2026 English Youth Championships Under 16 Open

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Nottingham, England. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Pengxiao Zhu (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Jai Kothari (3.5) and Alexandr Pereslavtsev (3.5). Zhu won solo starting round 3.

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

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇧England×18

Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Pengxiao Zhu led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Pengxiao Zhu never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Pengxiao Zhu 5 wins (R1–R5)Gabriel Sherwood 3 wins (R3–R5)

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Pengxiao Zhu	*	—	1	—
2Gabriel Sherwood	—	*	—	—
3Alexandr Pereslavtsev	0	—	*	—
4Luke Freeman	—	—	—	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhu, Pengxiao	ENG	+15N	+19B	+7N	+2B	+3N	5.0	11.0	11.0	11.00	2820	+83.6
2	Kothari, Jai	ENG	+11N	+4B	=3N	−1N	+8B	3.5	14.5	17.0	10.25	2112	-7.2
3	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	ENG	+13B	+9N	=2B	+8N	−1B	3.5	13.5	15.5	8.75	2125	+20.0
4	Freeman, Luke	ENG	+18N	−2N	=9B	+10B	+6N	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.75	2088	+38.8
5	Sherwood, Gabriel	ENG	=7B	−8N	+17B	+18N	+11B	3.5	8.0	8.0	4.25	2055	+36.0
6	Lapidus, Alexey M.	ENG	−9B	+17N	+18B	+12N	−4B	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1958	+2.8
7	Grose, Kameron	ENG	=5N	+10B	−1B	=9N	=15B	2.5	13.5	15.0	6.25	1924	-40.8
8	Gunarathne, Senith Thenula	ENG	=10N	+5B	+14N	−3B	−2N	2.5	13.0	14.5	6.25	1992	+22.0
9	Lee, Yuk Hei	ENG	+6N	−3B	=4N	=7B	=12N	2.5	12.5	15.0	7.25	1985	+9.6
10	Ding, Yiwen	ENG	=8B	−7N	+13B	−4N	+14B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.75	1941	0.0
11	Richmond, Frank	ENG	−2B	+15N	=16N	+14B	−5N	2.5	10.0	11.5	3.75	1951	+11.2
12	Ronald, Ted	ENG	−14B	+13N	+19N	−6B	=9B	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1832	-15.2
13	Sahoo, Shivam	ENG	−3N	−12B	−10N	+17N	+18B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	1833	-10.4
14	Balmond, Tom	ENG	+12N	=16B	−8B	−11N	−10N	1.5	10.0	11.5	3.25	1778	-32.8
15	Chapman, Luke	ENG	−1B	−11B	F	+19N	=7N	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.25	1725	-10.4
16	Ward, Cian	ENG	=17B	=14N	=11B	F	F	1.5	4.5	4.5	2.25	1913	-12.4
17	Ratcliffe, James	ENG	=16N	−6B	−5N	−13B	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1611	-59.2
18	Mussa, Rayyan	ENG	−4B	F	−6N	−5B	−13N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	1123	-35.6
19	FIDE 343492746	—	F	−1N	−12B	−15B	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1101	0.0

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