2026 British Chess Championships: Championship

Organizer(s)English Chess Federation
FederationEngland ( ENG )
Tournament directorAdrian Elwin
Chief ArbiterIA Lara Barnes
Deputy Chief ArbiterIA Emma-Jane Billington-Phillips
ArbiterIA Matthew Carr, FA Richard Buxton, FA Chun Chiu, NA John Shaw
Time control (Standard)40/90’ + Game/30’ + 30”/move
LocationUniversity of Warwick, Panorama Suite
Number of rounds9
Tournament typeSwiss-System
Rating calculationRating national, Rating international
FIDE-Event-ID485896
Date2026/08/01 to 2026/08/09
Rating-Ø / Average age2213 / 29
Pairing programSwiss-Manager from Heinz HerzogSwiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 07.08.2026 22:00:06, Creator/Last Upload: englishchessfederation

Tournament selectionChampionship, Major Open, Over 50, Over 65
Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10, Under 8
Rapid: Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10, Under 8
Blitz: Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10, Under 8
AM: Open, U1900, U1600
PM: U2050, U1750, U1450
Weekender: Atkins, Penrose, Soanes, Yates
Rapid: Open, U2000, U1750, U1500
Blitz: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Team
Festival: Bughouse, Chess960/Fischer Random, Simul, Hand & Brain
Rapid Quads: Mon AM: A, B, Mon PM: A, B, C, D, Tues AM: A, B, C
Tues PM: A, B, C, Wed AM: A, Wed PM: A, B, C, D, Thurs AM: A, B
Thurs PM: A, B, C, D, E, F, Fri AM: A, B
Fri PM: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
LinksOfficial Homepage of the Organizer, Lichess, Chess.com, Link with tournament calendar
Parameters No tournament details, no flags
ListsStarting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule
Ranking crosstable after Round 7, Starting rank crosstable
Board PairingsRd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7, Rd.8/9 , not paired
Ranking list afterRd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7
GamesThere are 367 games available for download
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Rank after Round 7

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtg TB1 Krtg+/-
13
GMRoyal, ShreyasU18ENG251461012,7
22
GMAdams, MichaelENG25955,5101,7
34
IMGrieve, HarryENG25085,51010,6
46
IMBazakutsa, SvyatoslavU18UKR24885,51012,8
512
IMRoberson, Peter TENG24395,5106,9
613
GMWilliams, Simon KENG24385,5108,3
71
GMMcshane, Luke JENG2597510-4,9
85
GMGhasi, Ameet KENG2494510-1,7
97
IMHarvey, Marcus RENG24705101,9
108
IMWillow, Jonah BENG2459510-3,2
1111
IMMahadevan, SivaIND2447510-1,9
1218
IMKanyamarala, TarunIRL23985102,4
1322
FMBanerjee, SupratitU18ENG235752027,2
149
IMCzopor, MaciejPOL24554,510-3,6
1510
IMWaldhausen Gordon, FrederickU18SCO24554,5100,4
1614
GMGordon, Stephen JENG24294,510-7,5
1716
IMPert, Richard GENG24104,510-2
1820
IMJackson, James PENG23774,510-6,1
1924
FMSivanandan, BodhanaU18wENG23384,52020,2
2027
FMVijayakumar, RishiU18SCO23154,5202,8
2128
FMFava, LorenzoU18ITA23144,520-0,4
2232
WGMKanyamarala, TrishaU21wIRL22964,520-13,8
2335
IMBalaji, AaravamudhanU21ENG22854,52010
2438
CMTurner, Max NENG22734,52017,8
2541
FMHe, Tom JundeU18ENG22664,54055,6
2650
IMCummings, David HCAN22444,51011
2715
IMHan, YichenU21NED2421410-3,1
2817
GMMcdonald, Neil RENG2399410-6,9
2923
GMHebden, Mark LENG23454103,4
3025
WGMYao, LanwENG2320420-7,8
3126
FMBadacsonyi, StanleyU18ENG2320420-0,2
3230
IMLedger, Andrew JENG23124107,7
3333
FMShearsby, JudeU18ENG22934206
3436
GMDavies, Nigel RENG2276410-3,6
3537
CMNorris, ZackU18ENG2275440-17,6
3640
CMMurawski, JanU18ENG227044016
3751
FMHobson, KennethU18ENG224442014,4
3853
CMLishoy Gengis Paratazham, DildaravU18ENG223544013,2
3954
Bowcott-Terry, FinlayU21ENG223242021
4057
FMBlackburn, Jonathan LbWLS222042010,8
4160
Crawford, OwenENG22054206,2
4261
Raju, Sooraj MenothuparambilIND218742041
4374
FMWall, Tim PENG214842017,6
4480
CMLentzos, IoannisGRE211042042,2
4519
FMChow, SamAUS23813,520-12,6
4629
GMWells, Peter KENG23133,510-4,7
4731
IMBates, Richard AENG22963,510-4,5
4839
GMArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan EwSCO22703,510-7,5
4942
FMBezuidenhout, RolandRSA22623,520-4,8
5043
WGMMirzoeva, ElmirawENG22613,520-24,6
5145
IMPigott, John CENG22553,5100,5
5252
FMHan, QixiangU18ENG22393,52016,2
5358
WGMToma, KatarzynawENG22083,5206,2
5467
CMDeepak Ambattu, RithvikU18SCO21643,54040,4
5568
Brahme, Avadhoot LokeshU18IND21603,5400,8
5671
IMBaker, Chris WENG21533,52014,4
5775
Cont, AryaENG21433,52027,2
5877
CMFellowes, BillyU18ENG21323,54040
5978
CMZhao, GeorgeU18ENG21253,54020
6079
Nicholas, Koichi BENG21143,5202,8
6184
Sharma, DeveshU18SCO20893,54035,2
6288
Blackford, RossU21SCO20753,52035,6
6321
IMGolding, AlexENG2370310-13,9
6444
FMVaidyanathan, AdithyaU18ENG2261320-21
6548
Cancedda-Dupuis, LivioU18ENG2250340-25,2
6649
FMKhoury, TheoU18ENG2249340-84
6763
CMDupuis, Denis KU18ENG2183340-22
6864
WFMDicen, Elis DeneleU18wENG2182340-54,8
6969
Kothari, JaiU18ENG2160340-23,2
7070
Kolani, ArjunU21ENG2158320-6,6
7172
Majeed, HaroonENG2153320-5,4
7276
Hill, AlistairENG21433202,6
7381
WFMHariharan, ShambaviU18wENG2103340-18,8
7483
Potter, John MENG20923208,6
7585
Quaite, TobyU18ENG208534037,6
7686
Tahmankar, MandarIND208532024
7790
WFMRida, RuqayyahU18wENG207034014
7891
Davis, Colin JENG205632015,2
7993
Green, MichaelENG203832024,2
8096
Cheng, LouisU18SCO200834027,2
8198
Sefton, AdamU18ENG200334073,2
8255
Verbytski, OlegU18ENG22282,540-55,6
8356
Saunders, AronU21ENG22252,520-29
8465
Carroll, ThomasENG21802,520-34,8
8582
Rughani, MahinU18ENG20962,540-2
8689
WCMBhatia, KanishkaU18wSCO20732,5403,2
8794
Terler, BohdanU18ENG20352,54021,2
8897
Thomas, JamesU18ENG20052,54029,2
8999
Friar, Joseph DENG19942,5209,6
90100
CMGunatilake, VinudaU18SRI19862,5408,4
9134
IMFitzsimons, DavidIRL2292210-27,2
9246
IMRudd, JackENG2252220-52,4
9362
CMStubbs, OliverENG2185220-41,8
9473
FMVarnam, Liam DENG2149220-26,2
9587
Patel, ZainU18ENG2077240-20,4
9692
CMRich, AaronU21ENG2043220-13,4
9795
Jermy, JadenU21ENG2012220-0,8
98102
WCMCamp, Imogen AlwWLS1964220-1,4
99103
Vaddhireddy, SaiU21ENG19532208,8
100106
Chapman, LukeU18ENG1856240-16,8
10147
FMBadacsonyi, FrankieU21ENG22521,520-13,6
10266
Elgar, TimU21ENG21801,520-45,4
103101
Ortiz Sanchez, LuisWLS19771,520-17,6
104105
WCMNevska, GerdawGCI18601,520-24,8
105107
WCMRuddy, RachelwJCI16811,520-4,8
106104
WFMCooke, Suzy GwSCO1933120-28
10759
IMMannion, Steve RSCO2206010-1,6
108108
Brown, StephaniewENG1559000

Annotation:
Tie Break1: points (game-points)