National Youth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 14 Open

Open SwissStandard

22 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 1350, and top seed was Jacek Lau (🇹🇹 TTO, 1588).

Jacek Lau (🇹🇹 TTO, 1588) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Sameer Sookraj (5.5) and Nicholas Dolly (5.5). Lau clinched sole first place in the final round.

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

🇹🇹Jacek Lau1588

Avg top 10

1,350

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×15

Top 3

🥇
Jacek Lau
🇹🇹TTO·1588
6.0pts·1712perf+24.8
🥈
Sameer Sookraj
🇹🇹TTO·1523
5.5pts·1648perf+36.8
🥉
Nicholas Dolly
🇹🇹TTO·1462
5.5pts·1608perf+31.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Jacek Lau led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Lau6Sookraj5.5Ramdatt5.5Dolly5.5Campo4.5Rampersad4

R6 · LEADER CHANGE24 Jan

Nilesh Ramdatt takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jacek Lau drew with Sameer Sookraj (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Jacek Lau 3 wins (R5–R7)Sameer Sookraj 3 wins (R1–R3)Nilesh Ramdatt 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jacek Lau	*	½	1	½
2Sameer Sookraj	½	*	0	1
3Nilesh Ramdatt	0	1	*	—
4Nicholas Dolly	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lau, Jacek	1588	TTO	+18N	=3B	+11N	=2B	+6N	+5B	+4N	6.0	28.5	30.5	25.00	1712	+24.8
2	Sookraj, Sameer	1523	TTO	+7B	+13N	+12B	=1N	+3B	−4B	+6N	5.5	28.5	32.0	23.50	1648	+36.8
3	Dolly, Nicholas	1462	TTO	+6B	=1N	+5B	+8B	−2N	+13N	+7B	5.5	28.0	31.5	23.00	1608	+31.2
4	Ramdatt, Nilesh	1551	TTO	+14B	=10N	+19B	+9N	+7B	+2N	−1B	5.5	25.5	27.0	19.25	1607	+11.2
5	Campo, Caleb	1550	TTO	+17N	=11B	−3N	+19B	+9B	−1N	+10B	4.5	24.5	26.0	12.75	1500	-11.2
6	Rampersad, Zayden	0	TTO	−3N	+17B	+13B	+12N	−1B	+14N	−2B	4.0	27.0	29.5	12.50	1419	0.0
7	Lee, Malachi	0	TTO	−2N	+18B	+15N	+16B	−4N	+12B	−3N	4.0	25.5	27.5	11.00	1311	0.0
8	Chase, Kaydon	0	TTO	−11N	+22B	+20B	−3N	−14B	+18N	+9N	4.0	18.5	18.5	6.50	1473	0.0
9	Laing, Adam	1468	TTO	=19B	+16N	+10B	−4B	−5N	+11N	−8B	3.5	23.5	25.0	10.25	1397	-13.6
10	George, Spencer	1464	TTO	+21N	=4B	−9N	+11B	−12N	+15B	−5N	3.5	23.5	24.5	10.25	1197	-48.0
11	Singh, Zayden	0	TTO	+8B	=5N	−1B	−10N	+19N	−9B	+21N	3.5	23.0	24.0	8.75	1200	0.0
12	Rampersad, Ved	1487	TTO	+22N	+15B	−2N	−6B	+10B	−7N	=16B	3.5	22.5	22.5	7.75	1489	-0.4
13	Lalla, Eli	1403	TTO	+20N	−2B	−6N	+21B	+16N	−3B	=17N	3.5	21.0	22.0	5.75	687	-30.8
14	FIDE 7718225	0	—	−4N	+21B	−16N	+?B	+8N	−6B	−15N	3.0	20.0	20.0	5.00	751	0.0
15	Suchit, Sachin	0	TTO	F	−12N	−7B	+17N	+20B	−10N	+14B	3.0	17.5	17.5	6.50	679	0.0
16	FIDE 7709951	0	—	+?N	−9B	+14B	−7N	−13B	F	=12N	2.5	17.5	17.5	4.75	1186	0.0
17	FIDE 7718233	0	—	−5B	−6N	+?N	−15B	F	+20N	=13B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	1284	0.0
18	FIDE 7716303	0	—	−1B	−7N	+22B	−20N	+21N	−8B	F	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	788	0.0
19	Rampersad, Veer	0	TTO	=9N	+?B	−4N	−5N	−11B	F	F	1.5	18.0	18.0	1.75	1255	0.0
20	FIDE 7717946	0	—	−13B	F	−8N	+18B	−15N	−17B	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	603	0.0
21	FIDE 7718241	0	—	−10B	−14N	F	−13N	−18B	+?N	−11B	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	635	0.0
22	FIDE 7717849	0	—	−12B	−8N	−18N	F	F	F	F	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	692	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sookraj, SameerTTO
+36.8
5.5 pts · #1
2Dolly, NicholasTTO
+31.2
5.5 pts · #4
3Lau, JacekTTO
+24.8
6.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1George, SpencerTTO
-48.0
3.5 pts · #11
2Lalla, EliTTO
-30.8
3.5 pts · #17
3Laing, AdamTTO
-13.6
3.5 pts · #9