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South of England Junior Chess Congress 2026 - U11

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28 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Brighton, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1628, and top seed was Advik Saxena (🇬🇧 ENG, 1835).

Advik Saxena (🇬🇧 ENG, 1835) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Yichen Xiong (4.5) and Aashi Aggarwal (4.5). Saxena won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Aashi Aggarwal (1569) beat Advik Saxena (1835), a +266-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Brighton, England
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Advik Saxena1835
Avg top 10
1,628
Participants
28
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Advik Saxena
    🇬🇧ENG·1835
    4.5pts·1803perf-4.8
  • 🥈
    Yichen Xiong
    🇬🇧ENG·1622
    4.5pts·1670perf+10.0
  • 🥉
    Aashi Aggarwal
    🇬🇧ENG·1569
    4.5pts·1723perf+23.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 4 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
3
4
4
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Saxena4.5Xiong4.5Aggarwal4.5Delfaud4.5Chopra4Georgoudis4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.5/6. Saxena takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Advik Saxena won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Advik Saxena*—
0
—
2Yichen Xiong—*
½
—
3Aashi Aggarwal
1
½
*—
4Christian Delfaud———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Saxena, Advik1835ENG=6N+11B+19N+18B−3N+5B4.518.521.014.501803-4.8
2Xiong, Yichen1622ENG+22N=18B+9N+11B=5N=3B4.518.020.014.501670+10.0
3Aggarwal, Aashi1569ENG+25B+27N−5N+6B+1B=2N4.518.019.012.751723+23.2
4Delfaud, Christian1580ENG+20N−9B=6N+24B+18N+7N4.516.518.012.501509-8.0
5Gray, Anna1712ENG+15B+16N+3B=7N=2B−1N4.020.523.514.751744+6.8
6Georgoudis, Nikolas0ENG=1B+21N=4B−3N+16B+19N4.019.021.012.0016500.0
7Chopra, Noah0ENG+?N=19B+10N=5B+9N−4B4.018.018.010.2516120.0
8Punjabi, Spriha1619ENG=13N+24B−18N+22B+19N=10B4.014.015.59.501592-4.8
9Reyansh Nihanth Nallani Chakravartula0IND+23B+4N−2B+15N−7B=11N3.519.521.511.251600+15.6
10Maksak, Liubava1620ENG=21B+12N−7B=16N+15B=8N3.517.519.511.001697+12.8
11Li, Alice0ENG+26B−1N+17B−2N+27B=9B3.516.517.56.751365-24.4
12Vinoth, Varshyth1527ENG=24N−10B=13N+20B=14N+18B3.515.517.09.251589+6.8
13FIDE 3434906200—=8B−15N=12B+26N=21B+20N3.515.016.08.2515740.0
14Chen, Louis Zhouyi0ENG−16B+26N−15B+17N=12B+21N3.514.515.57.7513550.0
15FIDE 3434625880—−5N+13B+14N−9B−10N+27B3.018.019.08.007950.0
16Irie -Williams, Silk1568ENG+14N−5B=20N=10B−6N+26B3.017.518.57.501472-9.6
17Martirossian, Talea0ENG−19N+?B−11N−14B+24N+25B3.012.012.02.50797-20.4
18Ewart, Thomas1561ENG+28B=2N+8B−1N−4B−12N2.521.021.06.251488-21.2
19Gomez, Magnus1597ENG+17B=7N−1B+21N−8B−6B2.519.521.57.00929-26.8
20Wierenga, Haijo Deyou0ENG−4B+23N=16B−12N+25N−13B2.516.517.54.5012850.0
21Brown, George0ENG=10N−6B+25N−19B=13N−14B2.017.018.04.5014140.0
22Pearson, Noah0ENG−2B+28N+27B−8NFF2.09.59.51.008210.0
23Kasinadhuni, Sarvani0ENG−9N−20B−?N−25B+28N+24B2.08.58.51.506560.0
24Chaushev, Nicholas0ENG=12B−8N+28B−4N−17B−23N1.517.017.01.7513030.0
25FIDE 3434733500—−3NF−21B+23N−20B−17N1.014.014.02.007690.0
26FIDE 3434729310—−11N−14BF−13B+?N−16N1.013.513.50.007680.0
27FIDE 3434565290—F−3B−22N+?B−11N−15N1.013.013.00.007690.0
28FIDE 3434635090—−18N−22B−24NF−23B−?B0.08.08.00.007610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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