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Northumberland Chess Congress

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in North Shields, England. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2031, and top seed was David J Walker (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2225).

Tim P Wall (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2191) won with 4.5/5, ahead of David Armbruster (3.5) and David J Walker (3.5). Wall won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Oliver Graham (1751) beat Tim R Spanton (1977), a +226-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧North Shields, England
Dates
26 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMDavid J Walker2225
Avg top 10
2,031
Participants
24
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×19
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Tim P Wall led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Wall4.5Armbruster3.5Walker3.5Nathan3Ofeni3Thomas3
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Tim P Wall never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Tim P Wall beat David Armbruster (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Tim P Wall won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMTim P Wall*
1
—
½
2David Armbruster
0
*——
3FMDavid J Walker——*
½
4Ekanem Nathan
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wall, Tim PFM2191ENG+8B+18N+10N+2B=5N4.511.512.511.002317+11.0
2Armbruster, David2006ENG=4N+7B+18B−1N+8B3.513.014.08.002074+9.4
3Walker, David JFM2225ENG=6N+4B+14N=5B=10N3.511.513.59.252053-15.6
4Ofeni, Joel1782ENG=2B−3N+20B+17N=9B3.011.012.05.502082+74.8
5Ekanem Nathan1950NGRF+23N+9B=3N=1B3.011.011.07.002268+32.2
6Thomas, Philip1856ENG=3B=16N+15B=8N=11N3.010.512.07.001969+10.0
7Gazis, Georgios1919GREF−2N+19B+12N+16B3.08.58.55.001955+3.2
8Garnett, John S1825ENG−1N+24B+21N=6B−2N2.512.012.02.501935+12.8
9Izod, Chris1908ENGF+11B−5N+14B=4N2.510.510.56.001828-6.4
10Oswald, Graeme2065ENG+24NF−1B+16N=3B2.510.510.53.252077+3.4
11Bullough, Henry0ENGF−9N+23B+19N=6B2.57.07.03.0019140.0
12Egan, David1787ENG−22N+20B=17N−7B+23N2.56.57.02.251975+24.6
13Nandi, Robin J1880ENG=19B=15N−16B+24N=17B2.56.06.02.251809-7.6
14Graham, Oliver1751ENG+20N=17B−3B−9N=18B2.08.59.52.251913+18.4
15Sewart, Tim1748ENGF=13B−6N=23B+21N2.07.07.02.501880+28.0
16Sewart, Daniel1698ENGF=6B+13N−10B−7N1.511.011.04.001843+25.2
17Dyshliuk, Fedir1978UKRF=14N=12B−4B=13N1.510.010.03.501713-56.8
18Waterfield, Mark1909ENGF−1B−2N=21B=14N1.011.011.01.501746-17.6
19Yianni, Michael0ENG=13N=21B−7N−11BF1.09.09.01.7517440.0
20Spanton, Tim R1977ENG−14B−12N−4NF+24B1.07.57.50.001590-40.2
21Towers, Brian1808IOMF=19N−8B=18N−15B1.06.56.51.001554-18.4
22Henderson, David2024ENG+12BFFFF1.05.05.02.502587+4.0
23Green, Michael L1977SCOF−5B−11N=15N−12B0.510.010.01.001555-31.6
24Trevelyan, Andy J1812ENG−10B−8NF−13B−20N0.08.58.50.001137-54.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets