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8th Northumbria Masters Chess Congress - Major (U1700)

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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
Top seed
🇬🇧Norman G Andrews1764
Avg top 10
1,144
Participants
14
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×13
🇬🇧Scotland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Yechu Chen led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
3
3
1
2
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Pride takes leadRohman takes leadChen takes lead
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
Player1234
1Yechu Chen*
0
0
1
2Owen R Robson
1
*
½
½
3Stephen C Pride
1
½
*
½
4Mohammed Rohman
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chen, Yechu1618ENG+5B+11N2B+10N=7B3N+4B+14N+8N6.536.036.023.001775+32.8
2Pride, Stephen C1597ENG=8N+6B+1N=4B=5N=10B+7B=3N9N5.538.542.026.501908+39.4
3Robson, Owen R0ENGF=4B8N+13B+12N+1B=5N=2B+7N5.534.034.022.2517050.0
4Pramana, Joey0ENG+12B=3N=7B=2N10B=8N1N+11B+14B5.034.534.515.0014560.0
5Rohman, Mohammed1742ENG1N+14B+13N+8B=2B+7N=3BFF5.027.527.515.501716-5.2
6Hunt, Jon1600ENGF2N+14B7N=11B9B+13N+12B+10N4.524.524.59.251620+4.4
7Andrews, Norman G1764ENGF+9B=4N+6B=1N5B2N+10B3B4.039.539.517.751635-17.2
8Phillips, James0SCO=2B=10N+3B5N=9N=4B+12NF1B4.037.037.016.5014500.0
9Atcheson, Daniel0ENGF7N=11B+14N=8B+6NFF+2B4.021.521.513.7516740.0
10Smith, Adam1615ENGF=8B+12N1B+4N=2N=11B7N6B3.535.035.013.501323-53.6
11Nemeth, Otto0ENG+14N1B=9N12B=6N+13B=10N4NF3.527.527.58.0015840.0
12Ryder, Arthur0ENG4NF10B+11N3B+14N8B6N13B2.028.028.03.507730.0
13Handa, Anant1503ENGFF5B3N+14B11N6BF+12N2.020.520.52.00871-22.8
14Chen, Kaiqiao0ENG11B5N6N9B13N12BF1B4N0.032.532.50.008160.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets