Youth championship U14 2026

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22 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 1442, and top seed was Nicola Luppi (🇱🇺 LUX, 1662).

Nicola Luppi (🇱🇺 LUX, 1662) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Dario Macia Tell (5.5) and Johnny Guo (5.5). Luppi took the lead from round 5.

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

🇱🇺Nicola Luppi1662

Avg top 10

1,442

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇱🇺Luxembourg×12

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Nicola Luppi
🇱🇺LUX·1662
6.5pts·1947perf+48.4
🥈
Dario Macia Tell
🇱🇺LUX·1602
5.5pts·1721perf+25.2
🥉
Johnny Guo
🇱🇺LUX·1575
5.5pts·1680perf+21.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Nicola Luppi led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Luppi6.5Macia Tell5.5Guo5.5Pleim5Frisch4.5Basinas4

R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Feb

Nicola Luppi takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicola Luppi beat Dario Macia Tell (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nicola Luppi 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Dario Macia Tell 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nicola Luppi	*	1	1	½
2Dario Macia Tell	0	*	½	1
3Johnny Guo	0	½	*	—
4Eva Pleim	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Luppi, Nicola	1662	LUX	+11B	+13N	+3B	=4N	+2N	+8B	+6B	6.5	27.0	29.0	26.50	1947	+48.4
2	Macia Tell, Dario	1602	LUX	+19B	+10N	+6B	+8N	−1B	=3N	+4B	5.5	29.0	30.0	20.75	1721	+25.2
3	Guo, Johnny	1575	LUX	+14N	+7B	−1N	+6B	+5N	=2B	+9N	5.5	28.5	30.5	21.25	1680	+21.2
4	Pleim, Eva	1629	LUX	+12N	=5B	+21N	=1B	+7N	+10B	−2N	5.0	27.5	28.5	17.50	1722	+29.2
5	Frisch, Jan Raphael	1558	LUX	+17B	=4N	−8B	+11N	−3B	+12N	+15B	4.5	22.5	24.5	12.50	1529	-7.2
6	Thill, Dylan	0	LUX	+16N	+12B	−2N	−3N	+15B	+7B	−1N	4.0	26.5	28.5	11.00	1524	0.0
7	Dhivakar, Viduyut	1515	LUX	+22B	−3N	+16B	+9N	−4B	−6N	+18B	4.0	22.5	23.5	9.00	804	-30.0
8	Basinas, Athanasios	1632	LUX	+15N	+21B	+5N	−2B	+13N	−1N	F	4.0	21.5	21.5	9.50	1611	-4.8
9	FIDE 4009436	0	—	−21N	+18B	+15N	−7B	+17N	+13B	−3B	4.0	17.5	18.5	8.00	771	0.0
10	Apostol, Marcus	0	FRA	+20N	−2B	+14N	−13B	+19B	−4N	+16B	4.0	17.5	18.5	6.00	817	0.0
11	Queiros Goncalves, Daniel	0	LUX	−1N	=20B	+18N	−5B	−16B	=17N	+14N	3.0	19.0	20.0	5.50	811	0.0
12	Natarajan, Premkumar	1623	LUX	−4B	−6N	F	+20B	+14N	−5B	+13N	3.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	794	-43.2
13	FIDE 4010477	0	—	F	−1B	+19N	+10N	−8B	−9N	−12B	2.0	22.5	22.5	5.00	840	0.0
14	Vykhvatniuk, Danylo	0	LUX	−3B	+17N	−10B	+16N	−12B	−18N	−11B	2.0	19.5	21.5	4.00	801	0.0
15	FIDE 4009240	0	—	−8B	+22N	−9B	F	−6N	+19B	−5N	2.0	18.5	19.5	2.00	796	0.0
16	FIDE 4007948	0	—	−6B	F	−7N	−14B	+11N	+20B	−10N	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.00	714	0.0
17	FIDE 4008006	0	—	−5N	−14B	=20N	F	−9B	=11B	+19N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	758	0.0
18	FIDE 4008022	0	—	F	−9N	−11B	F	+20N	+14B	−7N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	714	0.0
19	FIDE 4011333	0	—	−2N	+?B	−13B	F	−10N	−15N	−17B	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	803	0.0
20	FIDE 4011163	0	—	−10B	=11N	=17B	−12N	−18B	−16N	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.50	824	0.0
21	Vlach, Ludwig	1622	LUX	+9B	−8N	−4B	F	F	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	832	-38.8
22	FIDE 4010388	0	—	−7N	−15B	+?N	F	F	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	714	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Luppi, NicolaLUX
+48.4
6.5 pts · #2
2Pleim, EvaLUX
+29.2
5.0 pts · #1
3Macia Tell, DarioLUX
+25.2
5.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Natarajan, PremkumarLUX
-43.2
3.0 pts · #14
2Vlach, LudwigLUX
-38.8
1.0 pts · #18
3Dhivakar, ViduyutLUX
-30.0
4.0 pts · #19