55th Cotswold Chess Congress - Minor (U1635)

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40 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Gloucester, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1674, and top seed was Paul S Collis (🇬🇧 ENG, 1740).

Dexter Wildsmith (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Paul Foster (5.0) and Tom A Cleverley (4.5). Wildsmith won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Jenny Gartside (1484) beat Kenneth Jardine (1676), a +192-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

🇬🇧Paul S Collis1740

Avg top 10

1,674

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇬🇧England×31

🇬🇧Wales×2

Top 3

🥇
Dexter Wildsmith
🇬🇧ENG
5.0pts·1662perf0.0
🥈
Paul Foster
🇬🇧ENG·1707
5.0pts·1896perf+13.8
🥉
Tom A Cleverley
🇬🇧ENG
4.5pts·1656perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Wildsmith5Foster5Cleverley4.5Brown4Constable4Taylor4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Wildsmith takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dexter Wildsmith drew with Paul Foster (Black).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

Dexter Wildsmith went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Dexter Wildsmith	*	½	—	—
2Paul Foster	½	*	—	—
3Tom A Cleverley	—	—	*	—
4Gary Brown	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wildsmith, Dexter	0	ENG	+9B	=11N	+26N	+4B	=2N	+?B	5.0	18.5	18.5	14.25	1662	0.0
2	Foster, Paul	1707	ENG	+34B	+17B	=10N	+16N	=1B	+11N	5.0	18.0	19.5	15.25	1896	+13.8
3	Cleverley, Tom A	0	ENG	+8N	+13B	−?B	+15N	+12B	=6N	4.5	18.5	18.5	16.50	1656	0.0
4	Newland, Joseph	0	ENG	+31B	=14N	+12B	−1N	=18B	+21N	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.75	1671	0.0
5	Taylor, Noah	1673	ENG	+19N	−7B	+24N	+13B	−11N	+14B	4.0	17.5	20.0	12.50	2387	+44.4
6	Jerome, Stellio	1693	ENG	−7N	+39B	=8N	+26B	+20N	=3B	4.0	17.5	18.0	9.75	1799	+7.0
7	Brown, Gary	0	ENG	+6B	+5N	+16B	−?N	−10B	+18N	4.0	17.5	17.5	14.00	1673	0.0
8	Constable, Christine F	1656	ENG	−3B	+32N	=6B	+29N	=15B	+16N	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.25	1928	+25.8
9	Jardine, Kenneth	1676	ENG	−1N	−19B	+39N	+28B	+33B	+31N	4.0	13.5	14.0	6.00	1728	+10.4
10	Singhal, Saket	1620	ENG	+22N	+15B	=2B	−14N	+7N	F	3.5	19.0	19.0	13.00	1699	+4.8
11	FIDE 343472591	0	—	+30N	=1B	F	+21N	+5B	−2B	3.5	19.0	19.0	11.50	1693	0.0
12	Hunt, Jon	1555	ENG	+36N	+20B	−4N	+17B	−3N	=13B	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.75	1918	+54.0
13	Collis, Paul S	1740	ENG	+32B	−3N	+25B	−5N	+22B	=12N	3.5	17.5	19.0	8.75	1561	-26.4
14	Shieh, Lisirui	0	ENG	+28N	=4B	+18N	+10B	−?B	−5N	3.5	16.5	16.5	10.50	1627	0.0
15	Buxton, Richard	0	ENG	+27B	−10N	+35N	−3B	=8N	+32B	3.5	15.5	16.5	6.50	1561	0.0
16	Fraser, Chris	1639	ENG	+24N	+21B	−7N	−2B	+19N	−8B	3.0	19.0	21.5	8.50	1588	-6.4
17	Stanton, T Giles	1615	ENG	+23B	−2N	+22B	−12N	−21B	+27N	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1456	-25.2
18	Madden, Jason	1702	ENG	=33B	+29N	−14B	+23N	=4N	−7B	3.0	16.0	17.5	7.25	1800	+12.8
19	Gartside, Jenny	1484	ENG	−5B	+9N	−29B	+27N	−16B	+33N	3.0	15.0	16.5	7.50	1548	+16.0
20	Peel, James	1568	ENG	+25B	−12N	=23B	+37N	−6B	=26N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.75	1296	-20.8
21	Wilson, Steve R	0	ENG	+35B	−16N	+38N	−11B	+17N	−4B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.00	1631	0.0
22	FIDE 343462057	0	—	−10B	+27N	−17N	+34B	−13N	+30B	3.0	14.0	15.5	5.50	854	0.0
23	Burton, Henry	1578	WLS	−17N	+28B	=20N	−18B	−24N	+35B	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.50	1447	-11.6
24	Goldsmith, Jennifer	1561	ENG	−16B	+34N	−5B	=32N	+23B	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	4.75	1480	-7.0
25	Jennings, Michael	0	ENG	−20N	+36B	−13N	=35B	=26N	=34B	2.5	11.0	12.0	3.25	860	0.0
26	Taplin, William	0	ENG	F	+33N	−1B	−6N	=25B	=20B	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.25	1571	0.0
27	Burns, Thomas	0	ENG	−15N	−22B	+30N	−19B	+28N	−17B	2.0	14.5	16.5	4.00	1423	0.0
28	Thompson, Chris	1551	WLS	−14B	−23N	+40B	−9N	−27B	+37B	2.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	784	-36.0
29	Sartain, Patrick	1618	ENG	=39N	−18B	+19N	−8B	=35N	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	3.75	1481	-10.8
30	FIDE 343464149	0	—	−11B	−31N	−27B	+40N	+36B	−22N	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	838	0.0
31	Vernon, Colin G	1638	ENG	−4N	+30B	F	F	+37N	−9B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	876	-9.0
32	Walsh, Shaun	1439	ENG	−13N	−8B	+36N	=24B	F	−15N	1.5	14.5	15.5	2.25	1364	-10.8
33	Li, Emmanuelle	1459	ENG	=18N	−26B	F	+38B	−9N	−19B	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.50	1347	-17.6
34	FIDE 471208	0	—	−2N	−24B	F	−22N	+40B	=25N	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	819	0.0
35	FIDE 343472478	0	—	−21N	F	−15B	=25N	=29B	−23N	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.25	1361	0.0
36	Sohal, Aneeksha	0	ENG	−12B	−25N	−32B	F	−30N	+40N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	698	0.0
37	Li, Pengxiang	0	ENG	−?N	+40N	F	−20B	−31B	−28N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	764	0.0
38	FIDE 343469175	0	—	+40B	−?N	−21B	−33N	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	683	0.0
39	Hankey, Neil	0	ENG	=29B	−6N	−9B	F	F	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	1378	0.0
40	FIDE 343472800	0	—	−38N	−37B	−28N	−30B	−34N	−36B	0.0	7.5	8.5	0.00	746	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hunt, JonENG
+54.0
3.5 pts · #9
2Taylor, NoahENG
+44.4
4.0 pts · #4
3Constable, Christine FENG
+25.8
4.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Thompson, ChrisWLS
-36.0
2.0 pts · #33
2Collis, Paul SENG
-26.4
3.5 pts · #17
3Stanton, T GilesENG
-25.2
3.0 pts · #23

Biggest upsets

R2+192 Elo gap
Gartside, Jenny1484 beat Jardine, Kenneth1676