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2025 English Women's Championship

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10 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 21 Jul 2025 in Kenilworth, England. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1708, and top seed was Elmira Mirzoeva (🇬🇧 ENG, WGM, 2294).

Elmira Mirzoeva (🇬🇧 ENG, WGM, 2294) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Shambavi Hariharan (5.5) and Yaoyao Zhu (5.0). Mirzoeva shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Shambavi Hariharan (WFM, 1936) beat Elmira Mirzoeva (WGM, 2294), a +358-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
🇬🇧WGMElmira Mirzoeva2294
Avg top 10
1,708
Participants
10
Titled players · 5
WGM×1
WFM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
4
1
2
1
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Mirzoeva takes leadZhu takes lead
Mirzoeva5.5Hariharan5.5Zhu5Longson5Dicen3.5Maton3.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jul

WGM Elmira Mirzoeva takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Mirzoeva takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WGM Elmira Mirzoeva lost to WFM Shambavi Hariharan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WGMElmira Mirzoeva*
0
1
½
2WFMShambavi Hariharan
1
*
0
½
3Yaoyao Zhu
0
1
*
0
4WFMSarah N Longson
½
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mirzoeva, ElmiraWGM2294ENG=4B+10N+3B+5N−2B+7N+6B5.525.526.018.002193-11.4
2Hariharan, ShambaviWFM1936ENG+10B−3N+6B=4N+1N+8B+5N5.524.525.017.502178+74.9
3Zhu, Yaoyao0ENG+9N+2B−1N+6B+5B−4N+7B5.026.026.516.002123+29.4
4Longson, Sarah NWFM1932ENG=1N+7B−5N=2B+8N+3B+9B5.024.525.016.002065+25.4
5Maton, Emily1980ENG+8B=6N+4B−1B−3N+9N−2B3.526.527.09.251942-12.4
6Dicen, Elis DeneleWFM2136ENG+7N=5B−2N−3N+9B+10B−1N3.523.023.55.751928-66.8
7Sheikh, AnumWCM1843ENG−6B−4N+8B+9N+10N−1B−3N3.021.522.03.001841-3.6
8Fernando, Manel1698ENG−5N+9B−7N+10B−4B−2NF2.018.018.01.001700-1.6
9Saharkar, Sharvari1631ENG−3B−8N=10B−7B−6N−5B−4N0.522.022.50.251446-44.0
10Roychowdhury, Aashita1625ENG−2N−1B=9N−8N−7B−6NF0.520.020.00.251459-36.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets