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National Youth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 16 Open

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. Top 10 Elo average was 1596, and top seed was Levi James (🇹🇹 TTO, 1824).

Andre Rupert (🇹🇹 TTO, 1495) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Levi James (5.5) and Luke Gillette (5.5). Rupert won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Andre Rupert (1495) beat Levi James (1824), a +329-point gap.

Location
🇹🇹Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇹Levi James1824
Avg top 10
1,596
Participants
17
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
5
3
1
1
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Gillette takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 Jan

Luke Gillette takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Rupert takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Levi James lost to Andre Rupert (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Levi James*
0
1
2Andre Rupert
1
*
0
½
3Luke Gillette
0
1
*
1
4Arjun Rambally
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rupert, Andre1495TTO+5N+4B+8N+2N3B+9B=6N5.528.532.524.751850+122.8
2James, Levi1824TTO+9N+8B+12N1B=4N+5B+3B5.528.030.022.251817+0.4
3Gillette, Luke1692TTO+6N+11B+10N=5B+1N+4B2N5.528.030.022.251795+32.0
4Bramble, Dereon1588TTO+14B1N+15B+10N=2B3N+7B4.526.027.513.751590+0.8
5Bernard, Omari1717TTO1B+17N+11B=3N+7B2N+13B4.524.524.510.751606-28.0
6Rambally, Arjun1489TTO3B7N+14B+13N+11B+12N=1B4.521.023.010.751593+35.2
7Austin, Angelo1514TTO10N+6B+16N+9B5N+8B4N4.025.026.013.501637+33.2
8Manswell, Castillo1535TTO+17B2N1B+15N+10B7N+11N4.022.022.07.001391-31.2
9Lewis, Maliq1502TTO2B+13N+17B7N+12B1N+15B4.020.520.55.501411-20.4
10Rampersad, Yuvraj0TTO+7B+14N3B4B8N=15N+16B3.521.522.57.7514780.0
11Bassant, Zac1506TTO+13B3N5N+12B6NF8B2.022.522.54.001363-34.8
12Borneo, Arcanjo1583TTO+15N+16B2B11N9N6BF2.018.518.52.50779-82.0
13Saboo, Daniel0TTO11N9BF6B+17N+14B5N2.017.017.02.0012870.0
14Haynes, Anthony Daniel1423TTO4N10B6N+16BF13N+17B2.015.515.51.00737-28.0
15FIDE 7716990012BF4N8B+16N=10B9N1.519.019.02.757520.0
16Thomas, Chad Elias0TTOF12N7B14N15B+17B10N1.013.013.00.007070.0
17FIDE 771094108N5B9NF13B16N14N0.017.517.50.007450.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets