2026 English Youth Championships Under 10 Open
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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Nottingham, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1678, and top seed was Advik Saxena (🇬🇧 ENG, 1844).
Aviraj Bhaduri (🇬🇧 ENG, 1750) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Harrison Condron (4.0) and Minh Nguyen (4.0). Bhaduri won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Aarav Ghanshala (1562) beat Leonardo Condron (1724), a +162-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Nottingham, England
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×28
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAviraj Bhaduri led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Aviraj Bhaduri held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Aviraj Bhaduri drew with Minh Nguyen (Black).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Aviraj Bhaduri won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aviraj Bhaduri | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Minh Nguyen | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Christian Delfaud | — | — | * | — |
| 4Mason So | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhaduri, Aviraj | 1750 | ENG | +30N | +10B | +14N | +2B | =3N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 12.00 | 1903 | +22.4 |
| 2 | Condron, Harrison | 1627 | ENG | +24B | +18N | +4B | −1N | +9B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 11.50 | 1792 | +48.8 |
| 3 | Nguyen, Minh | 1666 | ENG | +33B | =11N | +8B | +15N | =1B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.25 | 1781 | +24.0 |
| 4 | Delfaud, Christian | 1571 | ENG | +20N | +13B | −2N | +16B | +14N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 1754 | +37.6 |
| 5 | So, Mason | 1645 | ENG | =17N | =6B | +23N | +13B | +7N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 1884 | +34.4 |
| 6 | Saxena, Advik | 1844 | ENG | =8B | =5N | +19B | =7B | +15N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 1665 | -32.0 |
| 7 | V, Krish | 1546 | ENG | +22B | =15N | +11B | =6N | −5B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 8.50 | 1657 | +22.4 |
| 8 | Yu, Zhongbo | 0 | ENG | =6N | +17B | −3N | +23B | =12B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.75 | 1565 | +12.0 |
| 9 | Condron, Leonardo | 1724 | ENG | +23N | −12B | +25N | +10B | −2N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1396 | -44.8 |
| 10 | Yue, Blake | 1565 | ENG | +21B | −1N | +26B | −9N | +28B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 916 | -20.8 |
| 11 | Sheikh, Amaan | 1515 | ENG | +32N | =3B | −7N | +20B | =16N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1522 | +0.4 |
| 12 | Ghanshala, Aarav | 1562 | ENG | +29N | +9N | −15B | =14B | =8N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1591 | +6.8 |
| 13 | Liu, Kunyu Vincent | 1465 | ENG | +31B | −4N | +28B | −5N | +24B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 808 | -22.8 |
| 14 | Krishna, Vedansh | 1595 | ENG | +27B | +19N | −1B | =12N | −4B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1354 | -34.8 |
| 15 | Bhatt, Rishaan | 1625 | ENG | +25N | =7B | +12N | −3B | −6B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1567 | -14.4 |
| 16 | Georgoudis, Nikolas | 1728 | ENG | −19B | +21N | +24B | −4N | =11B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1350 | -39.2 |
| 17 | FIDE 343481531 | 0 | — | =5B | −8N | +27B | =18N | =19B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mao, Jack | 0 | ENG | +28N | −2B | =20N | =17B | =21N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kerobyan, Mark | 0 | ENG | +16N | −14B | −6N | +29B | =17N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 343492711 | 0 | — | −4B | +33N | =18B | −11N | +27B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mandair, Aariyan | 0 | ENG | −10N | −16B | +32N | +30B | =18B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 828 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Nurzhanov, Dias | 0 | ENG | −7N | −23B | =30N | +32B | +31N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Tang, Dominic | 0 | ENG | −9B | +22N | −5B | −8N | +29B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Feng, Luca | 0 | ENG | −2N | +29B | −16N | +26B | −13N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Wang, Noah Yinuo | 0 | ENG | −15B | +31N | −9B | −28N | +33N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Sahaya Michael Vino, Lorenzo Mich | 0 | ENG | F | +30B | −10N | −24N | +32B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Chan, Lincoln | 0 | ENG | −14N | +32B | −17N | =31B | −20N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Nguyen, Max | 0 | ENG | −18B | F | −13N | +25B | −10N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Croos, Haadhvin Dave | 0 | ENG | −12B | −24N | +33B | −19N | −23N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Biermann, Albert | 0 | ENG | −1B | −26N | =22B | −21N | F | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 950 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 343492703 | 0 | — | −13N | −25B | F | =27N | −22B | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 343456154 | 0 | — | −11B | −27N | −21B | −22N | −26N | 0.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 343488684 | 0 | — | −3N | −20B | −29N | F | −25B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 866 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Condron, HarrisonENG+48.84.0 pts · #7
- 2Delfaud, ChristianENG+37.64.0 pts · #3
- 3So, MasonENG+34.44.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Condron, LeonardoENG-44.83.0 pts · #12
- 2Georgoudis, NikolasENG-39.22.5 pts · #16
- 3Krishna, VedanshENG-34.82.5 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R2+162 Elo gap
- R4+157 Elo gap