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 (🇬🇧 ENG, 1894).
Aden Kennedy (🇬🇧 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
🇬🇧London, England
Dates
20 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×43
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight 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
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 5.0/6. Kennedy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Jacob Liu 4 wins (R3–R6)Aden Kennedy 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacob Liu | * | — | — | — |
| 2Aden Kennedy | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Hubert Bates | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4John Brown | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kennedy, Aden | 1825 | ENG | +26N | +36B | +13N | =5B | =2N | +10B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 17.00 | 1965 | +39.2 |
| 2 | Bates, Hubert | 1759 | ENG | +34B | =11N | +27B | +7N | =1B | +15N | 5.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 16.25 | 1994 | +58.8 |
| 3 | Liu, Jacob | 1866 | ENG | +39N | −13B | +29B | +11N | +14B | +6N | 5.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 15.50 | 1975 | +28.8 |
| 4 | Brown, John | 1815 | ENG | −27B | +44N | +34B | +15N | +12B | +5N | 5.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 14.00 | 1847 | +6.4 |
| 5 | Kuchibhatla, Ishaan Sai | 1576 | ENG | +20N | +23B | +19N | =1N | =6B | −4B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 24.5 | 15.00 | 1918 | +104.4 |
| 6 | Gopikrishna, Ashwin | 1752 | ENG | +28B | +9N | =15B | +18N | =5N | −3B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 13.75 | 1836 | +27.6 |
| 7 | Ratcliffe, James | 1845 | ENG | +41N | =17B | +16N | −2B | +18N | =8B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 12.25 | 1894 | +16.0 |
| 8 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 1886 | SCO | =16N | +35B | =18B | =9N | +28B | =7N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 12.00 | 1865 | -3.6 |
| 9 | Czarnuch, Dominic | 1773 | ENG | +37N | −6B | +30N | =8B | +19N | =20B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 11.75 | 1844 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Devalia, Aadishesh | 1749 | ENG | +40B | =27N | =12B | +43N | +22B | −1N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1829 | +16.4 |
| 11 | Kodukula, Sameera | 1677 | ENG | +43N | =2B | =17N | −3B | +29N | =12B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 9.50 | 1745 | +14.8 |
| 12 | Manrique Barrowman, Jorge | 0 | ENG | =24N | +25B | =10N | +13B | −4N | =11N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 11.75 | 1725 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Agbota, Fenu | 1815 | ENG | +38B | +3N | −1B | −12N | +43B | =14N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1846 | +6.4 |
| 14 | Li, Lucian | 1691 | ENG | +25N | −19B | +45N | +20B | −3N | =13B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1796 | +27.2 |
| 15 | Hazell, Peter | 1741 | ENG | +42N | +46B | =6N | −4B | +24N | −2B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 7.50 | 1746 | +4.0 |
| 16 | Wang, Yiming | 1873 | CHN | =8B | +32N | −7B | =21N | +36B | =22N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 10.00 | 1830 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Shah, Samuel | 1695 | ENG | +30B | =7N | =11B | −22N | =21B | +36N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 10.00 | 1755 | +16.4 |
| 18 | Sisupalan, Beni | 1750 | ENG | +31N | +47B | =8N | −6B | −7B | +28N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 7.50 | 1731 | -5.2 |
| 19 | Helsby, Matthew | 1842 | ENG | +44B | +14N | −5B | =28N | −9B | +27N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 8.25 | 1706 | -38.4 |
| 20 | Lee, Yuk Hei | 1894 | ENG | −5B | +42N | +40B | −14N | +35B | =9N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.00 | 1697 | -53.6 |
| 21 | Pearson, Charlie | 1795 | ENG | −46N | =31B | +26N | =16B | =17N | +30B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 10.25 | 1686 | -28.4 |
| 22 | Nilim, Armaan | 1818 | ENG | =35N | =45B | +46N | +17B | −10N | =16B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 7.75 | 1790 | -6.0 |
| 23 | Horwood, Torrey | 1630 | ENG | =29B | −5N | =35B | =37N | +31B | +33N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 8.25 | 1629 | +0.8 |
| 24 | Yeung, Jia-Arn | 1613 | ENG | =12B | −29N | +38B | +32N | −15B | =25B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 7.75 | 1647 | +9.2 |
| 25 | Cieslik, Bartosz | 1561 | POL | −14B | −12N | +44B | +34N | =27B | =24N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 5.75 | 1651 | +19.6 |
| 26 | Ben-Eshak, Djad | 1611 | ENG | −1B | =38N | −21B | +40N | =37B | +43N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1594 | -6.0 |
| 27 | Wang, Gavin | 1684 | ENG | +4N | =10B | −2N | =30B | =25N | −19B | 2.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 9.75 | 1673 | -3.6 |
| 28 | Patel, Ananya | 1560 | ENG | −6N | +33B | +47N | =19B | −8N | −18B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 4.75 | 1592 | +3.6 |
| 29 | Wylie, Ted | 1660 | ENG | =23N | +24B | −3N | F | −11B | +34N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.75 | 1609 | -13.2 |
| 30 | Lok, Hei | 0 | ENG | −17N | +41B | −9B | =27N | +32B | −21N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 5.25 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Murthy, Arush | 1611 | WLS | −18B | =21N | −32B | +39B | −23N | +40N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 5.25 | 1619 | +1.2 |
| 32 | Chen, Yechu | 1652 | ENG | =45N | −16B | +31N | −24B | −30N | +41B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1686 | +6.4 |
| 33 | Yang, Rachel | 1469 | ENG | −36B | −28N | =41N | +42B | +44N | −23B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1551 | +24.4 |
| 34 | Karlmarx, Sarwayogan | 0 | ENG | −2N | +37B | −4N | −25B | +45N | −29B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 1416 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Zhang, Yichen | 1632 | ENG | =22B | −8N | =23N | +47B | −20N | −37B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 1502 | -33.2 |
| 36 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1641 | ENG | +33N | −1N | −43B | +45B | −16N | −17B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.50 | 1524 | -24.8 |
| 37 | Katiyar, Trisha | 1483 | ENG | −9B | −34N | F | =23B | =26N | +35N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.25 | 1661 | +36.4 |
| 38 | Dean, Isaac | 1620 | ENG | −13N | =26B | −24N | =41B | =42N | =39N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1519 | -32.8 |
| 39 | Van Neerven, Yvon | 1620 | ENG | −3B | −40N | =42B | −31N | +47N | =38B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 2.25 | 1414 | -52.0 |
| 40 | Chaudhary, Aryan | 1608 | ENG | −10N | +39B | −20N | −26B | =41N | −31B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 2.75 | 1494 | -36.4 |
| 41 | Kota, Ashwath Kumar | 1640 | ENG | −7B | −30N | =33B | =38N | =40B | −32N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1490 | -40.8 |
| 42 | Delacour, Jacob | 1563 | ENG | −15B | −20B | =39N | −33N | =38B | =47N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 2.25 | 1429 | -34.4 |
| 43 | Aggarwal, Aashi | 0 | ENG | −11B | F | +36N | −10B | −13N | −26B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Tirumala, Nandan | 1614 | ENG | −19N | −4B | −25N | F | −33B | +45B | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 872 | -68.4 |
| 45 | Schlackow, Lisa | 0 | ENG | =32B | =22N | −14B | −36N | −34B | −44N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 1443 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Dupuis, Daniel | 1634 | ENG | +21B | −15N | −22B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1659 | +4.0 |
| 47 | Cranfield, Edmond | 0 | ENG | F | −18N | −28B | −35N | −39B | =42B | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.75 | 1259 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kuchibhatla, Ishaan SaiENG+104.44.0 pts · #7
- 2Bates, HubertENG+58.85.0 pts · #4
- 3Kennedy, AdenENG+39.25.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Tirumala, NandanENG-68.41.0 pts · #47
- 2Lee, Yuk HeiENG-53.63.5 pts · #11
- 3Van Neerven, YvonENG-52.02.0 pts · #44
Biggest upsets
- R1+318 Elo gap
- R3+266 Elo gap
- R4+203 Elo gap