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2025 London Junior Championship Under 14 Major

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47 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in London, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1848, and top seed was Yuk Hei Lee (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ENG, 1894).

Aden Kennedy (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ENG, 1825) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Hubert Bates (5.0) and Jacob Liu (5.0). Kennedy shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla (1576) beat Yuk Hei Lee (1894), a +318-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§London, England
Dates
20 Dec 2025 β†’ 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§Yuk Hei Lee1894
Avg top 10
1,848
Participants
47
Federations Β· 5 represented
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§EnglandΓ—43
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ChinaΓ—1
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ScotlandΓ—1
πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±PolandΓ—1
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§WalesΓ—1
Top 3
  • πŸ₯‡
    Aden Kennedy
    πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ENGΒ·1825
    5.0ptsΒ·1965perf+39.2
  • πŸ₯ˆ
    Hubert Bates
    πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ENGΒ·1759
    5.0ptsΒ·1994perf+58.8
  • πŸ₯‰
    Jacob Liu
    πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ENGΒ·1866
    5.0ptsΒ·1975perf+28.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 4 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
18
7
2
4
7
4
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Liu5Kennedy5Bates5Brown5Ratcliffe4Shankar4
R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/6. Kennedy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers

Jacob Liu 4 wins (R3–R6)Aden Kennedy 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jacob Liu*β€”β€”β€”
2Aden Kennedyβ€”*
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3Hubert Batesβ€”
Β½
*β€”
4John Brownβ€”β€”β€”*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Kennedy, Aden1825ENG+26N+36B+13N=5B=2N+10B5.019.521.517.001965+39.2
2Bates, Hubert1759ENG+34B=11N+27B+7N=1B+15N5.018.520.516.251994+58.8
3Liu, Jacob1866ENG+39Nβˆ’13B+29B+11N+14B+6N5.017.019.015.501975+28.8
4Brown, John1815ENGβˆ’27B+44N+34B+15N+12B+5N5.015.516.514.001847+6.4
5Kuchibhatla, Ishaan Sai1576ENG+20N+23B+19N=1N=6Bβˆ’4B4.021.024.515.001918+104.4
6Gopikrishna, Ashwin1752ENG+28B+9N=15B+18N=5Nβˆ’3B4.020.022.513.751836+27.6
7Ratcliffe, James1845ENG+41N=17B+16Nβˆ’2B+18N=8B4.019.521.012.251894+16.0
8Shankar, Yashwardhan1886SCO=16N+35B=18B=9N+28B=7N4.017.519.512.001865-3.6
9Czarnuch, Dominic1773ENG+37Nβˆ’6B+30N=8B+19N=20B4.017.519.511.751844+22.4
10Devalia, Aadishesh1749ENG+40B=27N=12B+43N+22Bβˆ’1N4.016.017.09.001829+16.4
11Kodukula, Sameera1677ENG+43N=2B=17Nβˆ’3B+29N=12B3.519.520.59.501745+14.8
12Manrique Barrowman, Jorge0ENG=24N+25B=10N+13Bβˆ’4N=11N3.519.022.011.7517250.0
13Agbota, Fenu1815ENG+38B+3Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’12N+43B=14N3.519.020.09.751846+6.4
14Li, Lucian1691ENG+25Nβˆ’19B+45N+20Bβˆ’3N=13B3.518.519.59.251796+27.2
15Hazell, Peter1741ENG+42N+46B=6Nβˆ’4B+24Nβˆ’2B3.518.519.57.501746+4.0
16Wang, Yiming1873CHN=8B+32Nβˆ’7B=21N+36B=22N3.517.519.510.001830-13.6
17Shah, Samuel1695ENG+30B=7N=11Bβˆ’22N=21B+36N3.517.019.010.001755+16.4
18Sisupalan, Beni1750ENG+31N+47B=8Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’7B+28N3.517.017.57.501731-5.2
19Helsby, Matthew1842ENG+44B+14Nβˆ’5B=28Nβˆ’9B+27N3.516.517.58.251706-38.4
20Lee, Yuk Hei1894ENGβˆ’5B+42N+40Bβˆ’14N+35B=9N3.515.016.57.001697-53.6
21Pearson, Charlie1795ENGβˆ’46N=31B+26N=16B=17N+30B3.515.016.010.251686-28.4
22Nilim, Armaan1818ENG=35N=45B+46N+17Bβˆ’10N=16B3.514.015.07.751790-6.0
23Horwood, Torrey1630ENG=29Bβˆ’5N=35B=37N+31B+33N3.513.515.58.251629+0.8
24Yeung, Jia-Arn1613ENG=12Bβˆ’29N+38B+32Nβˆ’15B=25B3.015.017.07.751647+9.2
25Cieslik, Bartosz1561POLβˆ’14Bβˆ’12N+44B+34N=27B=24N3.014.515.55.751651+19.6
26Ben-Eshak, Djad1611ENGβˆ’1B=38Nβˆ’21B+40N=37B+43N3.014.015.04.501594-6.0
27Wang, Gavin1684ENG+4N=10Bβˆ’2N=30B=25Nβˆ’19B2.520.523.09.751673-3.6
28Patel, Ananya1560ENGβˆ’6N+33B+47N=19Bβˆ’8Nβˆ’18B2.517.518.04.751592+3.6
29Wylie, Ted1660ENG=23N+24Bβˆ’3NFβˆ’11B+34N2.517.017.06.751609-13.2
30Lok, Hei0ENGβˆ’17N+41Bβˆ’9B=27N+32Bβˆ’21N2.516.017.55.2516490.0
31Murthy, Arush1611WLSβˆ’18B=21Nβˆ’32B+39Bβˆ’23N+40N2.515.016.55.251619+1.2
32Chen, Yechu1652ENG=45Nβˆ’16B+31Nβˆ’24Bβˆ’30N+41B2.513.014.04.501686+6.4
33Yang, Rachel1469ENGβˆ’36Bβˆ’28N=41N+42B+44Nβˆ’23B2.511.012.03.251551+24.4
34Karlmarx, Sarwayogan0ENGβˆ’2N+37Bβˆ’4Nβˆ’25B+45Nβˆ’29B2.017.518.53.0014160.0
35Zhang, Yichen1632ENG=22Bβˆ’8N=23N+47Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’37B2.016.517.04.001502-33.2
36Saxena, Reyansh1641ENG+33Nβˆ’1Nβˆ’43B+45Bβˆ’16Nβˆ’17B2.015.516.53.501524-24.8
37Katiyar, Trisha1483ENGβˆ’9Bβˆ’34NF=23B=26N+35N2.014.514.55.251661+36.4
38Dean, Isaac1620ENGβˆ’13N=26Bβˆ’24N=41B=42N=39N2.013.014.54.001519-32.8
39Van Neerven, Yvon1620ENGβˆ’3Bβˆ’40N=42Bβˆ’31N+47N=38B2.012.513.02.251414-52.0
40Chaudhary, Aryan1608ENGβˆ’10N+39Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’26B=41Nβˆ’31B1.515.016.52.751494-36.4
41Kota, Ashwath Kumar1640ENGβˆ’7Bβˆ’30N=33B=38N=40Bβˆ’32N1.513.515.03.001490-40.8
42Delacour, Jacob1563ENGβˆ’15Bβˆ’20B=39Nβˆ’33N=38B=47N1.513.514.02.251429-34.4
43Aggarwal, Aashi0ENGβˆ’11BF+36Nβˆ’10Bβˆ’13Nβˆ’26B1.016.016.02.0014580.0
44Tirumala, Nandan1614ENGβˆ’19Nβˆ’4Bβˆ’25NFβˆ’33B+45B1.015.015.01.00872-68.4
45Schlackow, Lisa0ENG=32B=22Nβˆ’14Bβˆ’36Nβˆ’34Bβˆ’44N1.013.514.53.0014430.0
46Dupuis, Daniel1634ENG+21Bβˆ’15Nβˆ’22BFFF1.010.510.53.501659+4.0
47Cranfield, Edmond0ENGFβˆ’18Nβˆ’28Bβˆ’35Nβˆ’39B=42B0.511.511.50.7512590.0

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