Qualifiers Current

Qualifiers for BGA Championship 2026 - updated from ratings on 25/08/2025

The following list identifies UK players who have met the British Championship rating criteria (GoR>=1900) during the current qualifying year. Please see the British Championship page for full details of other requirements including British residency and tournament attendance, which must be met in order to qualify.

The qualifiers table lists players in order of qualification date, and shows your rating details on the date you first qualified. If the list does not show, please ensure your URL has scheme http: and not https: (i)

Oh, Chi-Min8d3.0p2025/07/26276144Oxford University
Yang, Yaoling7d1.9p2025/06/14272836Bristol
Wan, Quan7d1.1p2025/06/0727035Manchester
Woo, Ho_Yeung6d6.2d2025/07/26261526Nottingham
Xing, Yuhang6d6.0d2025/08/0926038Glasgow
       
Yuan, Chenhe5d5.3d2025/06/2825286No Club
Xiao, Qinghao5d5.0d2025/06/0724992Cardiff
Li, Mingda5d5.0d2025/06/2824973Cardiff
Cui, Xuanqi5d4.9d2025/06/0724933No Club
Cheung, Tik_Wai5d4.7d2025/08/09247320No Club
       
Kay, Andrew5d4.5d2025/07/262451103Swansea
Xue, Peikai4d4.4d2025/08/09243674UCL
Cobbold, Scott4d4.1d2025/07/26241498Cambridge Uni
Poltronieri, Bruno4d4.1d2025/05/03241265Cambridge
Game, Jake4d4.1d2025/06/28241010Swindon
       
Li, Anson_Chung_Tin4d3.9d2025/07/2623946Edinburgh
Zhang, Yangran3d3.3d2025/08/09232743Manchester
Shi, Zhan3d3.2d2025/08/09232324Manchester
Zhang, Ryan3d3.2d2025/05/03232379London City
Kwok, Alvina3d3.1d2025/07/29230840No Club
       
Wu, Zhuolin3d2.9d2025/05/2422941No Club
Wen, George2d2.5d2025/07/26225114No Club
Zhao, Yichun2d2.3d2025/08/0922267Manchester
Wall, Alistair2d2.0d2025/06/282204356No Club
Bithell, Sam2d2.0d2025/06/07220134Durham
       
Ng, Kwun_Yin2d2.0d2025/08/09219813No Club
Wei, Lantian2d2.0d2025/06/2821951Warwick University
Hunt, Tim2d1.9d2025/05/032194177Milton Keynes
Peng, Haoran1d1.6d2025/08/0921598Lancaster
Hunter, Richard2d1.6d2025/06/28215874Bristol
       
Wu, Xinyuan1d1.4d2025/07/2021425No Club
Swan, Andrew1d1.2d2025/07/05211812CODE Ljub
Smith, Edmund1d1.1d2025/07/262114124Warwick University
Scarff, Christian1d1.0d2025/05/032100146Swindon
Carter, Dylan1d1.0d2025/06/28209661Cardiff
       
Coulthard, Tom1d0.9d2025/08/09209328Newcastle
Guan, Ai1d0.7d2025/08/09207393Birmingham
Smith, Paul1d0.7d2025/08/092071106Cambridge
Terry, Alex1d0.7d2025/05/03207016Bristol
Zhao, Jin1d0.7d2025/08/0920667Manchester
       
Wheeldon, Richard1d0.7d2025/07/262065106London Go Centre
Eurenius, Bjorn1k0.7d2025/06/28206543Manchester
Reid, Matthew1k0.5d2025/05/302053129Cambridge
Leung, Kam_Chuen1k0.5d2025/07/26205213London Go Centre
Roberts, Brook1k0.7k2025/07/26203525London City
       
Zhou, George1d0.8k2025/07/26202424Sheffield
Roads, Francis1k1.0k2025/07/202000314London Go Centre
Manning, Toby1k1.0k2025/08/091997362Leicester
Ng, Chun_Yin1k1.1k2025/05/24199511No Club
Yu, Shiyi1k1.1k2025/08/0919896Manchester
       
Kudla, Grzegorz1k1.3k2025/06/07196836Edinburgh
Cockburn, Mike1k1.5k2025/07/26195491St Albans
Moulds, Richard2k1.6k2025/08/09194439Manchester
Hill, John2k1.6k2025/05/2419431Brighton
Mitcham-Harding, Michael2k1.9k2025/07/24191318York
       
Ng, Sydney2k2.0k2025/08/0919012Manchester

Qualifiers for 2026: 56

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