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4th National Youth Chess Championship 2026, U-12 Boys

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18 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Karachi, Pakistan. Top 10 Elo average was 451, and top seed was Varun Kumar (🇵🇰 PAK, 1553).

Varun Kumar (🇵🇰 PAK, 1553) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Amaan Saad Garib (6.5) and Rayaan Rehman (6.0). Kumar took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇵🇰Karachi, Pakistan
Dates
05 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇰Varun Kumar1553
Avg top 10
451
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇰Pakistan×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
8
2
3
1
1
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Kumar takes lead
Kumar6.5Garib6.5Rehman6Tariq5.5Niazi5.55— ex-leaders:Garibled R5–R6, #9
R7 · LEADER CHANGE07 Feb

Varun Kumar takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Kumar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Varun Kumar beat Amaan Saad Garib (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Varun Kumar1553PAK+14N+12B=4N+11B=7N+5B+2B=3N6.536.540.031.751671+12.4
2Amaan Saad Garib0PAK+10N+?B+?N=7B+4N+12B1N+6B6.530.030.021.007460.0
3Rayaan Rehman1447PAK4N+18B=10B+17N+16B+13N+7N=1B6.030.030.019.251546+5.6
4Muhammad Ashaj Tariq0PAK+3B+?N=1B+6N2B=10N=5N+8B5.538.038.023.5015210.0
5Mohammad Hadeed Khan Niazi1507PAK+8B6N+15B+9N+13B1N=4B+11N5.533.536.522.25746-18.0
6FIDE 78365700+?N+5B+11N4B+8N7B+12N2N5.035.035.018.0015290.0
7Ahmed, Iyaad Moeed0PAKF+?B+?N=2N=1B+6N3B+10N5.028.028.015.5013040.0
8FIDE 785991005N+?B+?B+?N6B+?N=9B4N4.520.520.52.257090.0
9FIDE 7836988011NF+?B5B+?N+?B=8N+?B4.514.014.02.257090.0
10Muhammad Hamza Ali Peerzada0PAK2BF=3N+?B+14N=4B+11N7B4.030.530.513.2514470.0
11FIDE 78563850+9B+?N6B1N+?B+15N10B5B4.028.528.57.507280.0
12FIDE 78616720+?B1N+?B+?N+15B2N6B?N4.021.021.03.007460.0
13FIDE 78596510F15N+?B+?B5N3B=?N+?B3.514.514.50.006780.0
14Hanzala Khan0PAK1BF?N+?N10B+?N+15B=?B3.513.513.53.007460.0
15FIDE 78630120+?N+13B5N+?B12N11B14N?B3.020.520.53.507090.0
16FIDE 78629460?N+?B?N+?B3N+?B?N?B3.06.06.00.006470.0
17FIDE 78629970?N+?B=?N3B?N?BF+?N2.56.06.00.006470.0
18FIDE 78630040?B3NFFFFFF0.06.06.00.006470.0

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