8th Northumbria Masters Chess Congress - Major (U1700)
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Darlington, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1144, and top seed was Norman G Andrews (🇬🇧 ENG, 1764).
Yechu Chen (🇬🇧 ENG, 1618) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Stephen C Pride (5.5) and Owen R Robson (5.5). Chen shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Stephen C Pride (1597) beat Norman G Andrews (1764), a +167-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Darlington, England
Dates
20 Aug 2025 → 25 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×13
🇬🇧Scotland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsYechu Chen led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3 · LEADER CHANGE21 Aug
Stephen C Pride takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yechu Chen lost to Owen R Robson (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Yechu Chen 3 wins (R7–R9)Owen R Robson 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yechu Chen | * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Owen R Robson | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Stephen C Pride | 1 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Mohammed Rohman | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen, Yechu | 1618 | ENG | +5B | +11N | −2B | +10N | =7B | −3N | +4B | +14N | +8N | 6.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 23.00 | 1775 | +32.8 |
| 2 | Pride, Stephen C | 1597 | ENG | =8N | +6B | +1N | =4B | =5N | =10B | +7B | =3N | −9N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 26.50 | 1908 | +39.4 |
| 3 | Robson, Owen R | 0 | ENG | F | =4B | −8N | +13B | +12N | +1B | =5N | =2B | +7N | 5.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 22.25 | 1705 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Pramana, Joey | 0 | ENG | +12B | =3N | =7B | =2N | −10B | =8N | −1N | +11B | +14B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 15.00 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Rohman, Mohammed | 1742 | ENG | −1N | +14B | +13N | +8B | =2B | +7N | =3B | F | F | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 15.50 | 1716 | -5.2 |
| 6 | Hunt, Jon | 1600 | ENG | F | −2N | +14B | −7N | =11B | −9B | +13N | +12B | +10N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.25 | 1620 | +4.4 |
| 7 | Andrews, Norman G | 1764 | ENG | F | +9B | =4N | +6B | =1N | −5B | −2N | +10B | −3B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 17.75 | 1635 | -17.2 |
| 8 | Phillips, James | 0 | SCO | =2B | =10N | +3B | −5N | =9N | =4B | +12N | F | −1B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 16.50 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Atcheson, Daniel | 0 | ENG | F | −7N | =11B | +14N | =8B | +6N | F | F | +2B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 13.75 | 1674 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Smith, Adam | 1615 | ENG | F | =8B | +12N | −1B | +4N | =2N | =11B | −7N | −6B | 3.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 13.50 | 1323 | -53.6 |
| 11 | Nemeth, Otto | 0 | ENG | +14N | −1B | =9N | −12B | =6N | +13B | =10N | −4N | F | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 8.00 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ryder, Arthur | 0 | ENG | −4N | F | −10B | +11N | −3B | +14N | −8B | −6N | −13B | 2.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 3.50 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Handa, Anant | 1503 | ENG | F | F | −5B | −3N | +14B | −11N | −6B | F | +12N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2.00 | 871 | -22.8 |
| 14 | Chen, Kaiqiao | 0 | ENG | −11B | −5N | −6N | −9B | −13N | −12B | F | −1B | −4N | 0.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 0.00 | 816 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pride, Stephen CENG+39.45.5 pts · #2
- 2Chen, YechuENG+32.86.5 pts · #4
- 3Hunt, JonENG+4.44.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Smith, AdamENG-53.63.5 pts · #11
- 2Handa, AnantENG-22.82.0 pts · #13
- 3Andrews, Norman GENG-17.24.0 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R7+167 Elo gap
- R1+124 Elo gap