2026 British Chess Championships: Championship

1 Aug to 9 Aug 2026 · University of Warwick, Coventry, England · 9-round Swiss · 40 moves in 90 min f.b. 30 minutes with 30 seconds added per move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Michael Adams ★: No. 2, 7/9, performance 2617
GM Luke J McShane ★: No. 3, 7/9, performance 2599 (+1)
FM Bodhana Sivanandan ★: No. 4, 7/11, performance 2393 (+23)

Standings

Standings, 2026 British Chess Championships: Championship
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Shreyas Royal	ENG	2502	7½	9	2687	+20
2	GM Michael Adams ★	ENG	2622	7	9	2617	0
3	GM Luke J McShane ★	ENG	2597	7	9	2599	+1
4	FM Bodhana Sivanandan ★	ENG	2303	7	11	2393	+23
5	IM Harry Grieve	ENG	2505	6½	9	2577	+9
6	IM Svyatoslav Bazakutsa	UKR	2495	6½	9	2576	+11
7	GM Simon K Williams	ENG	2455	6½	9	2528	+10
8	IM Siva Mahadevan	IND	2448	6½	9	2462	+4
9	GM Ameet K Ghasi	ENG	2494	6	9	2457	-4
10	IM Maciej Czopor	POL	2458	6	9	2438	-2
11	IM Jonah B Willow	ENG	2450	6	9	2420	-3
12	IM Tarun Kanyamarala	IRL	2435	6	9	2433	+1
13	GM Stephen J Gordon	ENG	2429	6	9	2351	-6
14	IM Richard G Pert	ENG	2410	6	9	2398	-1
15	FM Supratit Banerjee	ENG	2347	6	9	2502	+19
16	FM Lorenzo Fava	ITA	2343	6	9	2357	+6
17	FM Rishi Vijayakumar	SCO	2307	6	9	2332	+4
18	IM Aaravamudhan Balaji	ENG	2285	6	9	2386	+24
19	WGM Trisha Kanyamarala	IRL	2178	6	11	2244	+16
20	IM Marcus R Harvey	ENG	2470	5½	9	2404	-6
21	IM Peter T Roberson	ENG	2439	5½	9	2420	-1
22	IM Yichen Han	NED	2437	5½	9	2381	-4
23	IM James P Jackson	ENG	2381	5½	9	2282	-11
24	GM Nigel R Davies	ENG	2276	5½	9	2298	+3
25	CM Max N Turner	ENG	2273	5½	9	2380	+25
26	CM Jan Murawski	ENG	2246	5½	9	2345	+24
27	FM Kenneth Hobson	ENG	2244	5½	9	2367	+32
28	IM Frederick Waldhausen Gordon	SCO	2444	5	9	2386	-7
29	GM Neil McDonald	ENG	2399	5	9	2299	-12
30	FM Samuel Chow	AUS	2358	5	9	2321	-9
31	FM Stanley Badacsonyi	ENG	2312	5	9	2295	-4
32	IM Andrew J Ledger	ENG	2312	5	9	2334	+3
33	WGM Lan Yao	ENG	2308	5	9	2283	-6
34	FM Roland Bezuidenhout	RSA	2284	5	9	2305	+5
35	CM Zack Norris	ENG	2275	5	9	2201	-36
36	FM Tom Junde He	ENG	2266	5	9	2359	+23
37	IM John C Pigott	ENG	2256	5	9	2264	+1
38	FM Jude Shearsby	ENG	2243	5	9	2289	+10
39	CM Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham	ENG	2241	5	9	2257	+21
40	IM David H. Cummings	CAN	2233	5	9	2316	+11
41	Owen Crawford	ENG	2174	5	9	2267	+21
42	Arjun Kolani	ENG	2137	5	9	2221	+20
43	CM Ioanis Lentzos	GRE	2110	5	9	2327	+51
44	Mandar Tahmankar	IND	2085	5	9	2247	+34
45	Devesh Sharma	SCO	2063	5	9	2242	+84
46	GM Mark L Hebden	ENG	2345	4½	9	2297	-6
47	GM Peter K Wells	ENG	2318	4½	9	2243	-9
48	IM Richard A Bates	ENG	2291	4½	9	2228	-8
49	GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	SCO	2270	4½	9	2169	-12
50	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva	ENG	2261	4½	9	2143	-27
51	Livio Cancedda-Dupuis	ENG	2250	4½	9	2194	-24
52	Aron Saunders	ENG	2225	4½	9	2146	-19
53	FM Jonathan L B Blackburn	WLS	2220	4½	9	2220	-1
54	Sooraj M R	IND	2198	4½	9	2350	+36
55	Avadhoot Lokesh Bhakti Brahme	IND	2183	4½	9	2203	+10
56	FM Theo Khoury	ENG	2172	4½	9	2061	-54
57	CM Rithvik Deepak Ambattu	SCO	2164	4½	9	2299	+61
58	IM Chris W Baker	ENG	2154	4½	9	2246	+21
59	FM Tim P Wall	ENG	2148	4½	9	2208	+15
60	CM Billy Fellowes	ENG	2132	4½	9	2213	+39

Showing the top 60 of 108 players, plus every top-100 player. See the full results page for everyone else.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Finlay Bowcott-Terry – Luke J McShane	0-1
1.2	Michael Adams – Oleg Verbytski	1-0
1.24	Bodhana Sivanandan – George Zhao	½-½
2.1	Luke J McShane – Peter K Wells	½-½
2.2	Richard A Bates – Michael Adams	0-1
2.27	Ioanis Lentzos – Bodhana Sivanandan	0-1
3.1	Michael Adams – Mark L Hebden	1-0
3.1	Bodhana Sivanandan – Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham	1-0
3.7	Andrew J Ledger – Luke J McShane	½-½
4.1	Svyatoslav Bazakutsa – Michael Adams	1-0
4.4	Ameet K Ghasi – Bodhana Sivanandan	0-1
4.10	Luke J McShane – Max N Turner	1-0
5.3	Bodhana Sivanandan – Yichen Han	½-½
5.4	Richard G Pert – Luke J McShane	0-1
5.5	Michael Adams – Samuel Chow	1-0
6.2	Luke J McShane – Frederick Waldhausen Gordon	1-0
6.3	Yichen Han – Michael Adams	0-1
6.4	Bodhana Sivanandan – Shreyas Royal	0-1
7.1	Shreyas Royal – Luke J McShane	1-0
7.2	Michael Adams – Harry Grieve	½-½
7.8	Frederick Waldhausen Gordon – Bodhana Sivanandan	½-½
8.1	Michael Adams – Shreyas Royal	½-½
8.4	Luke J McShane – Jonah B Willow	1-0
8.12	Tom Junde He – Bodhana Sivanandan	½-½
9.2	Simon K Williams – Luke J McShane	0-1
9.3	Supratit Banerjee – Michael Adams	0-1
9.11	Bodhana Sivanandan – Kenneth Hobson	½-½
10.1	Trisha Kanyamarala – Bodhana Sivanandan	½-½
11.1	Bodhana Sivanandan – Trisha Kanyamarala	1-0

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.