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2026 English Youth Championships Under 12 Open

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Nottingham, England. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1797, and top seed was Junyi Zhang (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2188).

Junyi Zhang (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2188) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Aarav Katukuri (4.0) and Benjamin Carter (4.0). Zhang clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Aarav Katukuri (1637) beat Benjamin Carter (1800), a +163-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
Top seed
🇬🇧CMJunyi Zhang2188
Avg top 10
1,797
Participants
27
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×26
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Junyi Zhang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Zhang takes lead
Zhang4.5Carter4Pradhan4Katukuri4Singh3.5Manrique Barrowman3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Mar

CM Junyi Zhang takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Junyi Zhang 3 wins (R3–R5)Benjamin Carter 3 wins (R1–R3)Ayan Pradhan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJunyi Zhang*——
1
2Benjamin Carter—*—
0
3Ayan Pradhan——*
0
4Aarav Katukuri
0
1
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhang, JunyiCM2188ENG+13N=5B+9N+19B+2N4.513.014.512.752124-7.2
2Katukuri, Aarav1637ENG+24N+4B+8N+3N−1B4.015.516.512.002045+81.2
3Carter, Benjamin1800ENG+26N+11B+12N−2B+5N4.013.013.59.501890+21.2
4Pradhan, Ayan1793ENG+14B−2N+21B+10N+9B4.012.513.59.501808+3.2
5Manrique Barrowman, Jorge1760ENG+23B=1N+22B+6N−3B3.513.014.07.751996+46.0
6Singh, Guranshvir1867ENG+17B+7N=19N−5B+12N3.511.513.08.751857-1.2
7Lin, William1696ENG+15N−6B+16N=12B+19N3.511.012.57.751636-8.8
8Sennaroglu, Djan1783ENG+10B+20N−2B−9N+13B3.012.514.07.001631-32.0
9Dupuis, Daniel1630ENG+25B+22N−1B+8B−4N3.012.513.55.001846+41.2
10Chopra, Noah0ENG−8N+24B+11N−4B+22N3.011.012.05.001753+22.0
11Nalabothula, Dushyanth Gan1660ENG+21B−3N−10B+25N+18B3.010.011.04.001500-24.8
12Shieh, Lisirui1603ENG+27B+17N−3B=7N−6B2.513.013.03.751652+7.6
13Zhestilevskii, Stepan1602ENG−1B=23N+14B+18B−8N2.512.013.05.001687+13.2
14Raj Konwar, Daryan1540ENG−4N=15B−13N+21N+23B2.510.011.03.25898-24.0
15Pasula, Srishwan0ENG−7B=14N+23B−20N+21B2.58.59.53.2514250.0
16Amirthanathan, Adam1438ENG−22B+25N−7B+17N=20B2.58.09.03.751566+16.4
17Kocak, Yavuz Aydin1598ENG−6N−12B+24N−16B+26N2.09.510.01.501431-35.2
18Pasumarthi, Kalyan Srinidhi1426ENG−19B+27N+20B−13N−11N2.08.58.51.50832-18.8
19Bedford, Rudi0ENG+18NF=6B−1N−7B1.513.513.53.7517060.0
20McCumiskey, George0ENGF−8B−18N+15B=16N1.510.010.03.7512750.0
21Thaliplakkal, Sean0ENG−11N+26B−4N−14B−15N1.012.012.50.5014520.0
22Maheshwari, Shlok1783ENG+16N−9B−5NF−10B1.012.012.02.501427-71.2
23Babu, Abhinandan0ENG−5N=13B−15N=26B−14N1.011.011.51.5014300.0
24Wierenga, Haijo Deyou0ENG−2B−10N−17BF+25N1.010.010.01.008290.0
25Hoxha, Oliver0ENG−9N−16B+26N−11B−24B1.09.510.00.5013860.0
26Machireddy, Sai Saathvik Reddy1590ENG−3B−21N−25B=23N−17B0.58.09.00.50898-28.8
27FIDE 3434739700—−12N−18BFFF0.05.55.50.007140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets