2026 British Chess Championships: Championship| Organizer(s) | English Chess Federation |
| Federation | England ( ENG ) |
| Tournament director | Adrian Elwin |
| Chief Arbiter | IA Lara Barnes |
| Deputy Chief Arbiter | IA Emma-Jane Billington-Phillips |
| Arbiter | IA Matthew Carr, FA Richard Buxton, FA Chun Chiu, NA John Shaw |
| Time control (Standard) | 40/90’ + Game/30’ + 30”/move |
| Location | University of Warwick, Panorama Suite |
| Number of rounds | 9 |
| Tournament type | Swiss-System |
| Rating calculation | Rating national, Rating international |
| FIDE-Event-ID | 485896 |
| Date | 2026/08/01 to 2026/08/09 |
| Rating-Ø / Average age | 2213 / 29 |
| Pairing program | Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile |
Last update 07.08.2026 22:00:06, Creator/Last Upload: englishchessfederation
| Tournament selection | Championship, 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 |
| Links | Official Homepage of the Organizer, Lichess, Chess.com, Link with tournament calendar |
| Parameters | No tournament details, no flags
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| Lists | Starting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule |
| Ranking crosstable after Round 7, Starting rank crosstable |
| Board Pairings | Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7, Rd.8/9 , not paired |
| Ranking list after | Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7 |
| Games | There are 367 games available for download |
| Excel and Print | Export to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes |
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Rank after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | | | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | TB1 | K | rtg+/- |
| 1 | 3 | | GM | Royal, Shreyas | U18 | | ENG | 2514 | 6 | 10 | 12,7 |
| 2 | 2 | | GM | Adams, Michael | | | ENG | 2595 | 5,5 | 10 | 1,7 |
| 3 | 4 | | IM | Grieve, Harry | | | ENG | 2508 | 5,5 | 10 | 10,6 |
| 4 | 6 | | IM | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | U18 | | UKR | 2488 | 5,5 | 10 | 12,8 |
| 5 | 12 | | IM | Roberson, Peter T | | | ENG | 2439 | 5,5 | 10 | 6,9 |
| 6 | 13 | | GM | Williams, Simon K | | | ENG | 2438 | 5,5 | 10 | 8,3 |
| 7 | 1 | | GM | Mcshane, Luke J | | | ENG | 2597 | 5 | 10 | -4,9 |
| 8 | 5 | | GM | Ghasi, Ameet K | | | ENG | 2494 | 5 | 10 | -1,7 |
| 9 | 7 | | IM | Harvey, Marcus R | | | ENG | 2470 | 5 | 10 | 1,9 |
| 10 | 8 | | IM | Willow, Jonah B | | | ENG | 2459 | 5 | 10 | -3,2 |
| 11 | 11 | | IM | Mahadevan, Siva | | | IND | 2447 | 5 | 10 | -1,9 |
| 12 | 18 | | IM | Kanyamarala, Tarun | | | IRL | 2398 | 5 | 10 | 2,4 |
| 13 | 22 | | FM | Banerjee, Supratit | U18 | | ENG | 2357 | 5 | 20 | 27,2 |
| 14 | 9 | | IM | Czopor, Maciej | | | POL | 2455 | 4,5 | 10 | -3,6 |
| 15 | 10 | | IM | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | U18 | | SCO | 2455 | 4,5 | 10 | 0,4 |
| 16 | 14 | | GM | Gordon, Stephen J | | | ENG | 2429 | 4,5 | 10 | -7,5 |
| 17 | 16 | | IM | Pert, Richard G | | | ENG | 2410 | 4,5 | 10 | -2 |
| 18 | 20 | | IM | Jackson, James P | | | ENG | 2377 | 4,5 | 10 | -6,1 |
| 19 | 24 | | FM | Sivanandan, Bodhana | U18 | w | ENG | 2338 | 4,5 | 20 | 20,2 |
| 20 | 27 | | FM | Vijayakumar, Rishi | U18 | | SCO | 2315 | 4,5 | 20 | 2,8 |
| 21 | 28 | | FM | Fava, Lorenzo | U18 | | ITA | 2314 | 4,5 | 20 | -0,4 |
| 22 | 32 | | WGM | Kanyamarala, Trisha | U21 | w | IRL | 2296 | 4,5 | 20 | -13,8 |
| 23 | 35 | | IM | Balaji, Aaravamudhan | U21 | | ENG | 2285 | 4,5 | 20 | 10 |
| 24 | 38 | | CM | Turner, Max N | | | ENG | 2273 | 4,5 | 20 | 17,8 |
| 25 | 41 | | FM | He, Tom Junde | U18 | | ENG | 2266 | 4,5 | 40 | 55,6 |
| 26 | 50 | | IM | Cummings, David H | | | CAN | 2244 | 4,5 | 10 | 11 |
| 27 | 15 | | IM | Han, Yichen | U21 | | NED | 2421 | 4 | 10 | -3,1 |
| 28 | 17 | | GM | Mcdonald, Neil R | | | ENG | 2399 | 4 | 10 | -6,9 |
| 29 | 23 | | GM | Hebden, Mark L | | | ENG | 2345 | 4 | 10 | 3,4 |
| 30 | 25 | | WGM | Yao, Lan | | w | ENG | 2320 | 4 | 20 | -7,8 |
| 31 | 26 | | FM | Badacsonyi, Stanley | U18 | | ENG | 2320 | 4 | 20 | -0,2 |
| 32 | 30 | | IM | Ledger, Andrew J | | | ENG | 2312 | 4 | 10 | 7,7 |
| 33 | 33 | | FM | Shearsby, Jude | U18 | | ENG | 2293 | 4 | 20 | 6 |
| 34 | 36 | | GM | Davies, Nigel R | | | ENG | 2276 | 4 | 10 | -3,6 |
| 35 | 37 | | CM | Norris, Zack | U18 | | ENG | 2275 | 4 | 40 | -17,6 |
| 36 | 40 | | CM | Murawski, Jan | U18 | | ENG | 2270 | 4 | 40 | 16 |
| 37 | 51 | | FM | Hobson, Kenneth | U18 | | ENG | 2244 | 4 | 20 | 14,4 |
| 38 | 53 | | CM | Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav | U18 | | ENG | 2235 | 4 | 40 | 13,2 |
| 39 | 54 | | | Bowcott-Terry, Finlay | U21 | | ENG | 2232 | 4 | 20 | 21 |
| 40 | 57 | | FM | Blackburn, Jonathan Lb | | | WLS | 2220 | 4 | 20 | 10,8 |
| 41 | 60 | | | Crawford, Owen | | | ENG | 2205 | 4 | 20 | 6,2 |
| 42 | 61 | | | Raju, Sooraj Menothuparambil | | | IND | 2187 | 4 | 20 | 41 |
| 43 | 74 | | FM | Wall, Tim P | | | ENG | 2148 | 4 | 20 | 17,6 |
| 44 | 80 | | CM | Lentzos, Ioannis | | | GRE | 2110 | 4 | 20 | 42,2 |
| 45 | 19 | | FM | Chow, Sam | | | AUS | 2381 | 3,5 | 20 | -12,6 |
| 46 | 29 | | GM | Wells, Peter K | | | ENG | 2313 | 3,5 | 10 | -4,7 |
| 47 | 31 | | IM | Bates, Richard A | | | ENG | 2296 | 3,5 | 10 | -4,5 |
| 48 | 39 | | GM | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E | | w | SCO | 2270 | 3,5 | 10 | -7,5 |
| 49 | 42 | | FM | Bezuidenhout, Roland | | | RSA | 2262 | 3,5 | 20 | -4,8 |
| 50 | 43 | | WGM | Mirzoeva, Elmira | | w | ENG | 2261 | 3,5 | 20 | -24,6 |
| 51 | 45 | | IM | Pigott, John C | | | ENG | 2255 | 3,5 | 10 | 0,5 |
| 52 | 52 | | FM | Han, Qixiang | U18 | | ENG | 2239 | 3,5 | 20 | 16,2 |
| 53 | 58 | | WGM | Toma, Katarzyna | | w | ENG | 2208 | 3,5 | 20 | 6,2 |
| 54 | 67 | | CM | Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik | U18 | | SCO | 2164 | 3,5 | 40 | 40,4 |
| 55 | 68 | | | Brahme, Avadhoot Lokesh | U18 | | IND | 2160 | 3,5 | 40 | 0,8 |
| 56 | 71 | | IM | Baker, Chris W | | | ENG | 2153 | 3,5 | 20 | 14,4 |
| 57 | 75 | | | Cont, Arya | | | ENG | 2143 | 3,5 | 20 | 27,2 |
| 58 | 77 | | CM | Fellowes, Billy | U18 | | ENG | 2132 | 3,5 | 40 | 40 |
| 59 | 78 | | CM | Zhao, George | U18 | | ENG | 2125 | 3,5 | 40 | 20 |
| 60 | 79 | | | Nicholas, Koichi B | | | ENG | 2114 | 3,5 | 20 | 2,8 |
| 61 | 84 | | | Sharma, Devesh | U18 | | SCO | 2089 | 3,5 | 40 | 35,2 |
| 62 | 88 | | | Blackford, Ross | U21 | | SCO | 2075 | 3,5 | 20 | 35,6 |
| 63 | 21 | | IM | Golding, Alex | | | ENG | 2370 | 3 | 10 | -13,9 |
| 64 | 44 | | FM | Vaidyanathan, Adithya | U18 | | ENG | 2261 | 3 | 20 | -21 |
| 65 | 48 | | | Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio | U18 | | ENG | 2250 | 3 | 40 | -25,2 |
| 66 | 49 | | FM | Khoury, Theo | U18 | | ENG | 2249 | 3 | 40 | -84 |
| 67 | 63 | | CM | Dupuis, Denis K | U18 | | ENG | 2183 | 3 | 40 | -22 |
| 68 | 64 | | WFM | Dicen, Elis Denele | U18 | w | ENG | 2182 | 3 | 40 | -54,8 |
| 69 | 69 | | | Kothari, Jai | U18 | | ENG | 2160 | 3 | 40 | -23,2 |
| 70 | 70 | | | Kolani, Arjun | U21 | | ENG | 2158 | 3 | 20 | -6,6 |
| 71 | 72 | | | Majeed, Haroon | | | ENG | 2153 | 3 | 20 | -5,4 |
| 72 | 76 | | | Hill, Alistair | | | ENG | 2143 | 3 | 20 | 2,6 |
| 73 | 81 | | WFM | Hariharan, Shambavi | U18 | w | ENG | 2103 | 3 | 40 | -18,8 |
| 74 | 83 | | | Potter, John M | | | ENG | 2092 | 3 | 20 | 8,6 |
| 75 | 85 | | | Quaite, Toby | U18 | | ENG | 2085 | 3 | 40 | 37,6 |
| 76 | 86 | | | Tahmankar, Mandar | | | IND | 2085 | 3 | 20 | 24 |
| 77 | 90 | | WFM | Rida, Ruqayyah | U18 | w | ENG | 2070 | 3 | 40 | 14 |
| 78 | 91 | | | Davis, Colin J | | | ENG | 2056 | 3 | 20 | 15,2 |
| 79 | 93 | | | Green, Michael | | | ENG | 2038 | 3 | 20 | 24,2 |
| 80 | 96 | | | Cheng, Louis | U18 | | SCO | 2008 | 3 | 40 | 27,2 |
| 81 | 98 | | | Sefton, Adam | U18 | | ENG | 2003 | 3 | 40 | 73,2 |
| 82 | 55 | | | Verbytski, Oleg | U18 | | ENG | 2228 | 2,5 | 40 | -55,6 |
| 83 | 56 | | | Saunders, Aron | U21 | | ENG | 2225 | 2,5 | 20 | -29 |
| 84 | 65 | | | Carroll, Thomas | | | ENG | 2180 | 2,5 | 20 | -34,8 |
| 85 | 82 | | | Rughani, Mahin | U18 | | ENG | 2096 | 2,5 | 40 | -2 |
| 86 | 89 | | WCM | Bhatia, Kanishka | U18 | w | SCO | 2073 | 2,5 | 40 | 3,2 |
| 87 | 94 | | | Terler, Bohdan | U18 | | ENG | 2035 | 2,5 | 40 | 21,2 |
| 88 | 97 | | | Thomas, James | U18 | | ENG | 2005 | 2,5 | 40 | 29,2 |
| 89 | 99 | | | Friar, Joseph D | | | ENG | 1994 | 2,5 | 20 | 9,6 |
| 90 | 100 | | CM | Gunatilake, Vinuda | U18 | | SRI | 1986 | 2,5 | 40 | 8,4 |
| 91 | 34 | | IM | Fitzsimons, David | | | IRL | 2292 | 2 | 10 | -27,2 |
| 92 | 46 | | IM | Rudd, Jack | | | ENG | 2252 | 2 | 20 | -52,4 |
| 93 | 62 | | CM | Stubbs, Oliver | | | ENG | 2185 | 2 | 20 | -41,8 |
| 94 | 73 | | FM | Varnam, Liam D | | | ENG | 2149 | 2 | 20 | -26,2 |
| 95 | 87 | | | Patel, Zain | U18 | | ENG | 2077 | 2 | 40 | -20,4 |
| 96 | 92 | | CM | Rich, Aaron | U21 | | ENG | 2043 | 2 | 20 | -13,4 |
| 97 | 95 | | | Jermy, Jaden | U21 | | ENG | 2012 | 2 | 20 | -0,8 |
| 98 | 102 | | WCM | Camp, Imogen Al | | w | WLS | 1964 | 2 | 20 | -1,4 |
| 99 | 103 | | | Vaddhireddy, Sai | U21 | | ENG | 1953 | 2 | 20 | 8,8 |
| 100 | 106 | | | Chapman, Luke | U18 | | ENG | 1856 | 2 | 40 | -16,8 |
| 101 | 47 | | FM | Badacsonyi, Frankie | U21 | | ENG | 2252 | 1,5 | 20 | -13,6 |
| 102 | 66 | | | Elgar, Tim | U21 | | ENG | 2180 | 1,5 | 20 | -45,4 |
| 103 | 101 | | | Ortiz Sanchez, Luis | | | WLS | 1977 | 1,5 | 20 | -17,6 |
| 104 | 105 | | WCM | Nevska, Gerda | | w | GCI | 1860 | 1,5 | 20 | -24,8 |
| 105 | 107 | | WCM | Ruddy, Rachel | | w | JCI | 1681 | 1,5 | 20 | -4,8 |
| 106 | 104 | | WFM | Cooke, Suzy G | | w | SCO | 1933 | 1 | 20 | -28 |
| 107 | 59 | | IM | Mannion, Steve R | | | SCO | 2206 | 0 | 10 | -1,6 |
| 108 | 108 | | | Brown, Stephanie | | w | ENG | 1559 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Annotation: Tie Break1: points (game-points)
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