N8N17B2.018.020.05.0015820.0
23De Boer, Lara1452ENG=6N=15B13N14B33B+28N2.016.017.05.251575+21.2
24Yang, Rachel1469ENG5B8BF+32N+19N7B2.016.016.04.001543+10.8
25Moisey, Joshua0ENG9B=21B14N=26N18B+32B2.014.515.53.251384-41.6
26Chong, James1546ENG3N=31B21N=25B+32N19B2.013.514.52.751513-5.6
27Owladi, Dara1660ENG10N22B+33N=30B=17N16B2.013.014.03.25959-14.4
28Sagyaman, Vassily M1574ENG=15N13B+31N21B11N23B1.515.016.53.25784-59.6
29Cai, Catherine0ENG+21N6B=17N15B30N31B1.514.516.04.008760.0
30Anto Jawahar Roy, Jim Calvin0ENG18BF19N=27N+29B15B1.513.013.02.5015380.0
31Baddula, Manvik0ENG7B=26N28B16NF+29N1.512.012.02.5013130.0
32Chong, David0ENG19N+14B8N24B26B25N1.014.516.53.5013560.0
33Lo, Keith0ENG12B16N27BF+23N18N1.013.513.52.0014960.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets