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4th National Youth Chess Championship 2026, U-14 Boys

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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.

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
🇵🇰Rehan Khan Nasir1745
Avg top 10
1,587
Participants
31
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇰Pakistan×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
14
7
3
2
1
1
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

Rehan Khan Nasir held the sole lead from R5 through R8 without losing it.

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/8. Nasir takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rehan Khan Nasir beat Hashmi Amr Iftikhar (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Rehan Khan Nasir*
1
½
½
2Hashmi Amr Iftikhar
0
*
1
3Issam Bashir
½
0
*
4Ashaz Merchant
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rehan Khan Nasir1745PAK+15N+7B+2N+4B+6N=3B+10B=5N7.039.543.537.501854+29.2
2Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi1570PAK+22B+26N1B+14N+25B+9N+3N+12B7.031.033.026.001819+40.0
3Issam Bashir1657PAK+25N+23B=10N+18B+12N=1N2B+6B6.034.036.523.751706+16.4
4Zayd Mohammed Asim1650PAK+16B+31N+21B1N13N+17B+8N+7B6.032.032.021.00946-14.8
5Ashaz Merchant1532PAK+24B+14N=9B=10N+21B=13N+11B=1B6.031.534.524.501720+29.2
6Muhammad Azan1583PAK+19N+8B+27N+12B1B=10N=13B3N5.034.036.018.751556-7.6
7FIDE 78454130+?B1N+24B9N+22B+16N+21B4N5.030.530.513.008980.0
8FIDE 78547570+?B6N14B+?N+?B+?N4B+9N5.019.519.54.508170.0
9Sayyed Rahwaar Abbas Zaidi0PAK+?N=18B=5N+7B=11N2B+19N8B4.534.534.515.5014310.0
10Mohid Adnan1489PAKF+29N=3B=5B+17N=6B1N+18B4.533.033.017.501588+24.8
11Muhammad Chaudhry1548PAKF+17B12N+22N=9B+18B5N+13B4.529.029.016.751418-20.8
12Muhammad Muaz Hussain1679PAKF+30N+11B6N3B+25N+14B2N4.031.032.012.001398-59.6
13Muhammad Ayan Ahsan0PAKF21N+16B+26N+4B=5B=6N11N4.030.530.517.5015790.0
14FIDE 78475990F5B+8N2B+15N+?B12N+19B4.029.529.512.507950.0
15Furqan Moghul0PAK1B+?N+30B21N14B+20N+27B22N4.023.523.56.509460.0
16FIDE 783821204N+?B13N+23B+29N7B+?NF4.022.522.54.508500.0
17FIDE 78631010+?B11N+29B+?N10B4N22B+30N4.020.520.52.507630.0
18Abubakr vohra1417PAKF=9N+20B3N+19B11N+28B10N3.528.528.511.25766-36.8
19FIDE 784757206B=?N+?B+20N18N+30B9B14N3.521.521.54.507000.0
20FIDE 78633810=?BF18N19B+27N15B+29N+?B3.514.514.53.506160.0
21Zarar Naeem0PAKF+13B4N+15B5N+?B7NF3.029.029.08.007920.0
22FIDE 783655402NFF11B7N+?B+17N+15B3.024.524.58.007600.0
23FIDE 78631600+?B3N26B16N24B+?N+?N29B3.016.516.50.008580.0
24FIDE 786108705N+?B7N?B+23N=29B?N=?B3.015.515.53.757340.0
25FIDE 784758003B+?NF+27B2N12B=?N?B2.519.019.02.008360.0
26Nyle0PAK+?N2B+23N13B?NFFF2.017.017.03.007710.0
27FIDE 78301140+?B+?N6B25N20BF15NF2.017.017.00.007840.0
28FIDE 78630390FFF+30N?BF18N+?B2.08.58.51.006160.0
29FIDE 78411910F10B17NF16B=24N20B+23N1.522.022.04.506900.0
30FIDE 78490870+?N12B15N28BF19NF17B1.019.519.50.008790.0
31FIDE 78630470F4BFFFFFF0.011.511.50.008500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets