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2026 English Youth Championships Under 14 Girls

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Nottingham, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1389, and top seed was Yueci Li (🇬🇧 ENG, 1822).

Yvon Van Neerven (🇬🇧 ENG, 1578) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Avyanna Singh (3.0) and Yueci Li (3.0). Van Neerven broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Avyanna Singh (1579) beat Yueci Li (1822), a +243-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
🇬🇧Yueci Li1822
Avg top 10
1,389
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Yvon Van Neerven led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
2
3
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Van Neerven4Singh3Li3Vijayendra2.5Saharkar2Shiva0.5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Yvon Van Neerven never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yvon Van Neerven drew with Avyanna Singh (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Yvon Van Neerven went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yvon Van Neerven*
½
½
1
2Avyanna Singh
½
*
1
0
3Yueci Li
½
0
*
½
4Samyuktha Vijayendra
0
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Van Neerven, Yvon1578ENG=3N+5B=2N+6N+4B4.010.511.08.001880+62.4
2Singh, Avyanna1579ENG+5N=6N=1B−4N+3B3.011.512.07.251879+62.4
3Li, Yueci1822ENG=1B=4N+6B+5B−2N3.011.512.05.751721-19.2
4Vijayendra, Samyuktha0ENG+6B=3B−5N+2B−1N2.512.012.55.0016650.0
5Saharkar, Sharvari1623ENG−2B−1N+4B−3N+6B2.012.513.03.001483-28.4
6Shiva, Shrishti1729ENG−4N=2B−3N−1B−5N0.512.514.51.501327-77.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets