4th National Youth Chess Championship 2026, U-14 Boys
31 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Karachi, Pakistan. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Rehan Khan Nasir (🇵🇰 PAK, 1745).
Rehan Khan Nasir (🇵🇰 PAK, 1745) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Hashmi Amr Iftikhar (7.0) and Issam Bashir (6.0). Nasir shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Hashmi Amr Iftikhar (1570) beat Muhammad Muaz Hussain (1679), a +109-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Rehan Khan Nasir held the sole lead from R5 through R8 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.0/8. Nasir takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.5).
Rehan Khan Nasir beat Hashmi Amr Iftikhar (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rehan Khan Nasir | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Hashmi Amr Iftikhar | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Issam Bashir | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Ashaz Merchant | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rehan Khan Nasir | 1745 | PAK | +15N | +7B | +2N | +4B | +6N | =3B | +10B | =5N | 7.0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 37.50 | 1854 | +29.2 |
| 2 | Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi | 1570 | PAK | +22B | +26N | −1B | +14N | +25B | +9N | +3N | +12B | 7.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 26.00 | 1819 | +40.0 |
| 3 | Issam Bashir | 1657 | PAK | +25N | +23B | =10N | +18B | +12N | =1N | −2B | +6B | 6.0 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 23.75 | 1706 | +16.4 |
| 4 | Zayd Mohammed Asim | 1650 | PAK | +16B | +31N | +21B | −1N | −13N | +17B | +8N | +7B | 6.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 21.00 | 946 | -14.8 |
| 5 | Ashaz Merchant | 1532 | PAK | +24B | +14N | =9B | =10N | +21B | =13N | +11B | =1B | 6.0 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 24.50 | 1720 | +29.2 |
| 6 | Muhammad Azan | 1583 | PAK | +19N | +8B | +27N | +12B | −1B | =10N | =13B | −3N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 18.75 | 1556 | -7.6 |
| 7 | FIDE 7845413 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | +24B | −9N | +22B | +16N | +21B | −4N | 5.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 13.00 | 898 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 7854757 | 0 | — | +?B | −6N | −14B | +?N | +?B | +?N | −4B | +9N | 5.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.50 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sayyed Rahwaar Abbas Zaidi | 0 | PAK | +?N | =18B | =5N | +7B | =11N | −2B | +19N | −8B | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Mohid Adnan | 1489 | PAK | F | +29N | =3B | =5B | +17N | =6B | −1N | +18B | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 17.50 | 1588 | +24.8 |
| 11 | Muhammad Chaudhry | 1548 | PAK | F | +17B | −12N | +22N | =9B | +18B | −5N | +13B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 16.75 | 1418 | -20.8 |
| 12 | Muhammad Muaz Hussain | 1679 | PAK | F | +30N | +11B | −6N | −3B | +25N | +14B | −2N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 12.00 | 1398 | -59.6 |
| 13 | Muhammad Ayan Ahsan | 0 | PAK | F | −21N | +16B | +26N | +4B | =5B | =6N | −11N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 17.50 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 7847599 | 0 | — | F | −5B | +8N | −2B | +15N | +?B | −12N | +19B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 12.50 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Furqan Moghul | 0 | PAK | −1B | +?N | +30B | −21N | −14B | +20N | +27B | −22N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 6.50 | 946 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 7838212 | 0 | — | −4N | +?B | −13N | +23B | +29N | −7B | +?N | F | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.50 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 7863101 | 0 | — | +?B | −11N | +29B | +?N | −10B | −4N | −22B | +30N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2.50 | 763 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Abubakr vohra | 1417 | PAK | F | =9N | +20B | −3N | +19B | −11N | +28B | −10N | 3.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 11.25 | 766 | -36.8 |
| 19 | FIDE 7847572 | 0 | — | −6B | =?N | +?B | +20N | −18N | +30B | −9B | −14N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.50 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 7863381 | 0 | — | =?B | F | −18N | −19B | +27N | −15B | +29N | +?B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Zarar Naeem | 0 | PAK | F | +13B | −4N | +15B | −5N | +?B | −7N | F | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 8.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 7836554 | 0 | — | −2N | F | F | −11B | −7N | +?B | +17N | +15B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 7863160 | 0 | — | +?B | −3N | −26B | −16N | −24B | +?N | +?N | −29B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 858 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 7861087 | 0 | — | −5N | +?B | −7N | −?B | +23N | =29B | −?N | =?B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.75 | 734 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 7847580 | 0 | — | −3B | +?N | F | +27B | −2N | −12B | =?N | −?B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 836 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Nyle | 0 | PAK | +?N | −2B | +23N | −13B | −?N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 7830114 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | −6B | −25N | −20B | F | −15N | F | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 7863039 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +30N | −?B | F | −18N | +?B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 7841191 | 0 | — | F | −10B | −17N | F | −16B | =24N | −20B | +23N | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.50 | 690 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 7849087 | 0 | — | +?N | −12B | −15N | −28B | F | −19N | F | −17B | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 879 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 7863047 | 0 | — | F | −4B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Amr Iftikhar, HashmiPAK+40.07.0 pts · #4
- 2Ashaz MerchantPAK+29.26.0 pts · #5
- 3Rehan Khan NasirPAK+29.27.0 pts · #1
- 1Muhammad Muaz HussainPAK-59.64.0 pts · #9
- 2Abubakr vohraPAK-36.83.5 pts · #13
- 3Muhammad ChaudhryPAK-20.84.5 pts · #10
- R8+109 Elo gap