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2026 English Youth Championships Under 18 Open

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7 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Nottingham, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1640, and top seed was Denis K Dupuis (🇬🇧 ENG, 2142).

James Thomas (🇬🇧 ENG, 2026) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Denis K Dupuis (3.5) and Bobur Khakimov (2.0). Thomas won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Bobur Khakimov (1787) beat Andrejs Gorskovs (1946), a +159-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
🇬🇧Denis K Dupuis2142
Avg top 10
1,640
Participants
7
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
2
2
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Thomas3.5Dupuis3.5Khakimov2Newton2Vaidyanathan1.5Gorskovs1.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Thomas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

James Thomas drew with Denis K Dupuis (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

James Thomas went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1James Thomas*
½
½
½
2Denis K Dupuis
½
*
1
—
3Bobur Khakimov
½
0
*
½
4Ben Newton
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Thomas, James2026ENG+7B=4N=2B=3N+5N3.59.010.06.251972-8.8
2Dupuis, Denis K2142ENG=5N+3B=1N+7B=6N3.58.59.56.251997-26.0
3Khakimov, Bobur1787ENG+6B−2N=4B=1BF2.010.510.54.251961+32.8
4Newton, Ben1731ENGF=1B=3N−5B+7N2.08.08.03.751762+3.6
5Vaidyanathan, Sathya1849ENG=2B−6NF+4N−1B1.510.510.53.751874+2.0
6Gorskovs, Andrejs1946ENG−3N+5B−7NF=2B1.58.08.03.251925-3.6
7Solanki, Daiwik0ENG−1NF+6B−2N−4B1.010.510.51.5017680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets