2026 Welsh under 13 Championship
14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. Top 10 Elo average was 1449, and top seed was Adam Sarwar (🇬🇧 WLS, 1565).
Archie Jones (🇬🇧 WLS, 1563) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Adam Sarwar (4.0) and Rohan Powell (3.5). Jones shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: FIDE 1810510 (1310) beat Toby Reckless (1455), a +145-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Jones takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Archie Jones drew with Adam Sarwar (Black).
Archie Jones went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Archie Jones | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Adam Sarwar | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Rohan Powell | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Toby Blankley | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones, Archie | 1563 | WLS | +3N | =4B | =2N | +6B | +5N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 13.00 | 1687 | +24.4 |
| 2 | Sarwar, Adam | 1565 | WLS | =8B | +13N | =1B | +7N | +4B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.75 | 1768 | +28.8 |
| 3 | Powell, Rohan | 1364 | WLS | −1B | +11N | =10B | +8N | +7B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Zhuravlev, Andrei | 1440 | WLS | +10N | =1N | +12B | =5B | −2N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1423 | -2.4 |
| 5 | Blankley, Toby | 1516 | WLS | +13B | +12N | =7B | =4N | −1B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1370 | -23.2 |
| 6 | Reckless, Toby | 1455 | WLS | −12B | +8N | +11B | −1N | +9N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 763 | -14.0 |
| 7 | Mandadapu, Raga Sreya | 1482 | WLS | +14N | +9B | =5N | −2B | −3N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1348 | -13.6 |
| 8 | FIDE 1809067 | 1379 | — | =2N | −6B | +14N | −3B | +10B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 1809318 | 1394 | — | +11B | −7N | +?B | =10N | −6B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 1807889 | 1310 | — | −4B | F | =3N | =9B | −8N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 640 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 1810618 | 0 | — | −9N | −3B | −6N | +13B | −?N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 1810510 | 1310 | — | +6N | −5B | −4N | −?B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1345 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 1809024 | 1336 | — | −5N | −2B | F | −11N | +14B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 1810235 | 1325 | — | −7B | +?N | −8B | F | −13N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 682 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sarwar, AdamWLS+28.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Jones, ArchieWLS+24.44.0 pts · #1
- 3FIDE 18078890.01.0 pts · #13
- 1Blankley, TobyWLS-23.23.0 pts · #3
- 2Reckless, TobyWLS-14.03.0 pts · #14
- 3Mandadapu, Raga SreyaWLS-13.62.5 pts · #8
- R1+145 Elo gap
- R5+118 Elo gap