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South of England Junior Chess Congress 2026 - U18

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26 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 1837, and top seed was Luke Chapman (🇬🇧 ENG, 1976).

Arthur Kendall (🇬🇧 ENG, 1956) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Yuk Hei Lee (4.5) and Sameera Kodukula (4.5). Kendall won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Benjamin Carter (1670) beat Luke Chapman (1976), a +306-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
🇬🇧Luke Chapman1976
Avg top 10
1,837
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×20
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Arthur Kendall led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
13
5
2
3
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Kendall5Kodukula4.5Lee4.5Freeman4Pack4Brown4
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Arthur Kendall held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arthur Kendall drew with Sameera Kodukula (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Arthur Kendall 3 wins (R1–R3)Sameera Kodukula 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Arthur Kendall*
½
½
1
2Sameera Kodukula
½
*
0
—
3Yuk Hei Lee
½
1
*
½
4Luke Freeman
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kendall, Arthur1956ENG+22B+5N+6B=3N+4B=2N5.021.022.017.502062+28.4
2Lee, Yuk Hei1841ENG+13B+8N=4B=6N+3B=1B4.521.024.017.502020+48.0
3Kodukula, Sameera1747ENG+14B+25N+9B=1B−2N+7B4.519.520.513.501942+52.0
4Freeman, Luke1855ENG+16N+7B=2N+12B−1N=5B4.020.022.513.251891+13.2
5Pack, Edgar1816ENG+10N−1B+18N+16B=7N=4N4.018.520.511.751781-6.8
6Brown, John1821ENG+17B+20N−1N=2B=12N+14B4.017.519.010.251787-7.2
7Blin, Henri1730ENG+26B−4N+13B+11N=5B−3N3.519.019.08.501533-27.6
8Chapman, Luke1976ENG+15N−2B−12N+18B+19B=9N3.516.018.08.751610-72.0
9Chandrashekhar, Druha1655ENG+19N=12B−3N+17B=16N=8B3.515.517.58.501657-3.2
10Wang, Yoting0ENG−5B−17N+23B+20N=11B+16B3.513.514.56.7517130.0
11Nethercot, Edward0ENG=21B=22N+20B−7B=10N+12B3.513.014.07.5017370.0
12Carter, Benjamin1670ENG+18B=9N+8B−4N=6B−11N3.018.520.59.251827+31.2
13Sharma, Ansh0ENG−2N+19B−7N+15B−14N+23B3.016.017.06.0016060.0
14FIDE 12691940—−3N+24B−16N+26B+13B−6N3.015.015.04.009170.0
15Ekram, Itmam1624ENG−8B=21N=22B−13N+18B+24N3.011.012.04.251703+9.2
16Misquita Rodrigues, Raul1583ENG−4B+26N+14B−5N=9B−10N2.518.018.04.751502-11.2
17Archbold, Beauden0ENG−6N+10B=21B−9N=20B−19N2.014.516.05.001559-3.2
18Pinna-Chapman, Freya0ENG−12N+23B−5B−8N−15N+26B2.014.514.51.009720.0
19FIDE 3434895080—−9B−13NF+24B−8N+17B2.013.013.03.0010160.0
20Basnayake, Dinuga Sanketh1679SRI+23N−6B−11N−10B=17NF1.514.014.02.001021-12.4
21Gupta, Aditya1851ENG=11N=15B=17NFFF1.58.58.54.251624-11.6
22Keiller, Mathias1657ENG−1N=11B=15NFFF1.011.511.53.251598-8.0
23FIDE 3434905810—−20B−18N−10NF+24B−13N1.011.011.01.008790.0
24FIDE 3434623830—−25B−14N+26B−19N−23N−15B1.010.010.00.009030.0
25Eldridge, Albert1781ENG+24N−3BFFFF1.05.55.51.00947-22.0
26FIDE 3434751160—−7N−16B−24N−14NF−18N0.012.012.00.008570.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets