Perth Minor 2025
Open SwissStandard
26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Perth, Scotland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Liam Mathieson (🇬🇧 SCO, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Kyriakos McKenzie (5.0) and Katarina Tanzerova (5.0). Mathieson broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇬🇧Perth, Scotland
Dates
23 May 2025 → 25 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×18
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsLiam Mathieson led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
10
5
3
1
1
3
1
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Liam Mathieson never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Liam Mathieson 5 wins (R1–R5)Kyriakos McKenzie 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Liam Mathieson | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2FIDE 2411709 | — | * | 0 | 0 |
| 3Kyriakos McKenzie | 0 | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4FIDE 2408295 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Mathieson | 0 | SCO | +?B | +17N | +?B | +2N | +9B | −3N | +4B | 6.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 17.00 | 1771 | 0.0 |
| 2 | McKenzie, Kyriakos | 0 | SCO | +7N | +5B | +11N | −1B | +6N | −4N | +10B | 5.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 22.00 | 1808 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Tanzerova, Katarina | 0 | SCO | =16N | +23B | =6N | +8B | +10N | +1B | −5N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 20.25 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 2408295 | 0 | — | +14N | +?B | −10N | +17B | +5N | +2B | −1N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 16.50 | 1637 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 2411709 | 0 | — | +?B | −2N | +26B | +?N | −4B | +18N | +3B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 1709 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Vishwanath, Aniruddha | 0 | SCO | F | +21N | =3B | +?N | −2B | +17N | +11B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 12.00 | 1874 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Richards, Maurice | 0 | ENG | −2B | −?N | +?B | +26N | +12B | =16N | +19B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 9.00 | 1789 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mclellan, Ally | 0 | SCO | −17B | +?N | +12B | −3N | =?B | +?N | +16B | 4.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1611 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kerridge, Simon | 0 | SCO | F | +13B | +16N | +10B | −1N | −11B | +14N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 1768 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Caldow, Ian M | 0 | SCO | +26N | +24B | +4B | −9N | −3B | +19N | −2N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.50 | 1770 | +9.6 |
| 11 | Emery, Keith | 0 | SCO | =13N | +18B | −2B | +23N | =19B | +9N | −6N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 12.00 | 2001 | +9.8 |
| 12 | FIDE 2417430 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | −8N | +24B | −7N | +22B | +20N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.00 | 892 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ling, Adam Sheung Yin | 0 | SCO | =11B | −9N | =23N | =15B | =21N | =20B | +?B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.25 | 1738 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2417880 | 0 | — | −4B | −20N | +?B | =25N | +?B | +?N | −9B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 970 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Shuttleworth, Alistair | 0 | SCO | +?B | −?N | −19B | =13N | −?B | +26N | +?B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 884 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Cotton, Chris | 0 | SCO | =3B | +19N | −9B | F | +20N | =7B | −8N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.75 | 1770 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Barrera, Nikolas | 0 | SCO | +8N | −1B | +?N | −4N | +?B | −6B | −18N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 4.50 | 1663 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Cassidy, Bernard | 0 | SCO | F | −11N | +21B | +20N | F | −5B | +17B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 8.00 | 1054 | -9.2 |
| 19 | Harkins, William | 0 | SCO | F | −16B | +15N | +22B | =11N | −10B | −7N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1575 | -20.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 2416093 | 0 | — | −?N | +14B | +24N | −18B | −16B | =13N | −12B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.25 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gong, Ray | 0 | SCO | F | −6B | −18N | +?N | =13B | −?N | +?B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Sathiyamoorthy, Magizhan | 0 | SCO | F | F | +?B | −19N | =25B | −12N | +26B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 969 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Prabhu, Ainesh | 0 | SCO | F | −3N | =13B | −11B | +24N | −25B | =?N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.75 | 1054 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Burns, James | 0 | SCO | +25B | −10N | −20B | −12N | −23B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 882 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 343437087 | 0 | — | −24N | F | −?B | =14B | =22N | +23N | −?B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 892 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 2415704 | 0 | — | −10B | +?N | −5N | −7B | F | −15B | −22N | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 882 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Emery, KeithSCO+9.84.0 pts · #1
- 2Caldow, Ian MSCO+9.64.0 pts · #13
- 3Kerridge, SimonSCO0.04.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Harkins, WilliamSCO-20.02.5 pts · #15
- 2Cassidy, BernardSCO-9.23.0 pts · #21
- 3Kerridge, SimonSCO0.04.0 pts · #8