Shreyas Royal, 17, is youngest ever British chess champion as new generation takes over

Shreyas Royal, shows off the trophy after winning the British Chess Championships. He was the only unbeaten player among the 107 competitors. Photograph: Yuri Krylov/English Chess Federation

A new generation took over at the top of British chess on Sunday, when a trio of youthful talents demonstrated their skills on a national stage. Shreyas Royal, 17, of Dartford, Kent, became the youngest ever British champion, breaking Michael Adams’s 1989 record by two months and underlining his status as an emerging world-class talent. Bodhana Sivanandan, aged 11, and Supratit Banerjee, 12, also delivered memorable performances.

First prize at the University of Warwick, Coventry, was £10,000.