South of England Junior Chess Congress 2026 - U13

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24 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 1648, and top seed was Hal Gomez (🇬🇧 ENG, 1786).

Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla (🇬🇧 ENG, 1680) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Hal Gomez (4.0) and Reyansh Saxena (4.0). Kuchibhatla won solo starting round 5.

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

🇬🇧Hal Gomez1786

Avg top 10

1,648

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇬🇧England×20

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

Top 3

🥇
Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla
🇬🇧ENG·1680
5.5pts·1913perf+37.6
🥈
Hal Gomez
🇬🇧ENG·1786
4.0pts·1615perf-35.2
🥉
Reyansh Saxena
🇬🇧ENG·1638
4.0pts·1728perf+19.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Kuchibhatla5.5Lok4Shah4Saxena4Gomez4Raj Konwar4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla beat Hei Lok (Black).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla	*	1	—	1
2Hei Lok	0	*	—	—
3Samuel Shah	—	—	*	0
4Reyansh Saxena	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kuchibhatla, Ishaan Sai	1680	ENG	+9B	+17N	=8B	+4N	+10B	+3N	5.5	18.0	20.5	18.75	1913	+37.6
2	Gomez, Hal	1786	ENG	+7B	=5N	+19B	+8N	=3B	−6N	4.0	19.5	21.5	13.50	1615	-35.2
3	Saxena, Reyansh	1638	ENG	+11B	+22N	=12B	+6N	=2N	−1B	4.0	19.5	20.5	11.50	1728	+19.6
4	Lok, Hei	1573	ENG	=19B	+13N	+5B	−1B	=16N	+11B	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.25	1675	+20.8
5	Raj Konwar, Daryan	1547	ENG	+21B	=2B	−4N	+19N	+8B	=9B	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.75	1642	+14.8
6	Shah, Samuel	1710	ENG	F	+15B	+16N	−3B	+11N	+2B	4.0	16.0	16.0	12.00	1764	+8.8
7	Arjun, Kumaran	0	SRI	−2N	+18B	−11N	+15B	+12B	+10N	4.0	15.5	18.0	11.00	1760	0.0
8	Dodukh, Artem	1566	ENG	+18N	+10B	=1N	−2B	−5N	+15B	3.5	19.0	21.5	10.75	1398	-23.6
9	Jenkins, Albert	0	ENG	−1N	+23B	+22B	−10N	+13B	=5N	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.00	1608	0.0
10	Shembekar, Rudra	0	ENG	+14B	−8N	+17B	+9B	−1N	−7B	3.0	19.5	22.0	9.00	1606	0.0
11	Sinkevich, Iaroslav	0	ENG	−3N	+24B	+7B	+12N	−6B	−4N	3.0	19.0	19.0	7.00	1471	0.0
12	Nalabothula, Dushyanth Gan	1734	ENG	+20N	=16B	=3N	−11B	−7N	+19B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.25	1662	-9.6
13	Kota, Ashwath Kumar	1596	ENG	=15N	−4B	+20N	=16B	−9N	+22B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.50	1515	-13.2
14	Wylie, Ted	1647	ENG	−10N	−19N	+23B	+21N	F	+16B	3.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	2294	+12.0
15	Waller, Nathanael	0	ENG	=13B	−6N	+21B	−7N	+18B	−8N	2.5	17.0	18.5	5.50	1351	0.0
16	Blin, Eliza	1496	ENG	+24B	=12N	−6B	=13N	=4B	−14N	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.00	1503	+1.2
17	Delacour, Jacob	1539	ENG	+23N	−1B	−10N	F	=19B	+20N	2.5	13.5	13.5	4.00	1579	+5.2
18	Mukerjee, Shreenitya	0	ENG	−8B	−7N	+24N	=22B	−15N	+21B	2.5	12.5	12.5	2.00	766	0.0
19	Huang, Kobe	0	ENG	=4N	+14B	−2N	−5B	=17N	−12N	2.0	18.0	20.5	6.25	1511	0.0
20	Pasumarthi, Kalyan Srinidhi	1479	ENG	−12B	−21N	−13B	+23N	+24N	−17B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	820	-38.4
21	Reynolds, Matthew	0	ENG	−5N	+20B	−15N	−14B	=22N	−18N	1.5	14.0	15.0	2.50	1432	0.0
22	FIDE 343472346	0	—	F	−3B	−9N	=18N	=21B	−13N	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	818	0.0
23	FIDE 343476040	0	—	−17B	−9N	−14N	−20B	F	+24B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	751	0.0
24	FIDE 343490603	0	—	−16N	−11N	−18B	F	−20B	−23N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	686	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kuchibhatla, Ishaan SaiENG
+37.6
5.5 pts · #1
2Lok, HeiENG
+20.8
4.0 pts · #2
3Saxena, ReyanshENG
+19.6
4.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Pasumarthi, Kalyan SrinidhiENG
-38.4
2.0 pts · #21
2Gomez, HalENG
-35.2
4.0 pts · #8
3Dodukh, ArtemENG
-23.6
3.5 pts · #18