2025 English Championships

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84 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 21 Jul 2025 in Kenilworth, England. 32 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2529, and top seed was Nikita Vitiugov (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2671).

Michael Adams (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2654) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Nikita Vitiugov (6.0) and Shreyas Royal (5.5). Adams shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Martin P Burrows (2057) beat Ameet K Ghasi (GM, 2511), a +454-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Kenilworth, England

Dates

18 Jul 2025 → 21 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMNikita Vitiugov2671

Avg top 10

2,529

Participants

Titled players · 32

GM×8

IM×7

FM×10

CM×7

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇧England×84

Top 3

🥇
GMMichael Adams
🇬🇧ENG·2654
6.0pts·2753perf+8.5
🥈
GMNikita Vitiugov
🇬🇧ENG·2671
6.0pts·2726perf+5.0
🥉
GMShreyas Royal
🇬🇧ENG·2492
5.5pts·2600perf+11.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Adams6Vitiugov6Maroroa Jones5.5Roberson5.5Royal5.5Wadsworth5.5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Michael Adams held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Adams takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (31.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Michael Adams drew with GM Nikita Vitiugov (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMMichael Adams	*	½	1	—
2GMNikita Vitiugov	½	*	—	—
3GMGawain C B Maroroa Jones	0	—	*	—
4IMPeter T Roberson	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Adams, MichaelGM	2654	ENG	+54N	+20B	+11N	+6B	=2N	+3B	=4N	6.0	31.0	34.0	28.25	2753	+8.5
2	Vitiugov, NikitaGM	2671	ENG	+36B	+59N	+7B	=3N	=1B	+10N	+16B	6.0	29.0	32.0	26.25	2726	+5.0
3	Royal, ShreyasGM	2492	ENG	+52N	+18B	+8N	=2B	+34N	−1N	+13B	5.5	29.5	32.5	23.50	2600	+11.2
4	Wadsworth, Matthew JGM	2476	ENG	+53B	+33N	=10B	+24N	=5B	+7N	=1B	5.5	28.5	31.5	23.50	2536	+6.6
5	Roberson, Peter TIM	2433	ENG	+41N	+22B	+15N	=9B	=4N	=11B	+19N	5.5	28.0	31.5	24.00	2504	+7.3
6	Maroroa Jones, Gawain C BGM	2653	ENG	+32B	+23N	+12B	−1N	=13B	+24N	+14B	5.5	27.5	31.0	22.75	2608	-1.7
7	Willow, Jonah BIM	2457	ENG	+55B	+21N	−2N	+51B	+27N	−4B	+11N	5.0	27.0	30.0	18.50	2439	+1.5
8	Merry, Alan BIM	2400	ENG	+47B	+77N	−3B	+21N	=16B	=12N	+25B	5.0	26.0	27.5	17.50	2393	+2.8
9	Clarke, Brandon G IIM	2500	ENG	+61B	=26N	+35B	=5N	−10B	+43N	+23B	5.0	25.0	27.5	18.25	2355	-8.7
10	Shearsby, JudeFM	2224	ENG	+64N	+63B	=4N	=17B	+9N	−2B	=15N	4.5	28.0	30.5	17.25	2356	+46.0
11	Badacsonyi, StanleyFM	2318	ENG	+40B	+48N	−1B	+33N	+25B	=5N	−7B	4.5	27.5	31.0	17.25	2365	+10.2
12	Harvey, Marcus RIM	2445	ENG	+37N	+69B	−6N	+15B	=17N	=8B	=18N	4.5	27.5	30.0	17.50	2338	-6.4
13	Emms, John MGM	2417	ENG	+45B	=39N	+26B	=25N	=6N	+30B	−3N	4.5	26.5	30.0	18.00	2315	-5.0
14	Jackson, James PIM	2371	ENG	+29N	−15B	+52N	=69B	+18N	+17B	−6N	4.5	26.0	28.5	17.25	2277	-6.3
15	Saunders, Aron	2135	ENG	+65B	+14N	−5B	−12N	+53B	+29N	=10B	4.5	26.0	28.5	16.25	2304	+31.4
16	Ghasi, Ameet KGM	2511	ENG	−51N	+71B	+32N	+22B	=8N	+34B	−2N	4.5	25.0	27.0	15.50	2346	-9.9
17	Carroll, Thomas	2124	ENG	=58B	+46N	+39B	=10N	=12B	−14N	+35B	4.5	24.0	27.0	16.50	2218	+18.0
18	Badacsonyi, FrankieFM	2170	ENG	+84B	−3N	+45B	+76N	−14B	+21N	=12B	4.5	23.5	24.0	11.75	2267	+19.0
19	Hebden, Mark LGM	2355	ENG	+71N	=60B	−51N	+79B	+49B	+26N	−5B	4.5	21.0	22.5	12.50	2245	-7.5
20	Hanache, KaiFM	2108	ENG	+31B	−1N	=40B	=36N	=35B	=56N	+53B	4.0	23.5	26.5	13.75	2151	+13.6
21	Elgar, Tim	2093	ENG	+68N	−7B	+63N	−8B	+37N	−18B	+56N	4.0	23.5	26.0	11.50	2169	+24.0
22	Vaidyanathan, AdithyaFM	2094	ENG	+81B	−5N	+38B	−16N	+61B	=36N	=24B	4.0	23.5	24.5	10.75	2228	+36.6
23	Murawski, JanCM	2191	ENG	+72N	−6B	=55N	=37B	+52N	+54B	−9N	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.25	2191	-1.6
24	Jones, Steven A	2184	ENG	+66N	=70B	+62N	−4B	+51N	−6B	=22N	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.00	2188	+0.2
25	Merriman, James	2048	ENG	=75N	+43B	+70N	=13B	−11N	+32B	−8N	4.0	23.0	24.5	12.00	2210	+53.6
26	Khoury, TheoFM	2229	ENG	+82N	=9B	−13N	+83B	+41N	−19B	=30N	4.0	22.5	23.5	10.00	2254	+9.6
27	Bates, Richard AIM	2292	ENG	=56B	=38N	+61B	+53N	−7B	=35N	=49B	4.0	21.5	24.0	12.25	2167	-9.8
28	Richardson, John RFM	2270	ENG	+42N	=51B	+60N	−34B	−30N	=41B	+36B	4.0	21.0	24.0	13.25	2128	-24.2
29	Varley, Joe	2023	ENG	−14B	+73N	−33B	+77N	+44B	−15B	+57N	4.0	21.0	22.5	10.00	2133	+20.2
30	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	2040	ENG	−70N	+64B	=83N	+62B	+28B	−13N	=26B	4.0	19.5	20.5	11.50	2154	+39.2
31	Gunarathne, Senith Thenula	1876	ENG	−20N	−52B	+74N	−32B	+68N	+71B	+51N	4.0	18.0	20.0	9.50	2039	+61.2
32	Norris, ZackCM	2032	ENG	−6N	+67B	−16B	+31N	+76B	−25N	=46B	3.5	24.0	25.5	9.75	2065	+3.6
33	Verma, Aditya	2092	ENG	+78N	−4B	+29N	−11B	=55N	=51B	=45N	3.5	23.5	25.0	10.25	2110	+0.8
34	Merriman, JohnFM	2194	ENG	=38B	+56N	+58B	+28N	−3B	−16N	F	3.5	23.5	23.5	11.75	2244	+8.6
35	Cont, Arya	2090	ENG	=62N	+75B	−9N	+65B	=20N	=27B	−17N	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.25	2097	-0.4
36	Savidge, Daniel	2141	ENG	−2N	=66B	+75N	=20B	+71N	=22B	−28N	3.5	22.5	24.0	8.75	2129	-4.6
37	Sasikumar, Srivathsan	2038	ENG	−12B	+81N	=44B	=23N	−21B	=58N	+67B	3.5	21.5	22.5	8.75	2090	+14.8
38	Patel, Keatan	1990	ENG	=34N	=27B	−22N	=57B	=79N	+52B	=48B	3.5	21.0	22.5	10.75	2134	+51.2
39	Mesropyan, Hayk	1892	ENG	+50N	=13B	−17N	=60B	−54N	=79B	+69N	3.5	21.0	22.5	10.50	2130	+80.0
40	Sachdeva, Ronit	2060	ENG	−11N	+68B	=20N	=43B	−60N	+76B	=44B	3.5	21.0	22.5	9.50	2057	-1.6
41	Martin, LewisFM	2038	ENG	−5B	=84N	+80B	+59N	−26B	=28N	=50B	3.5	21.0	21.5	8.00	2166	+21.0
42	Sefton, Adam	2047	ENG	−28B	−44N	+81B	+48N	=50B	−49N	+61B	3.5	20.5	21.5	8.75	2119	+27.2
43	Salmons, Calum	2085	ENG	=80B	−25N	+84B	=40N	+45B	−9B	=47N	3.5	20.5	21.0	8.00	2062	-6.2
44	Liu,Tianyi (Jack)	2111	ENG	−63N	+42B	=37N	=55B	−29N	+64B	=40N	3.5	20.0	22.5	11.00	2004	-40.0
45	Mason, Donald J	2011	ENG	−13N	+74B	−18N	+72B	−43N	+77B	=33B	3.5	20.0	21.5	7.25	2046	+4.2
46	Rughani, Mahin	1854	ENG	=57N	−17B	=54N	−52B	+66N	+75B	=32N	3.5	19.5	21.0	8.75	2038	+64.8
47	Marsden, Samuel	2065	ENG	−8N	=54B	−65N	+75B	+62N	=57B	=43B	3.5	19.5	21.0	8.75	2052	-6.4
48	Manley, Jon P	2096	ENG	+74N	−11B	−76N	−42B	+63N	+55B	=38N	3.5	19.0	20.5	9.25	1996	-18.4
49	Villiers, ThomasCM	2158	ENG	F	−62B	+66N	+70B	−19N	+42B	=27N	3.5	19.0	19.0	10.00	2132	-2.4
50	Fellowes, BillyCM	2193	ENG	−39B	+80N	−53B	=56N	=42N	+83B	=41N	3.5	17.5	18.5	7.00	1990	-70.8
51	Burrows, Martin P	2057	ENG	+16B	=28N	+19B	−7N	−24B	=33N	−31B	3.0	26.0	29.5	12.75	2192	+18.8
52	Verbytski, Oleg	1998	ENG	−3B	+31N	−14B	+46N	−23B	−38N	+70B	3.0	25.0	27.0	9.50	2035	+4.0
53	Yu, RockCM	2099	ENG	−4N	+82B	+50N	−27B	−15N	+72B	−20N	3.0	23.5	24.5	6.50	2109	-1.2
54	Lebedev, LionCM	2048	ENG	−1B	=47N	=46B	+58N	+39B	−23N	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	10.00	2064	+0.4
55	Clarke, James	1941	ENG	−7N	+78B	=23B	=44N	=33B	−48N	=58B	3.0	22.5	24.0	8.50	2051	+17.0
56	Pick, Freddie	1934	ENG	=27N	−34B	=57N	=50B	+65N	=20B	−21B	3.0	22.0	24.5	9.75	2074	+45.2
57	Verma, Shlok	2169	ENG	=46B	−58N	=56B	=38N	+70B	=47N	−29B	3.0	20.5	22.5	8.75	1910	-93.2
58	Bevis, Noah	1934	ENG	=17N	+57B	−34N	−54B	=83N	=37B	=55N	3.0	20.5	21.5	9.00	2029	+32.4
59	Dishman, StephenFM	2274	ENG	+67N	−2B	=79N	−41B	=64N	F	+73B	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	2099	-25.2
60	Larkin, Benjamin	2029	ENG	+76B	=19N	−28B	=39N	+40B	F	F	3.0	17.0	17.0	9.00	2161	+16.4
61	Okhai, Shabir	2089	ENG	−9N	+72B	−27N	+63B	−22N	=67B	−42N	2.5	21.5	23.5	5.75	1997	-20.4
62	Rastogi, Nayan Keats	1891	ENG	=35B	+49N	−24B	−30N	−47B	=81N	=64N	2.5	21.0	22.0	7.00	1958	+20.4
63	De Coverly, Roger D	1956	ENG	+44B	−10N	−21B	−61N	−48B	+80N	=77N	2.5	19.5	20.5	5.25	1946	-3.2
64	Welling, Zac	1966	ENG	−10B	−30N	=78B	+84N	=59B	−44N	=62B	2.5	19.0	19.5	4.00	1950	-11.2
65	Shivakumar, Akshath	1822	ENG	−15N	F	+47B	−35N	−56B	=70N	+71B	2.5	18.5	18.5	6.50	1966	+40.0
66	Myall, Ivan J	1948	ENG	−24B	=36N	−49B	=80N	−46B	+78N	=76N	2.5	17.5	18.5	4.50	1903	-10.4
67	Vaddhireddy, Sai	1946	ENG	−59B	−32N	−73B	+78N	+80B	=61N	−37N	2.5	16.0	17.0	3.75	1916	-8.0
68	Vaidyanathan, Sathya	1878	ENG	−21B	−40N	−72N	+81B	−31B	=82N	+75N	2.5	16.0	17.0	3.00	1870	-4.2
69	Zhao, GeorgeCM	2124	ENG	+73B	−12N	+77B	=14N	F	F	−39B	2.5	16.0	16.0	5.75	2082	-10.8
70	Watson, Jacob	1918	ENG	+30B	=24N	−25B	−49N	−57N	=65B	−52N	2.0	21.5	24.0	7.25	1902	-4.8
71	Schell, Finn	1995	ENG	−19B	−16N	+82B	+73N	−36B	−31N	−65N	2.0	21.0	22.0	3.00	1912	-39.2
72	Keerthi Kumar, Advait	1873	ENG	−23B	−61N	+68B	−45N	+73B	−53N	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	1898	+5.2
73	Lapidus, Alexey M.	1867	ENG	−69N	−29B	+67N	−71B	−72N	+74B	−59N	2.0	16.0	18.0	4.50	1853	-11.2
74	Ellson, Louie	1854	ENG	−48B	−45N	−31B	=82N	=78B	−73N	+80B	2.0	15.5	16.5	2.25	1801	-21.6
75	Hertog, Alexander	1950	ENG	=25B	−35N	−36B	−47N	+82B	−46N	−68B	1.5	20.5	21.5	3.00	1786	-55.2
76	Collins, Jonathan	1869	ENG	−60N	F	+48B	−18B	−32N	−40N	=66B	1.5	20.5	20.5	4.75	1863	-1.6
77	Gibson, Christopher A	1837	ENG	F	−8B	−69N	−29B	+84N	−45N	=63B	1.5	18.0	18.0	1.75	1846	-1.0
78	Bolt, Graham	1942	ENG	−33B	−55N	=64N	−67B	=74N	−66B	=81N	1.5	16.0	17.0	2.75	1722	-38.0
79	James, Russell A	2097	ENG	F	F	=59B	−19N	=38B	=39N	F	1.5	14.5	14.5	5.00	2041	-7.2
80	Kendall, Arthur	1883	ENG	=43N	−50B	−41N	=66B	−67N	−63B	−74N	1.0	18.0	20.0	3.00	1694	-57.2
81	Alldritt, Nigel R E	1918	ENG	−22N	−37B	−42N	−68N	F	=62B	=78B	1.0	17.5	17.5	2.00	1709	-30.2
82	Clark, Robert G	2037	ENG	−26B	−53N	−71N	=74B	−75N	=68B	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	2.25	1728	-45.8
83	Byron, Alan M	2040	ENG	F	F	=30B	−26N	=58B	−50N	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1906	-13.8
84	Anjulan, Ashwin	1880	ENG	−18N	=41B	−43N	−64B	−77B	F	F	0.5	15.5	15.5	1.75	1653	-45.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mesropyan, HaykENG
+80.0
3.5 pts · #50
2Rughani, MahinENG
+64.8
3.5 pts · #46
3Gunarathne, Senith ThenulaENG
+61.2
4.0 pts · #29

Top rating losers

1Verma, ShlokENG
-93.2
3.0 pts · #59
2Fellowes, BillyCMENG
-70.8
3.5 pts · #32
3Kendall, ArthurENG
-57.2
1.0 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R1+454 Elo gap
Burrows, Martin P2057 beat GMGhasi, Ameet K2511
R1+301 Elo gap
Mesropyan, Hayk1892 beat CMFellowes, Billy2193
R3+298 Elo gap
Burrows, Martin P2057 beat GMHebden, Mark L2355