55th Cotswold Chess Congress - Open

Open SwissStandard

43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Gloucester, England. 4 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2080, and top seed was David J Spence (🇬🇧 ENG, 2181).

Zack Norris (🇬🇧 ENG, 1931) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Oliver Stubbs (4.5) and Ben Ogunshola (4.0).

The biggest upset came in round 4: Joseph Morrison (1722) beat John M Guilfoyle (1972), a +250-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Gloucester, England

Dates

24 May 2025 → 26 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧David J Spence2181

Avg top 10

2,080

Participants

Titled players · 4

IM×1

CM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇬🇧England×35

🇬🇧Wales×5

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
Zack Norris
🇬🇧ENG·1931
5.0pts·2239perf+106.0
🥈
CMOliver Stubbs
🇬🇧ENG·2178
4.5pts·2173perf+0.8
🥉
Ben Ogunshola
🇳🇬NGR·2087
4.0pts·2120perf+12.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Zack Norris led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Norris5Stubbs4.5Beaumont4Ashworth4Baer4Ogunshola4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Zack Norris held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Zack Norris won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Zack Norris	*	—	—	1
2CMOliver Stubbs	—	*	—	—
3IMChris R Beaumont	—	—	*	—
4Michael Ashworth	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Norris, Zack	1931	ENG	+24B	+19N	+14B	=13N	=3B	+4B	5.0	18.0	20.5	16.75	2239	+106.0
2	Stubbs, OliverCM	2178	ENG	+17B	=5N	+12B	=6N	=13B	+3N	4.5	19.0	22.5	16.75	2173	+0.8
3	Ogunshola, Ben	2087	NGR	+21N	+18B	=4N	+9B	=1N	−2B	4.0	20.5	23.5	14.50	2120	+12.0
4	Ashworth, Michael	2001	ENG	+26B	+23N	=3B	=32N	+6B	−1N	4.0	18.5	21.0	12.75	2080	+6.4
5	Baer, Bruce L	1968	ENG	+38N	=2B	=11N	=16B	+21N	=13B	4.0	18.0	19.0	11.50	2106	+25.4
6	Gomez, Daniel	2007	ENG	+28N	=16B	+25N	=2B	−4N	+18B	4.0	17.5	20.0	12.00	2131	+19.8
7	Varley, Joe	1963	ENG	F	−12N	+24B	+11B	+16N	+14N	4.0	16.5	16.5	13.00	2134	+21.4
8	Ashworth, Robert	1885	ENG	+30N	=15B	−9N	+27B	=32B	+25N	4.0	15.0	17.5	10.50	2072	+25.0
9	Beaumont, Chris RIM	2141	ENG	=40B	+41N	+8B	−3N	=18B	+20N	4.0	15.0	15.5	9.50	2060	-5.4
10	Homer, Stephen J	2011	ENG	+35B	−13N	+39B	−23N	+26B	+19N	4.0	13.5	14.5	8.00	2029	+4.2
11	Bolt, Graham	1949	ENG	=12B	+40N	=5B	−7N	+22B	=15B	3.5	18.0	19.0	9.50	1917	-4.2
12	Lawrence, Spencer	1747	ENG	=11N	+7B	−2N	−21B	+31N	+28B	3.5	17.5	20.0	10.75	1963	+31.0
13	Spence, David J	2181	ENG	+43N	+10B	F	=1B	=2N	=5N	3.5	17.5	17.5	10.75	2132	-3.6
14	Schell, Finn	1887	ENG	=22N	+31B	−1N	+28B	+25N	−7B	3.5	17.0	19.5	9.00	1925	-26.0
15	Hariharan, ShambaviWFM	2000	ENG	=41B	=8N	+19B	=18N	=20B	=11N	3.5	16.5	17.0	10.00	1959	+23.6
16	Fathallah, Joe	2044	WLS	+42B	=6N	=33B	=5N	−7B	+37N	3.5	15.5	16.0	7.00	1981	+1.8
17	Van Kemenade, Rudy	1932	WLS	−2N	−38B	+30N	+29B	=33N	+27B	3.5	14.0	15.0	8.50	1956	+6.2
18	Carey, Alex	1962	ENG	+37B	−3N	+22B	=15B	=9N	−6N	3.0	18.5	20.0	8.25	1944	-5.6
19	Morrison, Joseph	1722	ENG	+27N	−1B	−15N	+39N	+35B	−10B	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.00	1911	+52.0
20	Hatchett, Paul	1939	WLS	=36N	=22B	=27N	+31B	=15N	−9B	3.0	15.5	17.0	7.75	1867	-12.8
21	Holmes, Matthew A	1765	ENG	−3B	=37N	+42B	+12N	−5B	=26N	3.0	15.5	16.0	6.00	1855	+14.2
22	Robinson, Adam	1765	ENG	=14B	=20N	−18N	+41B	−11N	+34N	3.0	15.0	15.5	5.75	1939	+53.6
23	Gillings, Matthew	1933	ENG	+29N	−4B	+38N	+10B	F	F	3.0	11.5	11.5	7.50	2104	+19.2
24	Hammond, Matthew	1763	ENG	−1N	=30B	−7N	=34B	=29N	+36B	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.00	1762	-2.8
25	Hill, Andy	2031	ENG	+34B	=32N	−6B	+36N	−14B	−8B	2.5	16.0	17.5	4.75	1888	-18.4
26	Clarke, Ian J	1789	ENG	−4N	=29B	=36N	+38B	−10N	=21B	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.50	1808	+2.4
27	Kong, Emma Zihan	1798	WLS	−19B	+35N	=20B	−8N	+39B	−17N	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.00	1830	-19.6
28	Moldovan, Alexandru-Mitica	1876	ENG	−6B	=42N	+37B	−14N	+36B	−12N	2.5	14.0	14.5	3.25	1802	-12.0
29	Kumar, Yuvraj	1727	ENG	−23B	=26N	=40B	−17N	=24B	+35N	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.50	1788	+4.6
30	Poderico, Francesco	1687	ITA	−8B	=24N	−17B	−35N	+41N	+38B	2.5	12.5	13.0	2.75	1805	+18.4
31	Lappin, Benjamin	1737	ENG	=33B	−14N	+41B	−20N	−12B	+42N	2.5	12.5	13.0	2.00	1851	+30.4
32	James, Russell A	2073	ENG	+39N	=25B	F	=4B	=8N	F	2.5	11.5	11.5	6.25	2074	-1.6
33	Headlong, TimothyCM	2048	ENG	=31N	=36B	=16N	F	=17B	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	5.50	1854	-19.2
34	Small, Edward	1860	ENG	−25N	−39B	=35B	=24N	+38N	−22B	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1736	-39.6
35	Gartside, Carl	1838	ENG	−10N	−27B	=34N	+30B	−19N	−29B	1.5	14.5	16.5	3.50	1629	-32.6
36	Sui, Yueyue	1805	ENG	=20B	=33N	=26B	−25B	−28N	−24N	1.5	13.0	15.0	3.75	1710	-22.4
37	Smith, David	1812	ENG	−18N	=21B	−28N	+42B	F	−16B	1.5	13.0	13.5	2.00	1720	-12.4
38	Tamilselvan, Tara	1704	ENG	−5B	+17N	−23B	−26N	−34B	−30N	1.0	15.5	17.5	3.50	1578	-75.6
39	Guilfoyle, John M	1972	ENG	−32B	+34N	−10N	−19B	−27N	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1677	-35.6
40	Attwell, Ben	1795	ENG	=9N	−11B	=29N	F	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	3.25	1823	-4.8
41	De Piro, Tristram	1894	SCO	=15N	−9B	−31N	−22N	−30B	F	0.5	15.5	15.5	1.75	1477	-94.0
42	Van Kemenade, Julie	1782	WLS	−16N	=28B	−21N	−37N	F	−31B	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	1465	-32.6
43	White, Ian R	0	ENG	−13B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1376	-6.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Norris, ZackENG
+106.0
5.0 pts · #1
2Robinson, AdamENG
+53.6
3.0 pts · #20
3Morrison, JosephENG
+52.0
3.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1De Piro, TristramSCO
-94.0
0.5 pts · #41
2Tamilselvan, TaraENG
-75.6
1.0 pts · #38
3Small, EdwardENG
-39.6
2.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R4+250 Elo gap
Morrison, Joseph1722 beat Guilfoyle, John M1972
R2+228 Elo gap
Tamilselvan, Tara1704 beat Van Kemenade, Rudy1932
R2+216 Elo gap
Lawrence, Spencer1747 beat Varley, Joe1963