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2026 English Youth Championships Under 14 Open

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36 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 2004, and top seed was Lion Lebedev (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2225).

Mahin Rughani (🇬🇧 ENG, 2073) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Arthur Kendall (4.0) and Patrick Damodaran (4.0). Rughani won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ved Sudeep Boganadham (1754) beat Zack Norris (2145), a +391-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
🇬🇧CMLion Lebedev2225
Avg top 10
2,004
Participants
36
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×35
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Mahin Rughani led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
5
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Mahin Rughani held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Mahin Rughani won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mahin Rughani*
½
2Patrick Damodaran*
3Arthur Kendall*
4Zack Norris
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rughani, Mahin2073ENG+9B+18N+29B+6N=4B4.512.514.012.252235+32.0
2Kendall, Arthur2052ENG=17N+25B=10N+13B+12N4.011.513.510.752032-0.8
3Damodaran, Patrick2012ENG+24B+23N6B+11N+9B4.011.513.510.002021+4.0
4Norris, Zack2145ENG14N+7B+20N+17B=1N3.513.516.010.751997-25.2
5Lebedev, LionCM2225ENG+8B+13N=11B=12N=6B3.513.016.011.252024-36.8
6Ding, Yicheng1841ENG+35N+34B+3N1B=5N3.512.012.05.752071+44.8
7Fyson, Max1925ENG=31B4N+26B+30N+18B3.59.510.56.501993+18.0
8Hazell, Peter1770ENG5N+35B+34N=10B+29N3.58.08.03.001946+33.2
9Sudagar, Vidhyuth Kavin1746ENG1N+27B+16N+19B3N3.014.016.07.501942+38.0
10Gopikrishna, Ashwin1799ENG+28B=12N=2B=8N=15B3.013.515.58.751915+31.2
11Humphreys, Benjamin1925ENG+21N+19B=5N3B=14N3.013.015.58.251973+12.0
12Shivakumar, Akshath1960ENG+20N=10B+30N=5B2B3.013.014.57.251987+8.0
13Kuchibhatla, Ishaan Sai1798ENG+27N5B+21N2N+23B3.012.014.06.501912+15.6
14Boganadham, Ved Sudeep1754ENG+4B29N+23B=15N=11B3.011.513.08.501957+50.4
15Dairi, Ramsey1843ENG+22N=30B=17N=14B=10N3.011.012.57.501818-6.4
16Saxena, Reyansh1884ENG23B+28N9B+32N+24B3.09.010.05.001683-41.2
17Dhingra, Kanvansh1737ENG=2B+31N=15B4N=21B2.513.014.05.751894+35.2
18Nilim, Armaan1772ENG+36N1B+25N=29B7N2.511.511.52.751770-3.6
19Johnson, Felix1798ENG+32B11N+24B9N=20B2.510.511.54.251693-24.0
20Saxena, Samidh1722ENG12B+32N4B+33N=19N2.510.011.03.251687-7.2
21Horwood, Torrey1716ENG11B+33N13B+34N=17N2.59.59.52.251552-22.8
22Yeung, Jia-Arn1663ENG15B=26N+31B24N+30B2.58.59.53.501774+30.4
23Mussa, Adam1666ENG+16N3B14N+25B13N2.013.015.05.001738+15.2
24Gandhi, Preesh1728ENG3N+36B19N+22B16N2.012.012.02.501646-17.6
25Skurko, Victor1590ENG+26B2N18B23N+34B2.010.510.52.001614+1.6
26Helsby, Matthew1799ENG25N=22B7N+27B=31N2.010.011.03.751531-56.0
27Ren, Jason1477ENG13B9N+28B26N+32B2.010.011.03.0015450.0
28Rozmus, Oliver1593ENG10N16B27N+36B+33N2.09.09.01.001042-15.6
29Czarnuch, Dominic1842ENGF+14B1N=18N8B1.513.513.54.251755-21.2
30Misra, Anay1779ENG+33B=15N12B7B22N1.512.013.02.501526-45.2
31Kota, Ashwath Kumar1722ENG=7N17B22NF=26B1.010.510.52.751588-27.6
32FIDE 343459528019N20B+36N16B27N1.010.010.00.0010020.0
33Khorrum, Shaheer0ENG30N21B+35N20B28B1.08.58.50.0014410.0
34Solanki, Dhir0ENGF6N8B21B25N0.011.511.50.009290.0
35Merwin Thompson, Jared1596ENG6B8N33BFF0.09.09.00.001005-18.4
36Hamblett, Ryan0ENG18B24N32B28NF0.07.57.50.008970.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets