National Junior Age-Group Championships 2026
Open SwissStandard
41 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 21 Mar 2026 in George Town, Cayman Islands. Top 10 Elo average was 1558, and top seed was Dez Graham (🇰🇾 CAY, 1672).
ALEJANDRO WILSON (🇰🇾 CAY, 1537) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Luc Sinton (5.0) and Robert Sperandeo (5.0). WILSON won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Kylen Mclean (1482) beat Owen Franklin (1596), a +114-point gap.
Location
🇰🇾George Town, Cayman Islands
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 21 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇾Cayman Islands×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 5.0/6. WILSON takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Luc Sinton 3 wins (R1–R3)Robert Sperandeo 3 wins (R4–R6)ALEJANDRO WILSON 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luc Sinton | * | — | — | — |
| 2Robert Sperandeo | — | * | — | — |
| 3ALEJANDRO WILSON | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Dez Graham | — | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WILSON, ALEJANDRO | 1537 | CAY | +13B | +23N | +17B | −7N | +20B | +14N | 5.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 17.50 | 868 | -12.8 |
| 2 | Sinton, Luc | 1577 | CAY | +35N | +24B | +21N | −16B | +23N | +13B | 5.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 14.50 | 1516 | -6.4 |
| 3 | Sperandeo , Robert | 1459 | CAY | +?N | +?B | −16N | +8B | +11N | +21B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mclean, Kylen | 1482 | CAY | F | +8B | =5N | +9B | +10N | +16B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 17.75 | 1831 | +52.8 |
| 5 | Rasch, Julian | 1602 | CAY | +30N | +29B | =4B | +18N | +6B | −7N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 13.75 | 1645 | +9.6 |
| 6 | CLARK, ARTY | 1557 | CAY | +27N | +33B | =10N | +12B | −5N | +28B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 13.50 | 1657 | +16.0 |
| 7 | Graham, Dez | 1672 | CAY | F | +40B | +9N | +1B | =16N | +5B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 15.25 | 1889 | +35.2 |
| 8 | FIDE 33101698 | 0 | — | +14B | −4N | +15B | −3N | +29B | +20N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 13.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Barrett, Daijon | 1483 | CAY | +11B | +19N | −7B | −4N | +30B | +26N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 12.00 | 775 | -30.4 |
| 10 | Reis, Ricardo | 0 | CAY | +?N | +22B | =6B | +28N | −4B | =12N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.75 | 1518 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 33100373 | 0 | — | −9N | +?B | +24N | +25B | −3B | +18N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 1489 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Barrett, Jaevion | 1428 | CAY | +26N | +32B | =28B | −6N | +22N | =10B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.25 | 1529 | +17.2 |
| 13 | FIDE 33101639 | 0 | — | −1N | +?B | +40N | +36B | +18B | −2N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 33101817 | 0 | — | −8N | +?B | +37N | +?B | +17N | −1B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Blackwood, Ross | 0 | CAY | +?N | −16B | −8N | +?B | +36N | +19B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Franklin, Owen | 1596 | CAY | F | +15N | +3B | +2N | =7B | −4N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 16.25 | 1574 | -3.6 |
| 17 | FIDE 33102090 | 0 | — | +31N | +?B | −1N | +27B | −14B | =39N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.25 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Moore, Christian | 1498 | CAY | +20N | +37B | +25N | −5B | −13N | −11B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 798 | -14.4 |
| 19 | FIDE 33101337 | 0 | — | +?N | −9B | +31N | +22B | −21B | −15N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1333 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 33101450 | 0 | — | −18B | +?N | +29N | +32B | −1N | −8B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mclean, Kevon | 1437 | CAY | +34B | +36N | −2B | F | +19N | −3N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 774 | -12.4 |
| 22 | Joseph, Aviv | 1478 | CAY | +41B | −10N | +30B | −19N | −12B | +31N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 624 | -22.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 33101906 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | +?N | +40B | −2B | −25N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 33101833 | 0 | — | +?B | −2N | −11B | +?N | −32N | +36B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 33101353 | 0 | — | F | +?N | −18B | −11N | +?B | +23B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 33102007 | 0 | — | −12B | −?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | −9B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 33101965 | 0 | — | −6B | +?N | +?B | −17N | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Bhuyan, Shreeyansh | 1576 | CAY | F | +38B | =12N | −10B | +39N | −6N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 1297 | -28.8 |
| 29 | FIDE 33101787 | 0 | — | F | −5N | −20B | +33B | −8N | +30N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 33101582 | 0 | — | −5B | +34N | −22N | +?B | −9N | −29B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.50 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 33101850 | 0 | — | −17B | +41N | −19B | −?N | +37N | −22B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 33102120 | 0 | — | F | −12N | +?B | −20N | +24B | −?B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 33101914 | 0 | — | +?B | −6N | −36B | −29N | −?B | +34N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 33101990 | 0 | — | −21N | −30B | −?N | +41B | =?N | −33B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 636 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 33101949 | 0 | — | −2B | =?N | +?B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 33102112 | 0 | — | F | −21B | +33N | −13N | −15B | −24N | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 636 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 33102058 | 0 | — | F | −18N | −14B | −?N | −31B | +41N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 33101868 | 0 | — | F | −28N | −?B | −?B | +?N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 33102031 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −28B | =17B | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 33101779 | 0 | — | F | −7N | −13B | −23N | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 868 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 33101973 | 0 | — | −22N | −31B | F | −34N | F | −37B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mclean, KylenCAY+52.84.5 pts · #3
- 2Graham, DezCAY+35.24.5 pts · #1
- 3Barrett, JaevionCAY+17.24.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Barrett, DaijonCAY-30.44.0 pts · #34
- 2Bhuyan, ShreeyanshCAY-28.82.5 pts · #13
- 3Joseph, AvivCAY-22.03.0 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R6+114 Elo gap