Scarborough's 48th Congress - Challengers
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52 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Scarborough, England. 1 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1954, and top seed was Nigel W Blades (🇬🇧 ENG, 2035).
Jael De Sousa Muachikape (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Francis Batchelor (4.0) and Andrew C Wainwright (4.0). De Sousa Muachikape broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Charlie Wainwright (1735) beat Richard Jennings (1953), a +218-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
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×44
🇬🇷Greece×3
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇸🇩Sudan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJael De Sousa Muachikape led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
14
7
3
2
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Jael De Sousa Muachikape never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Jael De Sousa Muachikape 5 wins (R1–R5)Francis Batchelor 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jael De Sousa Muachikape | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Andrew C Wainwright | — | * | — | — |
| 3Francis Batchelor | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Jim Davis | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Sousa Muachikape, Jael | 0 | ENG | +39B | +48N | +6B | +11N | +2B | 5.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 2604 | +67.2 |
| 2 | Batchelor, Francis | 1813 | ENG | +21B | +34N | +40B | +10B | −1N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.00 | 2121 | +78.0 |
| 3 | Wainwright, Andrew C | 0 | ENG | +31N | =5B | =13N | +24B | +10N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 10.75 | 1925 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Davis, Jim | 0 | ENG | +44N | +26B | −10N | +19B | +5N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 9.50 | 1913 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Pink, Joshua | 1896 | ENG | +7B | =3N | +14B | +12N | −4B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 11.50 | 2636 | +25.2 |
| 6 | Li, Xiaofan | 1812 | ENG | +51N | +18B | −1N | +23B | =7N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 2014 | +25.6 |
| 7 | Webb, Nick | 1872 | IRL | −5N | +51B | +18N | +20B | =6B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 2010 | +22.0 |
| 8 | Jennings, Roger W | 1974 | ENG | +45N | −10B | =32N | +31B | +25N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 1941 | -3.4 |
| 9 | McCarthy, Damian | 1899 | ENG | =17B | =49N | =38B | +33N | +21B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 6.75 | 1877 | -1.0 |
| 10 | Ter Gevorkian, Edouardos | 1866 | GRE | +46B | +8N | +4B | −2N | −3B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 8.50 | 2017 | +12.2 |
| 11 | Jaszkiwskyj, Peter | 1921 | ENG | +23N | +22B | =12N | −1B | =30N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 1910 | -1.2 |
| 12 | Wainwright, Charlie | 1735 | ENG | +15B | +17N | =11B | −5B | =13N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 8.50 | 2014 | +72.0 |
| 13 | Blades, Nigel W | 2035 | ENG | =27B | +42N | =3B | =16N | =12B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 1937 | -9.6 |
| 14 | Stonehouse, Raymond | 0 | ENG | =20N | +29B | −5N | =22B | +40N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1971 | +12.0 |
| 15 | Ter-Gevorkian, Giannis | 1905 | GRE | −12N | +44B | =19N | =32B | +36N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1804 | -10.8 |
| 16 | Bedi, Adam | 1871 | ENG | F | =35N | +48B | =13B | +17N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 2113 | +25.4 |
| 17 | Jennings, Richard | 1953 | SCO | =9N | −12B | +42B | +27N | −16B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1853 | -13.4 |
| 18 | Wareing, John P | 1942 | ENG | +25B | −6N | −7B | +38N | =19B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1808 | -17.6 |
| 19 | Horrocks, Stephen J | 1857 | ENG | =35B | +41N | =15B | −4N | =18N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.25 | 2028 | +36.8 |
| 20 | Hilditch-Love, Daniel | 1875 | ENG | =14B | +47N | =28B | −7N | =23B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1817 | -15.6 |
| 21 | Butterworth, Paul | 1702 | ENG | −2N | +46N | =43B | +26B | −9N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1868 | +17.4 |
| 22 | Thompson, Daniel | 1867 | ENG | +33B | −11N | =25B | =14N | =24B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1835 | -4.8 |
| 23 | Daley, Mark | 1838 | ENG | −11B | +52N | +35B | −6N | =20N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1868 | +8.0 |
| 24 | Revell, Jeremy | 1807 | ENG | =40B | =43N | +34B | −3N | =22N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 2052 | +19.6 |
| 25 | Garnett, John S | 1826 | ENG | −18N | +45B | =22N | +41B | −8B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1899 | +11.2 |
| 26 | Brencher, Paul | 1873 | ENG | +52B | −4N | =33B | −21N | +38B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1804 | -7.4 |
| 27 | Jelfs, Alan | 1853 | SCO | =13N | =32B | =31N | −17B | +48B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1830 | -3.2 |
| 28 | Smith, Justin | 1752 | ENG | =29N | +36B | =20N | =30B | F | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1957 | +39.2 |
| 29 | Stokes, MichaelCM | 1878 | ENG | =28B | −14N | F | +39N | +32B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 1898 | +2.0 |
| 30 | Turner, Tim M | 1809 | ENG | F | =38N | +49B | =28N | =11B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1838 | +3.0 |
| 31 | Rodgers, Stephen | 0 | ENG | −3B | +39N | =27B | −8N | =34B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1882 | +32.8 |
| 32 | Leigh, Dominic | 1742 | ENG | =43B | =27N | =8B | =15N | −29N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.25 | 1816 | +6.8 |
| 33 | Bhaduri, Aviraj | 1650 | ENG | −22N | +37B | =26N | −9B | =41N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1805 | +24.8 |
| 34 | Ter-gevorkian, Aram | 1934 | GRE | +37N | −2B | −24N | =47B | =31N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1706 | -30.2 |
| 35 | Hymer, Barry | 1994 | ENG | =19N | =16B | −23N | +37B | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1854 | -15.0 |
| 36 | Wilson, Kevin J | 1883 | ENG | =38B | −28N | =47B | +51N | −15B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1697 | -25.2 |
| 37 | Shapland, David | 1849 | ENG | −34B | −33N | +52B | −35N | +51B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1754 | -13.0 |
| 38 | Ng, Yi Him Ryan | 1698 | HKG | =36N | =30B | =9N | −18B | −26N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1733 | +7.6 |
| 39 | Graham, Oliver | 1752 | ENG | −1N | −31B | +45N | −29B | =44N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1644 | -12.6 |
| 40 | Wagg, Joel | 1973 | ENG | =24N | +50B | −2N | F | −14B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1740 | -50.4 |
| 41 | Kearney, James | 1892 | ENG | F | −19B | +50N | −25N | =33B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1698 | -42.8 |
| 42 | Broughton, Daniel | 1910 | ENG | F | −13B | −17N | =44B | +45N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1809 | -16.0 |
| 43 | Evans, Paul | 0 | ENG | =32N | =24B | =21N | F | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1750 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Dalley, Kevin J | 0 | ENG | −4B | −15N | −46B | =42N | =39B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1675 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Doherty, Paul | 1831 | ENG | −8B | −25N | −39B | +52N | −42B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1599 | -27.0 |
| 46 | Newton, Robert A | 1889 | ENG | −10N | −21B | +44N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 984 | -25.4 |
| 47 | Pitel, Benedikt | 1750 | ENG | F | −20B | =36N | =34N | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1772 | +10.4 |
| 48 | Holi, Sief Al Din | 1697 | SUD | F | −1B | −16N | =50B | −27N | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.25 | 1532 | -13.6 |
| 49 | Saxena, Samidh | 1579 | ENG | F | =9B | −30N | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1662 | +6.4 |
| 50 | Pitel, Dominik | 1678 | ENG | F | −40N | −41B | =48N | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1581 | -25.6 |
| 51 | Gartside, Carl | 1770 | ENG | −6B | −7N | F | −36B | −37N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1051 | -30.8 |
| 52 | Simpson, Derek | 1729 | ENG | −26N | −23B | −37N | −45B | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1044 | -27.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Batchelor, FrancisENG+78.04.0 pts · #3
- 2Wainwright, CharlieENG+72.03.0 pts · #11
- 3De Sousa Muachikape, JaelENG+67.25.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Wagg, JoelENG-50.41.5 pts · #37
- 2Kearney, JamesENG-42.81.5 pts · #39
- 3Gartside, CarlENG-30.80.0 pts · #51
Biggest upsets
- R2+218 Elo gap
- R2+199 Elo gap
- R2+187 Elo gap