British Youth Go Championship 2026

Tournament Name

British Youth

Tournament Date

Sat, 7 Nov 2026

Played at Lady Bay Church, Nottingham.

Section Winners (runners-up)

U18: Alvina Kwok (Daniel Yang )
U16: Andrew Volovich (Soorena Zarafshani))
U14: Ryan Zhang (Hayes Lee)
U12: Caleb Fai (Aiden Fung)
U10: Joshua Fai (Edwin Lin)
U8: -

Youth Champion: Alvina Kwok
Top Girl: Alvina Kwok

Novices Winner: Hannah Stanley (5/5)
5/5 Winner Yat Long Yip
4/5 Winners: Soorena Zarafshani, Leo Zhang, Karnnapas Tabsai

Xinyi Wang had not lived in the UK long enough to win a national title so was U12 Open Champion.

The bar was at 3k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Posn	No	Name	Rank	Club	Age	1	2	3	4	5	Wins	MMS	CUSP
1	1	Alvina Kwok	3d	Oakham	U18	3+	2+	15+	4+	5+	5	2	15
2	2	Ryan Zhang	3d	London City	U14	7+	1-	11+	15+	4+	4	1	11
3	3	Karnnapas Tabsai	1d	Sheffield	U18	1-	7+	8+	6+	14+	4	1	10
4	4	Xingyi Wang	2d	Beeston	U12	12+	15+	6+	1-	2-	3	0	12
5	5	Tananatt Tabsai	1k	Sheffield	U14	10+	11-	17+	8+	1-	3	0	10
5	6	Caleb Fai	3k	Heckmondswike	U12	14+	17+	4-	3-	10+	3	0	10
7	7	Hayes Lee	1d	Milton Keynes	U14	2-	3-	12+	11+	8+	3	0	6
8	8	Joshua Fai	2k	Morley Newlands	U10	16+	12+	3-	5-	7-	2	-1	9
9	9	Grzegorz Kudla (adult)	2k	Edinburgh	Ghost	17+	14-	18+	...	...	2	-1	8
10	10	Lukasz Kudla	3k	Edinburgh	U14	5-	16+	19+	14-	6-	2	-1	7
11	11	Guanqiu Chen	1k	Plymouth	U14	15-	5+	2-	7-	17+	2	-1	5
12	12	Yuanzhen Fan	1d	Shirley	U10	4-	8-	7-	16+	15+	2	-1	3
12	13	Toby Manning (adult)	1d	Leicester	Ghost	...	...	...	22+	16+	2	-1	3
14	14	Aiden Fung	5k	Wokingham	U12	6-	9+	16+	10+	3-	3	-2	9
15	15	Daniel Chun Yang	1k	Westminster	U18	11+	4-	1-	2-	12-	1	-2	5
16	16	Edward Lin	2k	Trumpington	U12	8-	10-	14-	12-	13-	0	-3	0
17	17	Andrew Volovich	5k	Cambridge	U16	9-	6-	5-	18-	11-	0	-5	0
18	18	Alrik Wong	8k	Chester	U14	19-	21+	9-	17+	20-	2	-6	6
19	19	Sam Lee	9k	Milton Keynes	U14	18+	22+	10-	20-	21-	2	-7	9
20	20	Yat Long Yip	13k	Milton Keynes	U18	22+	25+	21+	19+	18+	5	-8	15
21	21	Clinton Yu	13k	Manchester	U12	23+	18-	20-	25+	19+	3	-10	8
22	22	Renee Wong	11k	Letchworth	U14	20-	19-	24-	13-	23-	0	-11	0
23	23	Leo Zhang	17k	Cheadle Hulme School	U14	21-	24+	26+	28+	22+	4	-13	10
24	24	Soorena Zarafshani	18k	Cheadle Hulme School	U16	28+	23-	22+	26+	25+	4	-14	11
25	25	Olivia Jennison	18k	Cheadle Hulme School	U16	26+	20-	28+	21-	24-	2	-16	8
26	26	Brielle Wong	23k	Letchworth	U10	25-	28+	23-	24-	29+	2	-21	5
27	27	Hannah Stanley	28k	Cheadle Hulme School	U18	32+	30+	31+	29+	28+	5	-23	15
28	28	Amelia Chapman	25k	Cheadle Hulme School	U16	24-	26-	25-	23-	27-	0	-25	0
29	29	Hugo Geddes	34k	Cheadle Hulme School	U14	35+	34+	36+	27-	26-	3	-26	12
30	30	Eleanor Shaw	33k	Cheadle Hulme School	U16	31+	27-	32-	36+	37+	3	-26	8
31	31	Hudson Geddes	30k	Cheadle Hulme School	U12	30-	32+	27-	33+	34+	3	-26	7
32	32	Leonhard Chapman	29k	Cheadle Hulme School	U14	27-	31-	30+	35+	33+	3	-26	6
33	33	Shay Gallagher	37k	Cheadle Hulme School	U12	34-	36+	37+	31-	32-	2	-27	7
33	34	Thea Shallcross	37k	Cheadle Hulme School	U12	33+	29-	35-	37+	31-	2	-27	7
35	35	Finlay Kirk	35k	Cheadle Hulme School	U12	29-	37-	34+	32-	36+	2	-27	4
36	36	Aanya Gautam	37k	Cheadle Hulme School	U12	37+	33-	29-	30-	35-	1	-28	5
37	37	Jasper Glenister	37k	Cheadle Hulme School	U12	36-	35+	33-	34-	30-	1	-28	4

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