The UK youth team has won the European Youth Team Competition 2025 having won all four preliminary rounds, their semi-final against Romania and this weekend the final against Germany.
In the final, the teams were fairly evenly matched with the UK having a very slight edge on paper. Ryan played first on board 1, losing to the German 6 dan. Sung Hee Lim took a good win on board 4 against an opponent one grade weaker on paper. With the UK expected to win on board 5 where Lukasz outgraded his opponent (which he duly did), this left the UK needing to win one of two evenly matched boards. Alvina played well to take a win on board 2, whilst Daniel lost an exciting game on board 3 with groups on both sides dying, leaving the UK the…