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17th Leyland Chess Congress - Major

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33 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Preston, England. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1790, and top seed was Paul R Bielby (🇬🇧 ENG, 1839).

George Heath (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Paul Doherty (4.5) and Richard Walsh (4.5). Heath shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: David Kilmartin (1485) beat Jon Blackburn (1775), a +290-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Preston, England
Dates
23 Aug 2025 → 25 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Paul R Bielby1839
Avg top 10
1,790
Participants
33
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇮🇳India×2
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇧🇪Belgium×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

George Heath led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Heath takes lead
Heath5.5Doherty4.5Walsh4.5Maheshwari4.5Bleakley4De Block3.5— ex-leaders:Bielbyled R3, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 Aug

George Heath takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

George Heath beat Paul Doherty (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

George Heath 3 wins (R4–R6)Paul Doherty 3 wins (R2–R4)Richard Walsh 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1George Heath*
1
2Paul Doherty
0
*
3Richard Walsh*
4Shlok Maheshwari*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Heath, George0ENG+25N+8B=6N+5B+2N+15B5.518.520.018.2518580.0
2Doherty, Paul1823ENG=31N+16B+28N+10N1B+6B4.517.018.012.002030+16.8
3Walsh, Richard1828ENG9B=18N+33B+7N+17B+19N4.514.515.010.251811-3.6
4Maheshwari, Shlok1673ENG=17B=7N=14B+22N+26B+12N4.514.015.511.001982+48.0
5Bleakley, Adam0ENG=19B+33N+20B1N=12B+13N4.016.517.08.7517390.0
6Leonard, Paul1725ENG+29B+14N=1B=13N=10B2N3.519.521.010.501591-20.4
7Roychowdhury, Aashita1589ENG=8N=4B+25N3B=11N+23B3.518.019.59.251828+63.6
8Mak, Janos1804HUN=7B1N+18B=14N=23B+26N3.516.518.08.251792-0.6
9De Block, Gert1648BEL+3N10N15B=27B+20N+22B3.515.517.09.751846+32.6
10Bielby, Paul R1839ENG+18N+9B+30N2B=6NF3.515.515.59.251812-3.0
11Rutlidge, Clifford0ENG12B=21B=27N+33N=7B+17N3.513.013.56.7517090.0
12Baxter, Martin1760ENG+11N=13B=26N=30B=5N4B3.016.518.08.501380-38.8
13Kilmartin, David1485ENG+21N=12N+17B=6B15N5B3.016.018.58.251764+53.2
14Reaney, Conor0ENG+27N6B=4N=8B=22N=21B3.016.017.57.7517490.0
15Williamson, Graham A1795SCOFF+9N+24B+13B1N3.014.014.08.502410+16.2
16Sara Kundan Khan1581IND=22B2N19B=18N+31B+32B3.012.513.54.251654+15.8
17Kheratkar, Zayd0ENG=4N+31B13N+29B3N11B2.517.018.04.7515640.0
18Gillett, John1669ENG10B=3B8N=16B=25N+33N2.516.016.55.001688+4.0
19Banerjee, Sanjoy K1729ENG=5N26B+16N+28BF3B2.514.514.56.501705-1.2
20Lamb, Ian1745FRA=28N=23B5N=32B9B+25N2.512.513.53.751712-2.6
21Blackburn, Jon1775ENG13B=11N+29BF=32N=14N2.512.012.05.25685-16.8
22Connor, Michael I1779ENG=16N28B+31N4B=14B9N2.015.516.54.001543-26.0
23Szwajkun, Richard0ENGF=20N24B+25B=8N7N2.013.013.04.501644-14.0
24Richards, Simon1697ENG+32N30B+23N15NFF2.07.57.53.001770+8.0
25Ford, Chris W1744ENG1B+32N7B23N=18B20B1.516.017.02.251365-72.4
26Ashton, Paul0ENGF+19N=12BF4N8B1.513.513.54.0016510.0
27Blackwell, Matthew1749ENG14B=29N=11B=9NFF1.511.511.54.251649-5.6
28Groves, Barry0ENG=20B+22N2B19NFF1.511.511.53.2516820.0
29Altmann, Daniel0WLS6N=27B21N17N=33B=31B1.511.011.51.5015610.0
30Socha, Luboslav0ENGF+24N10B=12NFF1.58.58.53.5017650.0
31Blackburn, Sandra G1632WLS=2B17N22BF16N=29N1.013.513.53.001455-24.8
32Chaitanya Krishna Vadlamani0IND24B25BF=20N=21B16N1.011.511.52.5014680.0
33Webster, Vivien1675ENGF5B3N11B=29N18B0.516.016.00.75949-16.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets