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Youth championship U16 2026

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Differdange, Luxembourg. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1714, and top seed was Samyukta Sivashankar (🇱🇺 LUX, 1872).

Samyukta Sivashankar (🇱🇺 LUX, 1872) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Dmitry Kostyukovich (5.5) and Adwaye Meher (5.0). Sivashankar shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Adwaye Meher (1724) beat Anakien Pezzotta (1830), a +106-point gap.

Location
🇱🇺Differdange, Luxembourg
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇺Samyukta Sivashankar1872
Avg top 10
1,714
Participants
21
Federations · 2 represented
🇱🇺Luxembourg×16
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Samyukta Sivashankar led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
1
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Sivashankar takes lead
Sivashankar6.5Kostyukovich5.5Ortiz Bogdanov5Meher5Pezzotta4Gundala4
R7 · LEADER CHANGE22 Feb

Samyukta Sivashankar takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Samyukta Sivashankar drew with Dmitry Kostyukovich (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Samyukta Sivashankar 4 wins (R4–R7)Dmitry Kostyukovich 3 wins (R4–R6)Santiago Ortiz Bogdanov 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Samyukta Sivashankar*
½
1
1
2Dmitry Kostyukovich
½
*
0
1
3Santiago Ortiz Bogdanov
0
1
*—
4Adwaye Meher
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sivashankar, Samyukta1872LUX+17B+8N=2B+4N+3B+6N+5B6.527.529.526.752146+59.6
2Kostyukovich, Dmitry1772LUX+10N+6B=1N+7B+5N+3B−4N5.528.532.524.251962+59.2
3Meher, Adwaye1724LUX+16B+19N+8B+5B−1N−2N+6B5.026.027.015.001830+28.8
4Ortiz Bogdanov, Santiago1827LUX+15N+7B−5N−1B+17N+12B+2B5.025.527.517.001827+0.8
5Pezzotta, Anakien1830LUX+14B+9N+4B−3N−2B+7N−1N4.030.033.016.001738-27.6
6Swaminathan, Tharun1628LUX+20B−2N+19B+12N+9B−1B−3N4.025.025.08.001535-28.0
7Ahmed, Fares1690LUX+21B−4N+14B−2N+8B−5B+13N4.024.524.510.001576-23.6
8Brittner, Laurent1643LUX+12N−1B−3N+20B−7N+16B+14N4.023.523.58.00963-41.2
9Wagner, Morgan1541LUX+18N−5B=13N+10B−6N=11B+12N4.022.023.512.00950-19.2
10Smirnov, Hlib0LUX−2B=11N+16B−9N+15N=13B+18N4.021.022.59.5015150.0
11Gundala, Hanmisha0LUX−19N=10B+15N−13B+18B=9N+17B4.017.018.010.0015940.0
12FIDE 40109900—−8B+17N+21B−6B+13N−4N−9B3.022.022.05.008710.0
13FIDE 40113170—F+21N=9B+11N−12B=10N−7B3.019.019.08.0014230.0
14Sabil, Elyas0GER−5N+18B−7NF+21B+19N−8B3.016.516.52.509220.0
15Schumacher, Liam1609LUX−4B+16N−11B=18N−10BF+20N2.516.516.52.751028-8.8
16Mlik, Badis0LUX−3N−15B−10NF+20B−8N+19B2.019.519.51.008590.0
17Weydert, Mathis0LUX−1N−12B+20N+19B−4BF−11N2.019.519.51.0010500.0
18Golec, Alexander0LUX−9B−14NF=15B−11N+20N−10B1.517.517.51.2513810.0
19Wolff, Leonardo0LUX+11B−3B−6N−17NF−14B−16N1.020.020.04.008980.0
20FIDE 40113250—−6NF−17B−8N−16N−18B−15B0.016.016.00.008410.0
21FIDE 40112520—−7N−13B−12NF−14NFF0.015.015.00.008910.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets