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Scottish Championship Weekday U1800 2025

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25 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 10 Jul 2025 in Dunfermline, Scotland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1733, and top seed was Douglas S Heatlie (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SCO, 1833).

James Graham (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ SCO, 1762) won with 5.0/6, ahead of David Galbraith (5.0) and Gregor McCloskey (4.5). Graham won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anika Munshi (1654) beat Douglas S Heatlie (1833), a +179-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§Dunfermline, Scotland
Dates
07 Jul 2025 β†’ 10 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§Douglas S Heatlie1833
Avg top 10
1,733
Participants
25
Federations Β· 2 represented
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ScotlandΓ—24
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§EnglandΓ—1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 6 rounds

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

Co-leaders
10
3
1
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6McCloskey takes lead
Galbraith5Graham5McCloskey4.5Gunn-Russell4McConnell4Zamvar3.5
R5 Β· LEADER CHANGE10 Jul

Gregor McCloskey takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Graham takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

WIN STREAKS Β· 3 top finishers

David Galbraith 5 wins (R2–R6)James Graham 4 wins (R1–R4)Gregor McCloskey 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1David Galbraith*β€”
1
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2James Grahamβ€”*
0
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3Gregor McCloskey
0
1
*
1
4Charles Gunn-Russellβ€”β€”
0
*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Graham, James1762SCO+8B+12N+6B+10Nβˆ’3B+7N5.018.021.016.502459+72.8
2Galbraith, David0SCOβˆ’11N+23B+13N+17B+16N+3N5.014.515.512.501938+63.2
3McCloskey, Gregor0SCO+18B=10N+4B+5N+1Nβˆ’2B4.521.023.016.5017400.0
4McConnell, Ivor0SCO=16N+19Bβˆ’3N+22B=10N+9B4.015.016.59.501817+18.4
5Gunn-Russell, Charles0SCO+15N+25B=11Nβˆ’3B=17N+10B4.015.016.09.001954+44.4
6Chen, Eric Kairui0SCO+13N+9Bβˆ’1N=11Bβˆ’7B+20N3.518.020.010.0016350.0
7Zamvar, Vipin1700SCO+23N=11B=17N=16B+6Nβˆ’1B3.515.516.58.001686-1.6
8Bhaskar, Sriram1673SCOβˆ’1N=14B=19N+20B=15N+18B3.514.016.07.501662-2.8
9Boyd, William0SCO=22Bβˆ’6N+24B+12N+19Bβˆ’4N3.514.015.06.7516390.0
10Munshi, Anika1654SCO+14N=3B+25Nβˆ’1B=4Bβˆ’5N3.020.021.07.751744+24.8
11Clegg, Robert1744ENG+2B=7N=5B=6N=12BF3.019.019.012.001787+4.4
12Sandham, Alasdair1611SCO+20Nβˆ’1B=16Nβˆ’9B=11N+21B3.015.517.56.501676+14.4
13Anderson, Dani0SCOβˆ’6B+18Nβˆ’2BF+22N+17B3.014.014.05.501821+14.8
14Heatlie, Douglas S1833SCOβˆ’10B=8N=22B=19Nβˆ’18N+16B2.512.514.05.501563-34.8
15Aitken, Thomas W1688SCOβˆ’5B=24N=20B+23N=8BF2.511.511.54.251659+1.2
16Brown, Gerry1717SCO=4B=22N=12B=7Nβˆ’2Bβˆ’14N2.018.019.56.001543-49.2
17Sneddon, Iain D1766SCO+21NF=7Bβˆ’2N=5Bβˆ’13N2.017.517.55.751624-38.4
18Kovalevskij, Alan0SCOβˆ’3Nβˆ’13B+21NF+14Bβˆ’8N2.015.515.54.501694+30.0
19Cassidy, Bernard0SCOFβˆ’4N=8B=14Bβˆ’9N+22N2.015.015.04.501672+7.2
20Bhaduri, Anjishnu0SCOβˆ’12B=21B=15Nβˆ’8N+24Bβˆ’6B2.014.515.53.2514330.0
21Wilson, Florence1571SCOβˆ’17B=20Nβˆ’18B=24N+23Bβˆ’12N2.010.011.02.501421-15.6
22Bhaduri, Atrasnu0SCO=9N=16B=14Nβˆ’4Nβˆ’13Bβˆ’19B1.515.017.04.001479-6.4
23Watson, Dave1587SCOβˆ’7Bβˆ’2NFβˆ’15Bβˆ’21N+24B1.014.014.01.00853-54.4
24Govil, Arnav0SCOβˆ’25B=15Bβˆ’9N=21Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’23N1.011.012.02.2514340.0
25Hall, David G1797SCO+24Nβˆ’5Nβˆ’10BFFF1.08.08.01.00912-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

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