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Staffordshire Chess Congress 2025

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14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1968, and top seed was Jacob Connor Boswell (🇬🇧 ENG, 2252).

Jonathan L B Blackburn (🇬🇧 WLS, FM, 2207) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Jacob Connor Boswell (4.0) and Nicholas Lees (3.5). Blackburn won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: R A Chaniru Chanudika Ranasinghe (1642) beat Simon Layhe (1910), a +268-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Stoke-on-Trent, England
Dates
16 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Jacob Connor Boswell2252
Avg top 10
1,968
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×10
🇲🇲Myanmar×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Jonathan L B Blackburn led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Blackburn5Boswell4Lees3.5Flavell3Latt3Kryshtafor3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Jonathan L B Blackburn never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Jonathan L B Blackburn beat Jacob Connor Boswell (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Jonathan L B Blackburn won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJonathan L B Blackburn*
1
—
1
2Jacob Connor Boswell
0
*—
1
3Nicholas Lees——*—
4Archie Flavell
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Blackburn, Jonathan L BFM2207WLS+9B+4N+2B+5N+6B5.013.015.015.002801+27.0
2Boswell, Jacob Connor2252ENG+11N+7B−1N+4B+5N4.013.014.59.502252-0.6
3Lees, Nicholas0ENG+8N=11B−5B+14N+10B3.58.59.05.2520010.0
4Flavell, Archie1927ENG+6N−1B+13N−2N+8B3.014.015.06.002035+27.6
5Maung Maung Latt2151MYA+14N+13B+3N−1B−2B3.013.514.05.002011-11.2
6Kryshtafor, Maksym1682UKR−4B+9N+7N+11B−1N3.012.013.55.501948+50.0
7Barwick, Carmel1915ENG+12B−2N−6B−10N+11N2.010.512.03.001687-27.0
8Gardiner, Harry2001ENG−3B=12N=10B+13N−4N2.010.011.02.751782-41.2
9Ilett, Raymond J1837ENG−1N−6BF+12N+14B2.010.010.02.001842-1.6
10Layhe, Simon1910ENG−13N=14B=8N+7B−3N2.08.59.03.251848-4.0
11Westfield, Francis0ENG−2B=3N+12B−6N−7B1.512.514.03.2517020.0
12Ofeni, Joel1672ENG−7N=8B−11N−9B+13B1.57.58.52.001770+15.6
13Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika1642SRI+10B−5N−4B−8B−12N1.010.011.52.001666+0.3
14Lambton, David1802ENG−5B=10NF−3B−9N0.510.510.51.001686-17.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets