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National Youth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 12 Open

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15 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 627, and top seed was Nicholas Mc Letchie (🇹🇹 TTO, 1671).

Nicholas Mc Letchie (🇹🇹 TTO, 1671) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Caleb Harry (6.0) and Jaydon Bowyer (5.0). Mc Letchie won solo starting round 5.

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
Avg top 10
627
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Nicholas Mc Letchie led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
4
5
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Nicholas Mc Letchie held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicholas Mc Letchie drew with Caleb Harry (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nicholas Mc Letchie 4 wins (R4–R7)Caleb Harry 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nicholas Mc Letchie*
½
1
1
2Caleb Harry
½
*
½
3Jaydon Bowyer
0
½
*
1
4FIDE 7714211
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mc Letchie, Nicholas1671TTO+8B+4N=2B+6N+5B+3N+7B6.527.030.027.001809+18.4
2Harry, Caleb1484TTO+14N+9B=1N=3B+13N+6B+5N6.023.024.018.251725+39.2
3Bowyer, Jaydon1556TTO+7B+10N=5B=2N+4B1B+6N5.028.530.518.751449-17.6
4FIDE 77142110+?N1B+7N+9B3N+10B+8N5.021.521.510.008150.0
5Hosein, Yuri1558TTO+11N+15B=3N+13B1N+12B2B4.523.024.09.001297-40.0
6FIDE 77100540=13N+?B+11N1B+8N2N3B3.524.024.05.757700.0
7Ramnanan, Tristan0TTO3NF4B+10N+14B+13B1N3.021.021.04.508150.0
8King, Joshua0TTO1N+14B9N+?B6B+11N4B3.020.020.03.008710.0
9Vieira, Tzion0TTO+12B2N+8B4NFFF2.018.018.05.006800.0
10Zhan, Jeremy0TTOF3B+15N7BF4N+12N2.018.018.03.007580.0
11Rambally, Bhishma0TTO5B+12N6B14N+15B8BF2.015.015.03.007710.0
12Harry, Makhaya0TTO9N11B+?N+15BF5N10B2.011.511.51.007710.0
13FIDE 1431051840=6BFF5N2B7N+?N1.517.017.01.757260.0
14FIDE 771004602B8NF+11B7N?BF1.015.015.02.006800.0
15FIDE 77141730+?B5N10B12N11NFF1.011.511.50.007710.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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