Durham Annual Chess Congress
Open SwissStandard
44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Darlington, England. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2071, and top seed was Andrew Burnett (🇬🇧 SCO, FM, 2176).
Toby Quaite (🇬🇧 ENG, 1892) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Andrew Burnett (3.5) and Eugene Ekpoikong UNWANA (3.5). Quaite took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Toby Quaite (1892) beat Adam Bremner (CM, 2144), a +252-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Darlington, England
Dates
09 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 6
FM×3
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇬🇧Scotland×9
🇳🇬Nigeria×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsToby Quaite led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
13
4
5
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Toby Quaite never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Toby Quaite went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
R3 · LATE SURGE
Shriaansh Ganti was #13 at R3, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quaite, Toby | 1892 | ENG | +42B | +40N | =2B | +8N | +9B | 4.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 2408 | +96.0 |
| 2 | Burnett, AndrewFM | 2176 | SCO | +19N | +17B | =1N | =4B | =3N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 10.75 | 2081 | -9.8 |
| 3 | UNWANA, Eugene EkpoikongFM | 2034 | NGR | +26B | +13N | =6B | =10N | =2B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2122 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Erskine-Pereira, Jack | 1957 | ENG | F | +25N | +11B | =2N | +15B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.25 | 2302 | +30.6 |
| 5 | Wall, Tim PFM | 2166 | ENG | +41B | =8N | =10B | =14N | +28B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.25 | 2053 | -11.2 |
| 6 | Ganti, Shriaansh | 1965 | ENG | F | +23B | =3N | +15B | +16N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 2280 | +56.8 |
| 7 | Deepak Ambattu, RithvikCM | 1993 | SCO | =28N | −24B | +23N | +34B | +29N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 1975 | -3.2 |
| 8 | Ekanem Nathan | 1948 | NGR | +32N | =5B | =16N | −1B | +26N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 2009 | +8.2 |
| 9 | Szekely, Balazs-Virgil | 2021 | ROU | F | +21B | +24N | +12B | −1N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 2089 | +6.6 |
| 10 | Armbruster, David | 2004 | ENG | +36N | +27B | =5N | =3B | F | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 2162 | +16.2 |
| 11 | Sykes, Chris | 1902 | SCO | +33N | =30B | −4N | =24B | +25N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1923 | +3.8 |
| 12 | Zhu, Yaoyao | 1943 | ENG | F | +43N | +30B | −9N | +14B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 2093 | +16.8 |
| 13 | Irving, Neil | 1879 | SCO | +44N | −3B | −29N | +42B | +23N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1777 | -8.0 |
| 14 | Ponting, Andrew | 1910 | ENG | −23N | +36B | +27N | =5B | −12N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1904 | -1.4 |
| 15 | Armstrong, Malcolm J | 1994 | ENG | =25B | +38N | +40B | −6N | −4N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1938 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Archibong, Ubong S | 2014 | SCO | F | +37N | =8B | +18N | −6B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 2065 | +5.0 |
| 17 | Dyshliuk, Fedir | 1902 | UKR | +35B | −2N | −18N | +32B | =24N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1906 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Blackford, Ross | 2051 | SCO | −27N | +31N | +17B | −16B | =22N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1875 | -22.4 |
| 19 | Webb, Nick | 1876 | IRL | −2B | =35N | =31B | =25N | +34B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1855 | -4.0 |
| 20 | Sasikumar, Srivathsan | 1953 | ENG | F | =28B | =22N | =26B | +27N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1930 | -5.6 |
| 21 | Brencher, Paul | 1929 | ENG | =31B | −9N | −25B | +43N | +35B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1775 | -19.0 |
| 22 | Ridge, Michael | 1869 | SCO | −40B | +42N | =20B | =39N | =18B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1961 | +8.4 |
| 23 | AWESOME, John Aanuoluwapo | 1735 | NGR | +14B | −6N | −7B | +37N | −13B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1860 | +30.4 |
| 24 | Ashton, AlannahWCM | 1819 | ENG | F | +7N | −9B | =11N | =17B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.25 | 1955 | +28.8 |
| 25 | Revell, Jeremy | 1790 | ENG | =15N | −4B | +21N | =19B | −11B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1860 | +8.8 |
| 26 | Lampard, Alice | 1841 | SCO | −3N | =33B | +44B | =20N | −8B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.25 | 1698 | -14.4 |
| 27 | Ilett, Raymond J | 1843 | ENG | +18B | −10N | −14B | +38N | −20B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1878 | +4.0 |
| 28 | Walker, Jack | 1787 | ENG | =7B | =20N | F | +41B | −5N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1996 | +40.4 |
| 29 | Izod, Chris | 1938 | ENG | F | =39N | +13B | =30N | −7B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1994 | +6.2 |
| 30 | Larchikov, Maksym | 2060 | UKR | +34B | =11N | −12N | =29B | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1909 | -32.4 |
| 31 | Leigh, Dominic | 1747 | ENG | =21N | −18B | =19N | =36B | =41N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1840 | +11.2 |
| 32 | Demir, Utku Deniz | 1773 | TUR | −8B | =34N | =37B | −17N | +43B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1772 | -0.6 |
| 33 | Benchebra, Dalil | 1629 | ENG | −11B | =26N | =38B | −35N | +44B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1629 | -1.2 |
| 34 | Batchelor, Francis | 1849 | ENG | −30N | =32B | +43B | −7N | −19N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1713 | -36.0 |
| 35 | Sewart, Daniel | 1712 | ENG | −17N | =19B | −36N | +33B | −21N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1685 | -8.0 |
| 36 | May, Paul | 1832 | ENG | −10B | −14N | +35B | =31N | −37B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1708 | -16.6 |
| 37 | Booth, Steven B | 1914 | ENG | F | −16B | =32N | −23B | +36N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1752 | -17.8 |
| 38 | Pitel, Benedikt | 1832 | ENG | F | −15B | =33N | −27B | +42N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1549 | -41.2 |
| 39 | Wise, David | 2042 | ENG | F | =29B | =41N | =22B | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.75 | 1893 | -11.8 |
| 40 | Bremner, AdamCM | 2144 | SCO | +22N | −1B | −15N | F | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1793 | -26.8 |
| 41 | Garnett, John S | 1872 | ENG | −5N | F | =39B | −28N | =31B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1743 | -14.4 |
| 42 | Hettiarachchi, Nelith Sasrutha | 0 | SRI | −1N | −22B | F | −13N | −38B | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1068 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Briggs, Irina | 1607 | ENG | F | −12B | −34N | −21B | −32N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1074 | -29.2 |
| 44 | FIDE 343472150 | 0 | — | −13B | F | −26N | F | −33N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 983 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Quaite, TobyENG+96.04.5 pts · #2
- 2Ganti, ShriaanshENG+56.83.5 pts · #3
- 3Walker, JackENG+40.42.0 pts · #27
Top rating losers
- 1Pitel, BenediktENG-41.21.5 pts · #41
- 2Batchelor, FrancisENG-36.01.5 pts · #34
- 3Larchikov, MaksymUKR-32.42.0 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R2+252 Elo gap
- R1+208 Elo gap
- R4+179 Elo gap