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
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	TB1	rtg+/-
1	GM Royal, Shreyas	ENG	2514	7.5	18.7
2	GM Mcshane, Luke J ★	ENG	2597	7	1.1
3	GM Adams, Michael ★	ENG	2595	7	2.6
4	IM Grieve, Harry	ENG	2508	6.5	9.7
5	IM Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav	UKR	2488	6.5	11.4
6	IM Mahadevan, Siva	IND	2447	6.5	4.1
7	GM Williams, Simon K	ENG	2438	6.5	11.1
8	GM Ghasi, Ameet K	ENG	2494	6	-3,7
9	IM Willow, Jonah B	ENG	2459	6	-3,7
10	IM Czopor, Maciej	POL	2455	6	-1,5
11	GM Gordon, Stephen J	ENG	2429	6	-6,5
12	IM Pert, Richard G	ENG	2410	6	-0,6
13	IM Kanyamarala, Tarun	IRL	2398	6	4.5
14	FM Banerjee, Supratit	ENG	2357	6	35.8
15	FM Vijayakumar, Rishi	SCO	2315	6	8.6
16	FM Fava, Lorenzo	ITA	2314	6	13
17	IM Balaji, Aaravamudhan	ENG	2285	6	24.4
18	IM Harvey, Marcus R	ENG	2470	5.5	-5,9
19	IM Roberson, Peter T	ENG	2439	5.5	-1,4
20	IM Han, Yichen	NED	2421	5.5	-2,9
21	IM Jackson, James P	ENG	2377	5.5	-10,3
22	FM Sivanandan, Bodhana ★	ENG	2338	5.5	15.6
23	WGM Kanyamarala, Trisha	IRL	2296	5.5	-10,6
24	GM Davies, Nigel R	ENG	2276	5.5	3.3
25	CM Turner, Max N	ENG	2273	5.5	25.4
26	CM Murawski, Jan	ENG	2270	5.5	37.2
27	FM Hobson, Kenneth	ENG	2244	5.5	31.2
28	IM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick	SCO	2455	5	-8,4
29	GM Mcdonald, Neil R	ENG	2399	5	-11,5
30	FM Chow, Sam	AUS	2381	5	-14,2
31	WGM Yao, Lan	ENG	2320	5	-10,8
32	FM Badacsonyi, Stanley	ENG	2320	5	-4,8
33	IM Ledger, Andrew J	ENG	2312	5	2.9
34	FM Shearsby, Jude	ENG	2293	5	-1
35	CM Norris, Zack	ENG	2275	5	-36
36	FM He, Tom Junde	ENG	2266	5	47.2
37	FM Bezuidenhout, Roland	RSA	2262	5	6.6
38	IM Pigott, John C	ENG	2255	5	1.2
39	IM Cummings, David H	CAN	2244	5	9.4
40	CM Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	ENG	2235	5	23.6
41	Crawford, Owen	ENG	2205	5	14.2
42	Kolani, Arjun	ENG	2158	5	14.4
43	CM Lentzos, Ioannis	GRE	2110	5	51.8
44	Sharma, Devesh	SCO	2089	5	72.8
45	Tahmankar, Mandar	IND	2085	5	36.6
46	GM Hebden, Mark L	ENG	2345	4.5	-5,5
47	GM Wells, Peter K	ENG	2313	4.5	-8,5
48	IM Bates, Richard A	ENG	2296	4.5	-8,6
49	GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E	SCO	2270	4.5	-11,6
50	WGM Mirzoeva, Elmira	ENG	2261	4.5	-27
51	Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio	ENG	2250	4.5	-22,4
52	FM Khoury, Theo	ENG	2249	4.5	-87,2
53	Saunders, Aron	ENG	2225	4.5	-18,6
54	FM Blackburn, Jonathan Lb	WLS	2220	4.5	-0,8
55	Raju, Sooraj Menothuparambil	IND	2187	4.5	38
56	CM Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik	SCO	2164	4.5	61.2
57	Brahme, Avadhoot Lokesh	IND	2160	4.5	19.2
58	IM Baker, Chris W	ENG	2153	4.5	21.2
59	FM Wall, Tim P	ENG	2148	4.5	15.4
60	CM Fellowes, Billy	ENG	2132	4.5	38.8
61	Quaite, Toby	ENG	2085	4.5	70.8
62	Davis, Colin J	ENG	2056	4.5	32.4
63	Sefton, Adam	ENG	2003	4.5	113.2
64	FM Vaidyanathan, Adithya	ENG	2261	4	-28,8
65	FM Han, Qixiang	ENG	2239	4	-1,4
66	Bowcott-Terry, Finlay	ENG	2232	4	12.2
67	WGM Toma, Katarzyna	ENG	2208	4	-2,4
68	Cont, Arya	ENG	2143	4	26.6
69	Nicholas, Koichi B	ENG	2114	4	1.2
70	WFM Hariharan, Shambavi	ENG	2103	4	-7,2
71	Blackford, Ross	SCO	2075	4	34
72	WFM Rida, Ruqayyah	ENG	2070	4	33.6
73	CM Rich, Aaron	ENG	2043	4	13
74	Green, Michael	ENG	2038	4	32.4
75	IM Fitzsimons, David	IRL	2292	3.5	-28,2
76	CM Dupuis, Denis K	ENG	2183	3.5	-26,4
77	WFM Dicen, Elis Denele	ENG	2182	3.5	-85,6
78	Kothari, Jai	ENG	2160	3.5	-55,6
79	CM Zhao, George	ENG	2125	3.5	-3,6
80	Rughani, Mahin	ENG	2096	3.5	-10
81	Potter, John M	ENG	2092	3.5	5.6
82	Patel, Zain	ENG	2077	3.5	-6
83	WCM Bhatia, Kanishka	SCO	2073	3.5	19.6
84	Terler, Bohdan	ENG	2035	3.5	31.2
85	Cheng, Louis	SCO	2008	3.5	24
86	Friar, Joseph D	ENG	1994	3.5	14.8
87	CM Gunatilake, Vinuda	SRI	1986	3.5	-3,6
88	IM Golding, Alex	ENG	2370	3	-13,9
89	IM Rudd, Jack	ENG	2252	3	-64
90	Verbytski, Oleg	ENG	2228	3	-97,2
91	Carroll, Thomas	ENG	2180	3	-53,2
92	Elgar, Tim	ENG	2180	3	-48,6
93	Majeed, Haroon	ENG	2153	3	-17,2
94	Hill, Alistair	ENG	2143	3	-24
95	Thomas, James	ENG	2005	3	19.6
96	Ortiz Sanchez, Luis	WLS	1977	3	-6,2
97	Vaddhireddy, Sai	ENG	1953	3	21.2
98	WFM Cooke, Suzy G	SCO	1933	3	-28
99	Chapman, Luke	ENG	1856	3	0.4
100	FM Varnam, Liam D	ENG	2149	2.5	-43,6

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Standings, 2026 British Chess Championships: Championship
#	Name	Fed	Rtg	TB1	rtg+/-
101	CM Stubbs, Oliver	ENG	2185	2	-41,8
102	Jermy, Jaden	ENG	2012	2	-4
103	WCM Camp, Imogen Al	WLS	1964	2	-17,6
104	FM Badacsonyi, Frankie	ENG	2252	1.5	-13,6
105	WCM Nevska, Gerda	GCI	1860	1.5	-34,2
106	WCM Ruddy, Rachel	JCI	1681	1.5	-4,8
107	IM Mannion, Steve R	SCO	2206	0	-1,6
108	Brown, Stephanie	ENG	1559	0	0

TB1 points (game-points)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

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

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