1st Swindon Chess Congress - U1900

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60 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Swindon, England. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1839, and top seed was Lawrence Northam (🇬🇧 ENG, 1880).

Ishan Ramdewar (🇬🇧 ENG, 1867) won with 5.5/6, ahead of M John Cawston (5.0) and Duncan IM Reith (5.0). Ramdewar won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Adam Mussa (1610) beat Edward T Bromilow (1841), a +231-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Swindon, England

Dates

22 Aug 2025 → 25 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Lawrence Northam1880

Avg top 10

1,839

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×49

🇬🇧Wales×5

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
Ishan Ramdewar
🇬🇧ENG·1867
5.5pts·2151perf+29.0
🥈
M John Cawston
🇬🇧ENG·1781
5.0pts·1986perf+29.0
🥉
Duncan IM Reith
🇬🇧SCO·1849
5.0pts·2080perf+44.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ishan Ramdewar led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Ramdewar5.5Cawston5Reith5Palav5Goodfellow5Ebrahimi4.5

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ishan Ramdewar held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Ishan Ramdewar won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ishan Ramdewar	*	—	—	—
2M John Cawston	—	*	—	½
3Duncan IM Reith	—	—	*	—
4Mayank Palav	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ramdewar, Ishan	1867	ENG	+53N	+31B	+10N	+15B	=7N	+23B	5.5	17.0	18.5	16.50	2151	+29.0
2	Cawston, M John	1781	ENG	+52N	+40B	=4N	+9B	=11N	+7B	5.0	19.0	20.5	16.00	1986	+29.0
3	Reith, Duncan IM	1849	SCO	+36N	=17B	+49N	+6B	=8N	+11B	5.0	18.5	20.0	16.25	2080	+44.0
4	Palav, Mayank	1653	ENG	+41N	+30B	=2B	=22N	+13B	+16N	5.0	18.0	20.0	16.00	2011	+91.6
5	Goodfellow, Russell Robert	1814	ENG	−40N	+52B	+24N	+10B	+25N	+8B	5.0	16.0	17.5	15.50	1880	+6.2
6	Ebrahimi, Navid	1695	IRI	=22B	+45N	+32B	−3N	+18B	+15B	4.5	17.5	19.5	13.00	1961	+41.8
7	Johnson, Richard J	1866	ENG	=34B	+19N	+33B	+16N	=1B	−2N	4.0	20.0	22.5	13.50	1822	-5.4
8	Driver, Kingsley	0	ENG	+54B	=33N	+28B	+12N	=3B	−5N	4.0	19.5	20.5	11.75	1756	0.0
9	Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika	1642	SRI	+46B	+14N	=16B	−2N	+32B	=12N	4.0	19.0	21.0	12.25	1878	+49.1
10	Redmill, Simon Matthew	1716	ENG	+27N	+60B	−1B	−5N	+45B	+22N	4.0	18.5	18.5	8.00	1855	+38.4
11	Moseley, Alan	1759	ENG	=39N	+51B	+26N	+42B	=2B	−3N	4.0	17.5	19.0	10.25	1831	+11.6
12	Bryant, Jeffrey	1695	ENG	+35N	+23B	=15N	−8B	+30N	=9B	4.0	17.0	19.5	11.75	2015	+82.0
13	Weston, Rick	0	NZL	−31N	+53B	+40N	+14B	−4N	+19B	4.0	17.0	18.5	11.00	1746	0.0
14	Di-Vetta, Andrew	1768	WLS	+29N	−9B	+60N	−13N	+43B	+27B	4.0	16.0	16.0	8.00	1852	+6.6
15	Morrison, John V	1807	ENG	+43B	+50N	=12B	−1N	+17B	−6N	3.5	19.5	21.0	9.00	1727	-21.6
16	French, Morgan	1717	ENG	+58N	+38B	=9N	−7B	+42N	−4B	3.5	17.5	18.0	7.00	1667	-13.6
17	Abdalla, Suhayl	1697	ENG	+25N	=3N	−22B	+37B	−15N	+35B	3.5	17.0	19.5	10.50	1789	+24.4
18	Lawrence, Spencer	1791	ENG	=51N	=24B	=38N	+26B	−6N	+42B	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.50	1736	-7.0
19	Williams, Peter	0	ENG	+56N	−7B	=30N	+49B	+44B	−13N	3.5	14.0	15.0	5.75	1795	0.0
20	Georgiou, George	1793	ENG	−50B	+54N	−21B	=24N	+33B	+28N	3.5	13.5	14.5	8.00	1714	-23.6
21	Sengenberger, Sara	1649	ENG	−30N	+41B	+20N	−23B	=46N	+44B	3.5	13.0	15.0	8.50	1830	+60.0
22	George, Richard M	1839	ENG	=6N	+55B	+17N	=4B	−23N	−10B	3.0	20.0	21.0	9.25	1645	-52.4
23	Tuson, Jon	1825	WLS	F	−12N	+29B	+21N	+22B	−1N	3.0	19.0	19.0	9.50	1814	-1.0
24	Taylor, Noah	1675	ENG	F	=18N	−5B	=20B	+49N	+32N	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.50	1858	+50.4
25	Hitchens, Matthew	0	ENG	−17B	+36N	+50B	+31N	−5B	F	3.0	15.0	15.0	6.50	1723	0.0
26	Li, Yueci	1690	ENG	=32B	+47N	−11B	−18N	=37N	+41B	3.0	14.5	16.5	6.50	1755	+20.5
27	Northam, Lawrence	1880	ENG	−10B	+56N	−31B	+50N	+34B	−14N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.00	1720	-34.0
28	George, Naveen Daniel	1599	MAS	=49N	+48B	−8N	=46B	+41N	−20B	3.0	13.5	15.0	5.75	1818	+29.4
29	Leach, Lemuel	1660	ENG	−14B	+59B	−23N	−34N	+50B	+43N	3.0	13.0	13.5	4.00	1683	+5.6
30	Binu, Nathan	1758	ENG	+21B	−4N	=19B	+33N	−12B	F	2.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	1668	-20.0
31	Jackson, Sam	0	ENG	+13B	−1N	+27N	−25B	=47N	−38B	2.5	18.0	20.0	8.00	1850	0.0
32	Williams, R Gareth	1806	ENG	=26N	+57B	−6N	+39B	−9N	−24B	2.5	17.0	18.0	5.00	1616	-63.2
33	Kocan, Barry A	1673	ENG	+59N	=8B	−7N	−30B	−20N	+55B	2.5	15.0	15.5	3.50	1608	-6.4
34	Morrish, John	1713	ENG	=7N	−42B	=51N	+29B	−27N	=52B	2.5	13.5	15.0	6.50	1666	-8.6
35	Bromilow, Edward T	1841	ENG	−12B	=43N	−37B	+60N	+51B	−17N	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.50	1476	-38.0
36	Fernando, Manel	1697	ENG	−3B	−25B	−41N	+57N	+54B	=45N	2.5	13.0	14.0	3.00	1693	-0.4
37	Mussa, Adam	1610	ENG	F	−49B	+35N	−17N	=26B	+40B	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.00	1728	+31.6
38	Cartwright, Jonathan	0	ENG	F	−16N	=18B	−44N	+55B	+31N	2.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1480	0.0
39	Czarnuch, Dominic	1652	ENG	=11B	−44N	+56B	−32N	+53N	F	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.50	1670	+2.0
40	Williams, Stephen	1690	WLS	+5B	−2N	−13B	−45N	+60B	−37N	2.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	1486	-20.8
41	Bisogno, Vincenzo	1761	ITA	−4B	−21N	+36B	+58N	−28B	−26N	2.0	17.0	17.5	3.00	1522	-38.6
42	Saharkar, Sharvari	1587	ENG	F	+34N	+44B	−11N	−16B	−18N	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1674	+20.2
43	Dickerson, Trevor	0	ENG	−15N	=35B	+48N	=47B	−14N	−29B	2.0	15.0	17.0	4.25	1639	0.0
44	Fretwell, Ellis	1752	ENG	F	+39B	−42N	+38B	−19N	−21N	2.0	14.0	14.0	5.00	1505	-39.6
45	Phillips, Joshua	1510	WLS	F	−6B	=55N	+40B	−10N	=36B	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.75	1612	+18.8
46	Jones, Chris S	1748	ENG	−9N	+58B	F	=28N	=21B	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.75	1620	-13.8
47	Misra, Anay	1804	ENG	F	−26B	+57N	=43N	=31B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.25	1685	-13.2
48	Mussa, Rayyan	1704	ENG	F	−28N	−43B	=54N	=58B	+51N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.25	1632	-16.0
49	Punshon, Evan	1725	ENG	=28B	+37N	−3B	−19N	−24B	F	1.5	17.0	17.0	4.00	1597	-29.2
50	Miller, Craig	1682	ENG	+20N	−15B	−25N	−27B	−29N	=59B	1.5	16.0	16.5	3.75	1636	-6.2
51	Loyden, Gary	1675	ENG	=18B	−11N	=34B	=55N	−35N	−48B	1.5	14.5	15.5	3.50	1521	-36.8
52	Taplin, William	1668	ENG	−2B	−5N	F	F	+56B	=34N	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.25	1496	-23.6
53	Foster, Paul	1713	ENG	−1B	−13N	=54B	+59N	−39B	F	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.00	1656	-6.8
54	Tuson, Bronwen	1663	WLS	−8N	−20B	=53N	=48B	−36N	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.75	1534	-25.6
55	Adams, Tom	0	ENG	F	−22N	=45B	=51B	−38N	−33N	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.75	1482	0.0
56	Wilden, Rob E	0	ENG	−19B	−27B	−39N	F	−52N	+60B	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	934	0.0
57	Bain, Oliver	1680	ENG	F	−32N	−47B	−36B	F	+58N	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.50	1531	-30.4
58	Collins, Nigel	1589	ENG	−16B	−46N	F	−41B	=48N	−57B	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.00	1356	-22.2
59	Headlong, Fenella	1786	ENG	−33B	−29N	F	−53B	F	=50N	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1360	-82.4
60	Fearnhead, Joseph	0	ENG	F	−10N	−14B	−35B	−40N	−56N	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	954	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Palav, MayankENG
+91.6
5.0 pts · #8
2Bryant, JeffreyENG
+82.0
4.0 pts · #5
3Sengenberger, SaraENG
+60.0
3.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Headlong, FenellaENG
-82.4
0.5 pts · #57
2Williams, R GarethENG
-63.2
2.5 pts · #28
3George, Richard MENG
-52.4
3.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R3+231 Elo gap
Mussa, Adam1610 beat Bromilow, Edward T1841
R4+180 Elo gap
Phillips, Joshua1510 beat Williams, Stephen1690
R3+165 Elo gap
Saharkar, Sharvari1587 beat Fretwell, Ellis1752