“Gigafinals” are the penultimate stage in the UK Chess Challenge individual rapidplay championships for individuals under 18 (as at 31/08/2023), with U-18, U-14, U-12, U-10 and U-8 age brackets, with separate Girls’ and Boys’ championship titles at stake in each age group. In some age groups girls and boys play in a single group while other age groups have separate girls’ and boys’ events.. This year’s Northern Gigafinal was held at Wright Robinson College, Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton, Manchester, M18 8RL. Under 10 and Under-9 age groups played on Saturday 1st July and the older groups on Sunday 2nd.

Results were as follows:

U-18 Mixed

U-14 Mixed

U-12 Boys

	Under 18 (mixed)

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6			7		SPS

1	Artem Lutsko	2098	1	B	25	1	W	13	1	B	2	1	W	15	1	B	4	1	W	3	1	B	10
	Tytherington			1			2			3			4			5			6			7		28
2	Abigail R Weersing	1873	1	W	43	1	B	30	0	W	1	1	B	35	1	W	34	1	B	6	1	W	12
	Essex Juniors			1			2			2			3			4			5			6		23
3	Sanjith Madhavan	1970	1	B	50	1	W	18	1	B	8	½	W	4	1	B	5	0	B	1	1	W	9
	St Ninian's			1			2			3			3½			4½			4½			5½		24
4	Aron Saunders	2110	1	W	42	1	B	20	1	W	11	½	B	3	0	W	1	½	W	5	1	B	19
	Downend & Fishponds			1			2			3			3½			3½			4			5		22
5	Tashika Arora	1768	1	B	33	½	W	6	1	B	29	1	W	10	0	W	3	½	B	4	1	W	15
	Oxford			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			4			5		21
6	Frankie Badacsonyi	2147	1	W	31	½	B	5	1	W	24	½	B	23	1	B	15	0	W	2	1	B	17
	Fortismere			1			1½			2½			3			4			4			5		21
7	Karan Kukreja	1959	1	W	39	1	B	34	0	W	15	1	B	18	½	W	23	½	B	17	1	W	16
	King Edward VI Camp Hill For Boys			1			2			2			3			3½			4			5		20½
8	Keatan Patel	1824	+	W	55	1	B	36	0	W	3	0	B	34	1	W	31	1	B	35	1	W	18
	Coventry Chess Academy			1			2			2			2			3			4			5		19
9	Dimitrios Levon Zakarian	2070	1	W	21	1	B	35	½	W	23	½	B	11	½	W	17	1	B	16	0	B	3
	Magdalen College			1			2			2½			3			3½			4½			4½		21
10	Aaron Rich	1772	1	W	48	1	B	46	½	W	16	0	B	5	1	W	13	1	B	24	0	W	1
	York			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4½			4½		20½
11	Hayk Mesropyan	1959	1	B	22	1	W	19	0	B	4	½	W	9	0	B	12	1	W	41	1	B	27
	King Edward's, Birmingham			1			2			2			2½			2½			3½			4½		18
12	Freddie Pick	1540	0	W	36	1	B	49	1	W	46	½	B	13	1	W	11	1	B	23	0	B	2
	South Bristol Junior			0			1			2			2½			3½			4½			4½		18
13	Xiaofan Li	1709	1	W	41	0	B	1	1	B	14	½	W	12	0	B	10	1	W	29	1	B	25
	Hymers College			1			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4½		17
14	John Moughtin-Leay	1491	1	W	51	½	B	16	0	W	13	0	B	24	1	W	42	1	B	28	1	W	23
	Lichfield			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			3½			4½		16
15	Tim Elgar	1789	1	B	47	1	W	28	1	B	7	0	B	1	0	W	6	1	W	26	0	B	5
	Ashton Community			1			2			3			3			3			4			4		20
16	Anum Sheikh	1868	1	B	37	½	W	14	½	B	10	1	W	19	1	B	25	0	W	9	0	B	7
	London Academy of Excellence			1			1½			2			3			4			4			4		19½
17	Kandara Acharya	1653	0	W	24	1	B	37	1	W	31	1	B	30	½	B	9	½	W	7	0	W	6
	Bristol Grammar			0			1			2			3			3½			4			4		17½
18	Dylan Davies	1596	+	W	56	0	B	3	1	W	42	0	W	7	1	B	32	1	W	21	0	B	8
	BKHS Bablake			1			1			2			2			3			4			4		17
19	Alexander Burke	1585	+	B	57	0	B	11	1	W	22	0	B	16	1	W	36	1	B	34	0	W	4
	Worsley			1			1			2			2			3			4			4		17
20	Kateryna Bakhor	1691	1	B	52	0	W	4	0	B	25	1	W	40	0	B	21	1	W	47	1	W	24
	Stockport			1			1			1			2			2			3			4		14
21	Toby Quaite	1374	0	B	9	½	W	40	½	B	45	1	W	44	1	W	20	0	B	18	1	W	35
	Leeds Junior			0			½			1			2			3			3			4		13½
22	Byon M Meyer	1360	0	W	11	1	B	51	0	B	19	0	W	32	1	B	48	1	W	45	1	W	34
	Colchester Royal Grammar			0			1			1			1			2			3			4		12
23	Kyle Pelling	1825	1	B	38	1	W	44	½	B	9	½	W	6	½	B	7	0	W	12	0	B	14
	3Cs			1			2			2½			3			3½			3½			3½		19
24	Varun Nayak	1262	1	B	17	½	W	29	0	B	6	1	W	14	1	B	26	0	W	10	0	B	20
	The Grammar at Leeds			1			1½			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½		17
25	Harrison Crook	1375	0	W	1	1	B	48	1	W	20	1	B	29	0	W	16	½	B	27	0	W	13
	Great Harwood			0			1			2			3			3			3½			3½		16
26	William Cobb	1465	0	W	46	1	B	47	1	W	36	1	B	27	0	W	24	0	B	15	½	W	32
	Hastings			0			1			2			3			3			3			3½		15½
27	Harry Tennant	1653	0	B	44	1	W	38	1	B	50	0	W	26	1	B	37	½	W	25	0	W	11
	Billingham Synthonia			0			1			2			2			3			3½			3½		15
28	Henry Stephenson	0	1	-	bye	0	B	15	0	W	34	1	W	38	1	B	30	0	W	14	½	B	31
	Wigton			1			1			1			2			3			3			3½		14½
29	Joe Aj Hirst	1845	1	W	49	½	B	24	0	W	5	0	W	25	1	B	40	0	B	13	1	W	36
	Newcastle-Under-Lyme			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			2½			3½		14
30	Maximus Pento	1453	1	B	45	0	W	2	1	B	32	0	W	17	0	W	28	½	B	33	1	B	41
	Rydal Penrhos			1			1			2			2			2			2½			3½		14
31	Tee Joseph Brookes	1440	0	B	6	1	W	33	0	B	17	1	W	47	0	B	8	1	W	44	½	W	28
	Cheshire & N Wales Juniors			0			1			1			2			2			3			3½		12½
32	Alice Sturman	1081	0	W	34	1	B	39	0	W	30	1	B	22	0	W	18	1	W	38	½	B	26
	Redcar			0			1			1			2			2			3			3½		12½
33	Thatcher Nulty	1294	0	W	5	0	B	31	0	W	37	1	B	51	1	W	49	½	W	30	1	B	40
	The King's In Macclesfield			0			0			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
34	Polina Popovtseva	1468	1	B	32	0	W	7	1	B	28	1	W	8	0	B	2	0	W	19	0	B	22
	Lady Eleanor Hollies			1			1			2			3			3			3			3		16
35	Miles Morris Dawson	1527	1	B	40	0	W	9	1	B	44	0	W	2	1	B	45	0	W	8	0	B	21
	Gwent Juniors			1			1			2			2			3			3			3		15
36	Vishnu Vadlamani	1199	1	B	12	0	W	8	0	B	26	1	W	50	0	B	19	1	W	37	0	B	29
	Allwoodley			1			1			1			2			2			3			3		13
37	Archie Flavell	1340	0	W	16	0	W	17	1	B	33	1	B	46	0	W	27	0	B	36	1	W	48
	Telepost Club			0			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
38	Elijah Green	1327	0	W	23	0	B	27	1	W	51	0	B	28	1	W	46	0	B	32	1	W	45
	Sussex Juniors			0			0			1			1			2			2			3		9
39	Margarita Nasibova	1363	0	B	7	0	W	32	1	B	48	0	W	45	0	B	41	1	W	51	1	B	47
	Coventry Chess Academy			0			0			1			1			1			2			3		8
40	Angus Paton	1191	0	W	35	½	B	21	1	W	43	0	B	20	0	W	29	1	B	42	0	W	33
	Shrewsbury House			0			½			1½			1½			1½			2½			2½		10
41	Jonah Tomsett	1277	0	B	13	0	W	50	1	W	49	½	B	42	1	W	39	0	B	11	0	W	30
	West Nottingham			0			0			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
42	Chu Hei Chow	1410	0	B	4	1	W	52	0	B	18	½	W	41	0	B	14	0	W	40	1	B	50
	Patchway Community College			0			1			1			1½			1½			1½			2½		9
43	Charlie Hanson	1348	0	B	2	½	W	45	0	B	40	0	W	48	0	B	44	1	W	52	1	B	46
	David Nieper Academy			0			½			½			½			½			1½			2½		6
44	Ingmar So	1253	1	W	27	0	B	23	0	W	35	0	B	21	1	W	43	0	B	31
	Northwich Junior			1			1			1			1			2			2			2		10
45	Rhys Orton	0	0	W	30	½	B	43	½	W	21	1	B	39	0	W	35	0	B	22	0	B	38
	Thornaby			0			½			1			2			2			2			2		9½
46	Ajay Selvan	991	1	B	26	0	W	10	0	B	12	0	W	37	0	B	38	1	B	49	0	W	43
	Yarm			1			1			1			1			1			2			2		9
47	William Saxton	1322	0	W	15	0	W	26	1	B	52	0	B	31	1	W	50	0	B	20	0	W	39
	David Nieper Academy			0			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
48	Muhammed Mehmood	1319	0	B	10	0	W	25	0	W	39	1	B	43	0	W	22	1	B	50	0	B	37
	Solihull			0			0			0			1			1			2			2		6
49	Ryan Barton	1330	0	B	29	0	W	12	0	B	41	1	W	52	0	B	33	0	W	46	1	B	51
	Dawley Royal British Legion			0			0			0			1			1			1			2		5
50	Andrei Pana	1372	0	W	3	1	B	41	0	W	27	0	B	36	0	B	47	0	W	48	0	W	42
	David Nieper Academy			0			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
51	Olivia Nikiel	1119	0	B	14	0	W	22	0	B	38	0	W	33	1	B	52	0	B	39	0	W	49
	Derby			0			0			0			0			1			1			1		3
52	Max Olbison	1271	0	W	20	0	B	42	0	W	47	0	B	49	0	W	51	0	B	43	1	-	bye
	Boston Spa Academy			0			0			0			0			0			0			1		1
53	Savas Marin Stoica	2117	-	B	54
	Hendon			0			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
54	Amelia Wheeler	1417	-	W	53
	Harrogate			0			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
55	Tomas Matthews-Asensio	1325	-	B	8
	West Nottingham			0			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
56	Poppy Dawson-Best	1213	-	B	18
	West Bridgford			0			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
57	David Heath	1213	-	W	19
	Brecon High			0			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Under 14 (mixed)

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6			7		SPS

1	Theo Khoury	2057	1	W	33	1	B	34	1	W	17	1	B	24	1	W	2	½	B	3	1	W	8
	Gillotts			1			2			3			4			5			5½			6½		27
2	Kenneth Hobson	2010	1	B	38	1	W	18	1	B	8	1	W	9	0	B	1	1	W	4	1	B	6
	Cowley			1			2			3			4			4			5			6		25
3	Stanley Badacsonyi	2187	½	B	22	1	W	37	1	B	13	1	W	12	1	B	7	½	W	1	1	B	11
	Fortismere			½			1½			2½			3½			4½			5			6		23½
4	Denis K Dupuis	2181	1	W	23	1	B	39	1	W	5	½	B	10	1	W	26	0	B	2	1	W	16
	Wilson's			1			2			3			3½			4½			4½			5½		24
5	Lindsay Pyun	1749	1	B	52	1	W	50	0	B	4	1	W	32	½	B	9	1	W	18	1	B	15
	Loughborough High			1			2			2			3			3½			4½			5½		21½
6	Maksym Larchikov	2095	1	B	35	1	W	20	1	B	46	0	W	7	1	W	10	1	B	24	0	W	2
	Thomas Keble			1			2			3			3			4			5			5		23
7	Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia	1933	1	W	63	1	B	31	1	W	29	1	B	6	0	W	3	0	B	8	1	W	25
	Surrey Juniors			1			2			3			4			4			4			5		23
8	Raman Vashisht-Pigem	1723	1	W	58	1	B	27	0	W	2	1	B	29	1	W	19	1	W	7	0	B	1
	Hammersmith			1			2			2			3			4			5			5		22
9	Dhriti Anand	1845	1	W	67	1	B	21	1	W	30	0	B	2	½	W	5	1	B	40	½	W	19
	North London Collegiate			1			2			3			3			3½			4½			5		22
10	Alex Royle	1998	1	W	47	1	B	42	1	W	25	½	W	4	0	B	6	½	B	12	1	W	31
	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Horncastle			1			2			3			3½			3½			4			5		22
11	Tushar Roul	1784	1	W	65	0	B	29	1	W	33	1	B	31	1	W	17	1	B	25	0	W	3
	East Kilbride			1			1			2			3			4			5			5		21
12	Zain Amir	1699	1	B	49	½	W	41	1	B	64	0	B	3	1	W	39	½	W	10	1	B	27
	Hallfield			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			4			5		20
13	Aiden Ahmad	1521	1	W	75	½	B	16	0	W	3	1	B	63	½	W	27	1	B	35	1	W	24
	Kingston			1			1½			1½			2½			3			4			5		18½
14	Sathya Vaidyanathan	1744	1	W	61	0	B	30	0	W	47	1	B	53	1	W	62	1	B	36	1	W	33
	King Edward VI Camp Hill For Boys			1			1			1			2			3			4			5		17
15	Alexander Hertog	1652	1	W	53	1	B	43	0	W	24	1	B	30	½	W	16	1	B	26	0	W	5
	Ojays			1			2			2			3			3½			4½			4½		20½
16	Shriaansh Ganti	1899	1	B	70	½	W	13	½	B	28	1	W	48	½	B	15	1	W	20	0	B	4
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1½			2			3			3½			4½			4½		20
17	Anirudh Shidlagatta	1733	1	B	54	1	W	32	0	B	1	1	W	50	0	B	11	1	W	30	½	B	21