Scarborough's 48th Congress - Open

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60 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Scarborough, England. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2204, and top seed was Lorenzo Fava (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2335).

Lorenzo Fava (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2335) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Stanley Badacsonyi (4.5) and Michael Fernandez (4.0). Fava won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Raymond J Ilett (1856) beat John C Tompson (2113), a +257-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Scarborough, England

Dates

24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹FMLorenzo Fava2335

Avg top 10

2,204

Participants

Titled players · 8

GM×1

FM×5

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×52

🇬🇧Scotland×2

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
FMLorenzo Fava
🇮🇹ITA·2335
4.5pts·2461perf+8.8
🥈
FMStanley Badacsonyi
🇬🇧ENG·2286
4.5pts·2457perf+17.0
🥉
FMMichael Fernandez
🇬🇧ENG·2222
4.0pts·2326perf+12.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Fava4.5Badacsonyi4.5Fernandez4Chan3.5Walker3.5Samarasinghe Jude3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Fava takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Stanley Badacsonyi 3 wins (R3–R5)FM Michael Fernandez 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMLorenzo Fava	*	—	1	½
2FMStanley Badacsonyi	—	*	—	—
3FMMichael Fernandez	0	—	*	—
4Sheng Liang Bernard Chan	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fava, LorenzoFM	2335	ITA	+38N	+23B	=4N	+19B	+3N	4.5	12.5	14.5	12.75	2461	+8.8
2	Badacsonyi, StanleyFM	2286	ENG	+28B	=36N	+24B	+18N	+5B	4.5	11.0	13.0	12.00	2457	+17.0
3	Fernandez, MichaelFM	2222	ENG	+50B	+8N	+17B	+14N	−1B	4.0	13.5	15.0	10.50	2326	+12.8
4	Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard	2077	MAS	+49N	+9B	=1B	=6N	=13B	3.5	14.5	16.0	10.50	2246	+22.0
5	Davies, Nigel RGM	2295	ENG	=7N	+30B	+36N	+22B	−2N	3.5	13.0	15.0	8.75	2214	-3.4
6	Walker, David JFM	2225	ENG	+40B	=22N	+16B	=4B	=10N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.75	2200	-3.0
7	Heritage, Jamie	1935	ENG	=5B	=25N	=21B	+46N	+27B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.75	2270	+86.8
8	Samarasinghe Jude, Ranga	1978	SRI	+51N	−3B	+44N	=29B	+19N	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.25	2198	+29.0
9	Jaunooby, Ali R	2044	ENG	+39B	−4N	+37B	+17N	=18B	3.5	10.5	12.5	7.75	2154	+15.0
10	Ganti, Shriaansh	2026	ENG	−37B	+48N	+41B	+35N	=6B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.25	2151	+26.4
11	Walker, Martin GFM	2091	ENG	+33B	−35N	+56B	=45N	+20B	3.5	9.0	10.0	7.00	2122	+4.4
12	Klimchik, Alexandr	2114	ENG	+34B	−17N	+39B	−13N	+35B	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.50	2032	-19.2
13	Peart, Alan	1956	ENG	F	=56N	+20B	+12B	=4N	3.0	10.0	10.0	7.75	2215	+54.0
14	Jakhria, KushalCM	2011	ENG	+54B	+21N	+35B	−3B	F	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	2264	+52.8
15	Cast, Julian	1939	ENG	−17B	=34N	+38N	=31B	+36N	3.0	9.5	11.5	6.50	2051	+15.6
16	Gomez, Daniel	2024	ENG	=57N	+55B	−6N	+32B	=30N	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.25	2065	+5.6
17	Szekely, Balazs-Virgil	2028	ROU	+15N	+12B	−3N	−9B	=42N	2.5	13.5	15.5	7.00	2054	+3.2
18	Larchikov, Maksym	2146	UKR	F	+37N	+27B	−2B	=9N	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.25	2165	+4.4
19	Pollack, Oscar	2110	ENG	=41B	+59N	+42B	−1N	−8B	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.50	2026	-11.2
20	Collinson, Mark I	1925	ENG	=47N	+31B	−13N	+23B	−11N	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.00	2066	+16.6
21	Cont, Arya	2090	ENG	F	−14B	=7N	+26B	+22N	2.5	11.5	11.5	6.75	2069	-2.4
22	Hutchinson, Paul A	2052	ENG	+60N	=6B	+46B	−5N	−21B	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	2072	+4.0
23	Surtees, Mike J	2080	ENG	+48B	−1N	=40B	−20N	+37B	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.50	2032	-7.0
24	Mitchell, Martin	2117	SCO	=55N	+43B	−2N	=42B	=28N	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	2000	-15.2
25	Quaite, Toby	2106	ENG	=26N	=7B	=53N	−30B	+49N	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	1976	-34.0
26	Hall, James	1896	ENG	=25B	−29N	+33B	−21N	+48B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	2017	+31.6
27	Birtwistle, Nigel	2068	ENG	=32N	+57B	−18N	+52B	−7N	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.75	1941	-14.6
28	Melia, Alfie	1886	ENG	−2N	−52B	+51N	+57B	=24B	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.75	2004	+26.4
29	McLean, Robert	2056	ENG	=43N	+26B	=45B	=8N	F	2.5	10.0	10.0	6.25	2032	-3.0
30	Wise, David	2030	ENG	F	−5N	+55B	+25N	=16B	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	2190	+16.2
31	Varley, Joe	2027	ENG	F	−20N	+43B	=15N	+40B	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.50	2057	+2.8
32	Griffin-Young, Sebastian	1841	ENG	=27B	−45N	+59B	−16N	+50B	2.5	9.0	9.5	3.25	2014	+38.8
33	Keely, Leo A	1892	ENG	−11N	=38B	−26N	+58B	+59N	2.5	9.0	9.5	2.50	1965	+6.6
34	Ilett, Raymond J	1856	ENG	−12N	=15B	+58N	+53B	F	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.00	2106	+27.2
35	Milson, Samuel A	2106	ENG	+44N	+11B	−14N	−10B	−12N	2.0	13.0	15.0	5.50	1980	-16.0
36	Rughani, Mahin	2020	ENG	+52N	=2B	−5B	=40N	−15B	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.75	2015	-4.8
37	Cowan, Richard M	1896	ENG	+10N	−18B	−9N	+56B	−23N	2.0	12.0	13.0	4.50	1983	+10.8
38	Armstrong, Malcolm J	1986	ENG	−1B	=33N	−15B	=39N	+55B	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.25	1938	-9.0
39	Layhe, Simon	1881	ENG	−9N	+49B	−12N	=38B	=44N	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.50	1937	+6.8
40	Rogerson, Mark W	2050	ENG	−6N	+60B	=23N	=36B	−31N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.25	1936	-28.0
41	Ridge, Michael	1899	SCO	=19N	=53B	−10N	=50N	=47B	2.0	9.5	11.0	3.75	2032	+18.8
42	Ekanem Nathan	1950	NGR	F	+47B	−19N	=24N	=17B	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.50	2110	+16.6
43	Longson, Sarah NWFM	1918	ENG	=29B	−24N	−31N	+51B	=53N	2.0	9.0	10.5	3.50	1963	+5.4
44	Harkness, Bryan	1995	ENG	−35B	+54N	−8B	=48N	=39B	2.0	9.0	10.5	3.25	1878	-32.0
45	Edwards-Wright, Miles D	1957	ENG	F	+32B	=29N	=11B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	2129	+14.0
46	Ciuravin, Andrei	2075	ENG	F	+58B	−22N	−7B	+52N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1935	-14.0
47	Dutton, Ian R	2183	ENG	=20B	−42N	=52N	=49B	=41N	2.0	8.0	9.5	3.75	1836	-85.6
48	Barwick, Carmel	1919	ENG	−23N	−10B	+60N	=44B	−26N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.00	1794	-16.6
49	Ponting, Andrew	1905	ENG	−4B	−39N	+54B	=47N	−25B	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.50	1875	-5.0
50	Phillips, David A	2059	ENG	−3N	=51B	=57N	=41B	−32N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.25	1792	-35.0
51	Ronald, Ted	1862	ENG	−8B	=50N	−28B	−43N	+57N	1.5	9.5	10.5	1.75	1796	-18.0
52	Anjulan, Ashwin	1873	ENG	−36B	+28N	=47B	−27N	−46B	1.5	9.0	11.0	3.50	1893	+2.8
53	Tompson, John C	2113	ENG	F	=41N	=25B	−34N	=43B	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1847	-27.8
54	Booth, Steven B	1874	ENG	−14N	−44B	−49N	+60B	=56N	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	1762	-15.0
55	Gardiner, Harry	1960	ENG	=24B	−16N	−30N	=59B	−38N	1.0	10.0	10.5	1.50	1787	-41.6
56	Hepworth, Peter	1954	ENG	F	=13B	−11N	−37N	=54B	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.25	1761	-20.2
57	Kilshaw, Joe	1904	ENG	=16B	−27N	=50B	−28N	−51B	1.0	9.5	11.0	2.25	1737	-17.8
58	Billings, Alexander J	1878	ENG	F	−46N	−34B	−33N	+60B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1685	-40.4
59	Vaddhireddy, Sai	1976	ENG	F	−19B	−32N	=55N	−33B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.50	1641	-31.4
60	Mkpadi, Michael	1689	ENG	−22B	−40N	−48B	−54N	−58N	0.0	7.5	8.5	0.00	1155	-18.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Heritage, JamieENG
+86.8
3.5 pts · #10
2Peart, AlanENG
+54.0
3.0 pts · #12
3Jakhria, KushalCMENG
+52.8
3.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Dutton, Ian RENG
-85.6
2.0 pts · #38
2Gardiner, HarryENG
-41.6
1.0 pts · #57
3Billings, Alexander JENG
-40.4
1.0 pts · #58

Biggest upsets

R4+257 Elo gap
Ilett, Raymond J1856 beat Tompson, John C2113
R2+233 Elo gap
Ekanem Nathan1950 beat Dutton, Ian R2183
R5+218 Elo gap
Griffin-Young, Sebastian1841 beat Phillips, David A2059