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2025 British Championship: Major Open

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137 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2132, and top seed was Adam A Taylor (🇬🇧 ENG, 2279).

Tim P Wall (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2158) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Toby Quaite (7.5) and Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (7.5). Wall shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Samidh Saxena (1445) beat Padraig Hughes (1877), a +432-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Liverpool, England
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Adam A Taylor2279
Avg top 10
2,132
Participants
137
Titled players · 8
FM×3
CM×3
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧England×108
🇬🇧Scotland×8
🇮🇳India×3
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2
🇮🇪Ireland×2
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Tim P Wall led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
53
20
7
3
2
3
2
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Tim P Wall held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Tim P Wall 5 wins (R3–R7)Toby Quaite 3 wins (R5–R7)Livio Cancedda-Dupuis 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMTim P Wall*
1
½
2Toby Quaite*
1
3Livio Cancedda-Dupuis
0
*
½
4Arjun Kolani
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wall, Tim PFM2158ENG+62B=34N+35B+76N+23B+10N+3B=4N+25B8.046.050.044.002344+32.8
2Quaite, Toby1988ENG+92N+31B=15N=13B+33B+51N+10B=6N+4B7.546.550.040.752256+118.0
3Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio2053ENG+61B+71N+38B+11N+52B=4B1N+33N+12B7.546.050.038.502297+106.8
4Kolani, Arjun2118ENG+55B+59N+73B+51N+6B=3N+5B=1B2N7.050.054.038.752221+45.6
5Sefton, Adam2074ENG+46N+64B6N+43B+38N+14B4N+15B+9N7.046.551.037.502197+53.6
6Ortiz Sanchez, Luis1908WLS+86B+72N+5B+22N4N+24B=9N=2B=11N6.548.552.035.252215+71.8
7Lee, Alexandre KM2006ENG=98B+89N=107B+30N+71B9B=19N+56N+21B6.538.541.529.252050+22.0
8Rughani, Mahin1906ENG+137B=12N52B+86N17B+106N+97B+51N+24N6.536.537.023.502057+39.6
9Taylor, Adam A2279ENG+57N=13B+53B+105N=14B+7N=6B=12N5B6.047.050.531.252088-34.8
10Rushbrooke, Remy2090ENG+108B+60N+58B=14N+21B1B2N+48B=19N6.047.050.028.502069-3.8
11Nicholas, Koichi B2091ENG+20N+18B+28N3BF=23N+34B+35N=6B6.047.047.033.502136+8.8
12Pilley, Jack2032ENG+63N=8B=43N=57B+64N+13B+21N=9B3N6.045.550.031.502072+9.2
13Davis, Colin1955ENG+93B=9N+39B=2N+49B12N33B+71N+56B6.043.046.528.752099+30.2
14Terler, Bohdan1974ENG+82B+123N+33B=10B=9N5N=55B+57B=16N6.043.045.026.752121+62.3
15Thomas, James1882ENG+130B+80N=2B33N=73B+39N+52B5N+72B6.041.042.524.752105+97.6
16Bhatia, KanishkaWCM2067SCO+65B=76N+34B21N+74B35N+53B+40N=14B6.039.543.528.002014-22.8
17Potter, John M2015ENG+75B=107N76B+37B+8N=34N+71B25N+35B6.039.042.028.502015+0.6
18Rich, AaronCM1944ENG+112B11N+123B=77B=36N=54N+87B+55N=22B6.036.038.022.502057+48.4
19Vadalia, Jainill1929SCO+124B51N=125B+102N+72B=52N=7B+54N=10B6.035.537.523.502050+58.8
20Gunathilake, M D Vinuda ShenalCM1851SRI11B124N+116B=109N+86B=59N+79B+52N+33B6.033.535.523.752015+76.8
21Sieczkowski, Adam1806POL=44N+48B+127N+16B10N+36B12B+68N7N5.544.046.025.002068+53.6
22Nelson, Jonathan PFM2114ENG+41N+100B=42N6BF+30N+23B=24B=18N5.542.542.527.752080-6.0
23Schell, Finn1956ENG=95N+94B+91N+36B1N=11B22N=66B+57N5.540.544.023.501960+4.0
24Norris, Zack2036ENG+54B53N+65B+60N+107B6N+76B=22N8B5.540.543.523.251975-18.9
25Varnam, Liam DFM2105ENG=89B=96N+55B=68N+50BF+47N+17B1N5.540.040.026.252046-8.4
26Waterfield, Mark1869ENG36N+103B118N=81B+94N+44B=29N+47B=42N5.536.539.024.251958+17.6
27Rastogi, Nayan Keats1948ENG+84B33N+75B=54N56B=65N+92B=53N+55B5.535.539.022.751919-12.0
28Brown, Tom1961ENG+88B+110N11B=74N=53B55N+107B=34N+54B5.535.038.020.751921-6.6
29Pick, Freddie1978ENG=106B=98N54B+92N=87B+89N=26B+45N=30B5.534.537.522.501929-22.4
30Patton, Zachary1899SCO118N+88B+124N7B+90N22B+123N+38B=29N5.534.036.018.751943+17.1
31Wilkinson, Daniel1889ENG+129B2N=86B56N=93B+125N=77B+97N+51B5.533.034.517.001883-1.2
32Freeman, Luke1963ENG125B=119N+110B=106N75B+88N=61B+87N+53B5.528.530.519.501862-42.8
33Sooraj M R2119IND+99N+27B14N+15B2N+43B+13N3B20N5.049.553.026.001978-32.6
34Sharma, Josh1925ENG+78N=1B16N+91B+77N=17B11N=28B=41N5.044.548.023.752015+42.0
35Amoako Philip Selikem Yao1948GHA+116N=36B1N+115B+41N+16B=56N11B17N5.043.546.521.751976+14.4
36Nasiri, Fahim0ENG+26B=35N+45B23N=18B21N=74B+89N=40B5.041.545.024.0019200.0
37Dissanayake, Sathsara1733ENG=68B=74N+40B17N+60B=45N+58B=39N49B5.039.543.523.251999+120.0
38Buckland, Louis1961ENG+103N+90B3N+118B5B53N+75B30N+108N5.038.541.016.501898-28.0
39Patel, Keatan2041ENG=120N+118B13N=69B+67N15B+62N=37B=48N5.038.040.520.001868-74.4
40Keely, Leo A1906ENG90N+81B37N=94B+85N+67B+63N16B=36N5.036.540.021.251831-14.6
41Bennett, Max1852ENG22B=112N+114B+79N35B=50N=59B+58N=34B5.036.539.520.251961+25.8
42Welling, Zac1970ENG+119B+125N=22B=49N51B71N+65B=50N=26B5.036.538.519.501966-2.4
43Shivakumar, Akshath1901ENG+126B=49N=12B5N+125B33N+101B72N+78B5.036.538.517.001958+28.0
44Vashisht-Pigem, Raman1981ENG=21B+133N+56B52N76B26N+119B=61N+71B5.035.036.517.501847-55.2
45McDonagh, Michael1947ENG=135N+95B36N+120B=63N=37B=66N29B+83N5.034.536.017.751856-15.6
46Gorskovs, Andrejs1844ENG5B86N+84B78N+112B+93N50B+111N+79B5.034.037.017.501823-9.2
47Savage, Andrew0ENG+109B+127N51B=53N=54B+107N25B26N+96N5.034.036.016.0019430.0
48Sugden, John N1920ENG=122B21N+119B=125N+88B+75N=51B10N=39B5.033.535.517.001918-1.0
49Green, Michael2009ENG+83N=43B+106N=42B13N+69BFF+37N5.032.532.521.501999-1.0
50Zhu, Pengxiao1938ENG121N+101BF+131B25N=41B+46N=42B+74N5.032.032.019.001966+10.8
51Jaunooby, Ali R2082ENG+115N+19B+47N4B+42N2B=48N8B31N4.547.550.521.501903-38.4
52Sanada, Tetsuaki2021JPN=87N+120B+8N+44B3N=19B15N20B=69N4.545.047.521.001904-28.2
53Ding, Yiwen1844ENG+77N+24B9N=47B=28N+38B16N=27B32N4.544.048.022.502032+46.5
54Richmond, Frank1836ENG24N+132B+29N=27B=47N=18B+80N19B28N4.543.044.519.251918+36.8
55Cowan, Xavier1854ENG4N+111B25N+103B+118N+28B=14N18B27N4.542.044.517.501921+14.8
56Om Reddy Jayar1686IND+113BF44N+31B+27N+58N=35B7B13N4.541.041.021.001994+77.0
57Lukhi, Neev1869SCO9B+93N+129B=12N58B+109N+73B14N23B4.538.540.015.001888+1.2
58Skettos, Nicolas1968CYP+81N+121B10N=63B+57N56B37N41B+91N4.537.039.516.751820-34.0
59Chapman, Luke1921ENG+134N4B=66N67B+131N=20B=41N=63B=101N4.536.538.014.751817-49.6
60Melia, Alfie1904ENG+67N10B+121N24B37N=90B+81N+91BF4.536.038.516.251855-17.6
61Munshi, Aryan1841SCO3N=67B=95N=130B+126N=100B=32N=44B=64N4.536.037.516.001830-2.8
62Liu, Jacob1859ENG1N+116B+136B=73N105B=79N39B+84N=70B4.536.037.014.251900+12.3
63Kendall, Arthur1826ENG12B+137N+117B=58N=45B=68N40B=59N=97B4.536.036.514.501919+39.6
64McCarthy, Damian1924ENG+102B5N+109B=72N12B87N+114B=78N=61B4.535.538.515.751866-13.6
65Swiatkowski, Dominik1843ENG16N+134B24N+124B=80N=27B42N=106B+88B4.534.536.013.251890+22.0
66Shankar, Yashwardhan1761SCO+79B73N=59B+113N=68B=72N=45B=23NF4.534.534.518.752002+90.7
67Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika1642SRI60B=61N+133B+59N39B40N89B+119N+98B4.533.034.514.251840+48.1
68Izod, Chris1944ENG=37N=135B+87N=25B=66N=63B+108N21BF4.533.033.017.001873-14.2
69Hughes, Padraig1877IRL110B=114N+112B=39N+78B49N72B+109N=52B4.531.534.516.251844-6.4
70Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian1962ENG=94N91B131N+129N=82B=81B+85N=108B=62N4.528.029.515.001767-66.3
71Keerthi Kumar, Advait1878ENG+128N3B+90N+80B7N+42B17N13B44N4.043.545.514.501865-0.7
72Peart, Alan2065ENGF6B+99N=64B19N=66B+69N+43B15N4.040.540.517.501880-76.4
73Vaddhireddy, Sai1972ENG+101N+66B4N=62B=15N=108B57N74B=106N4.037.040.016.251824-34.8
74Lee, Yuk Hei1868ENGF=37B+130N=28B16N=80B=36N+73N50B4.036.036.015.251888+10.0
75Walker, Elmira1813ENG17N+128B27N+136B+32N48B38N101B+111B4.035.536.511.501773-18.8
76Gupta, Leonardo1885ENG+132N=16B+17N1B+44N=105B24NFF4.035.535.517.252020+52.8
77Arnott, Jonathan WCM2079ENG53B+122N+108B=18N34BF=31N+82NF4.035.035.015.251899-29.4
78Nus, Jonah Bram Erik1724USA34B108N+101N+46B69N=83B+120N=64B43N4.034.537.015.251826+42.0
79Ashworth, Robert1951ENG66N=131B+82N41B+91N=62B20N+123B46N4.034.536.012.501777-42.0
80Gadzhiev, Farid1978ENG+131N15B+96B71N=65B=74N54B=92N=85B4.034.035.513.001796-43.4
81Sahoo, Shivam1791ENG58B40N+137B=26N=113B=70N60B+93N=104B4.034.034.512.251795-0.8
82Parikh, Naavya1800ENG14N=97B79B+122N=70N+117B+100N77BF4.031.031.013.001940+50.4
83Hanlon, Shay0ENG49B=126N102B=112N+121B=78N=86B+110N45B4.029.531.511.7516920.0
84Perkins, Chris1747ENG27N99B46N+132N96B+124B+136N62B+110N4.028.529.57.501675-31.6
85Mize, Dylan1791USAF113N+134B=117N40B+99N70B+118B=80N4.027.027.011.001877+18.2
86Cann, Arthur1677ENG6N+46B=31N8B20N+131B=83N96B=114N3.540.041.512.751765+32.4
87Garnett, John S1816ENG=52B=117N68B+110N=29N+64B18N32BF3.536.539.514.001856+9.4
88Whittington, Reece1778ENG28N30N+132B+99B48N32B+90N=100B65N3.536.538.010.251768-2.8
89Mulukutla, Ayaansh1852IRL=25N7B=94N=95B+130N29B+67N36BF3.535.535.512.251834-5.6
90Korsinskij, Nikolas1674CZE+40B38N71B+96N30B=60N88B99N+119B3.534.537.013.251788+24.4
91Islam, Mohammed1803BAN=117B+70N23B34N79B+126N+113B60N58B3.534.036.011.001830+6.0
92Mittal, Advik1806SCO2B129N+111N29B+124N+118B27N=80BF3.533.535.09.501869+22.8
93Taylor, Matthew0ENG13N57B=104N+133B=31N46B=118N81B+132B3.532.534.08.7516720.0
94Woozeer, Seth1780ENG=70B23N=89B=40N26B119N+126B+128NF3.532.034.010.501771-4.4
95Pyun, Lindsay1762ENG=23B45N=61B=89N=99B=113N=106B=98NF3.531.531.513.251830+27.2
96Sheikh, AnumWCM1842ENGF=25B80N90B+84N=111N=109B+86N47B3.531.531.513.251811-6.6
97Williams, John P0ENG107B=82NF=123B+120N+104B8N31B=63N3.531.531.511.2518010.0
98Ellson, Louie1807ENG=7N=29B100N127B111N+130B+122N=95B67N3.531.032.511.751752-15.4
99Bartlett, Joel1858ENG33B+84N72B88N=95N85B+130N+90BF3.531.032.510.751770-39.2
100Davis, Cameron1944ENG+111B22N+98B107N=106B=61N82B=88NF3.530.533.512.001795-32.6
101Ding, Yicheng1793ENG73B50N78B+134N+129BF43N+75N=59B3.530.031.59.251751-14.0
102Railwani, Tavish1714SCO64N=115B+83N19B104N120B128N+130B+133N3.527.028.58.501556-53.6
103Storey, Cameron1774ENG38B26N+128B55N110B=129N133N+137B+118N3.525.526.05.751670-37.2
104Collins, Jonathan1868ENG127B109N=93B+114N+102B97N=111BF=81N3.525.525.511.751822-8.2
105Joseph, Patrick1959ENG+114B+136NF9B+62N=76NFFF3.518.518.510.502043+15.2
106Mortazavi, Sami1805ENG=29NF49B=32B=100N8B=95N=65N=73B3.038.038.013.251835+9.6
107De Silva, Sithun1817ENG+97N=17B=7N+100B24N47B28NFF3.035.535.513.251920+26.0
108Ruane, Brendan J1848ENG10N+78B77NF+127B=73N68B=70N38B3.034.536.510.251900+7.8
109Sedykh, Stakhey1756ENG47N+104B64N=20B+115N57B=96N69BF3.034.534.511.251818+22.4
110Saxena, Samidh1445ENG+69N28B32N87B+103N123B+115N83B84B3.033.535.511.001729+88.4
111Wainwright, Charlie1743ENG100N55N92B+128N+98B=96B=104N46B75N3.031.033.09.001688-25.2
112Buffard, Julien1732FRA18N=41B69N=83B46N+132B117N+136BF3.031.032.07.001651-12.6
113Vaidyanathan, Sathya1915ENG56N+85B=135N66B=81N=95B91N116B=121N3.029.531.09.751633-134.8
114Chantrell, Paul1768ENG105N=69B41N104B+137N+115B64NF=86B3.028.028.07.501746-5.8
115Clerc, Oceane1844ESP51B=102N+122B35N109B114N110B=126N+137N3.026.527.05.751620-103.6
116Berkley, Stephen W1748ENG35B62N20N=137B=133NF+129B+113NF3.025.525.55.501698-7.0
117Owen, Dennis1974ENG=91N=87B63N=85B=123N82N+112BFF3.024.524.59.501747-42.6
118Byrne, Colin1716ENG+30B39N+26B38N55B92N=93B85N103B2.536.540.012.751682-16.0
119Eldridge, Albert1792ENG42N=32B48N126B+136N+94B44N67B90N2.534.035.07.251570-88.4
120Blinkhorn, Joshua1838ENG=39B52N+126B45N97B+102N78BFF2.527.527.58.001790-8.8
121Boganadham, Ved Sudeep1731ENG+50B58N60BF83N136BF+129N=113B2.526.526.58.001844+15.7
122Shah, Samuel1693ENG=48N77B115N82B=134N+133B98B=132NF2.524.024.05.501588-37.2
123Nguyen, Lam Vy Le1807ENGF14B18N=97N=117B+110N30B79NF2.034.034.06.251672-38.8
124Banerjee, Sanjoy K1729ENG19N+20B30B65N92B84N132NF+128B2.033.034.58.001580-30.4
125Nitish Brunth Sundar1782IND+32N42B=19N=48B43N31BFFF2.032.032.011.001804+6.4
126Ursu, Alexander1636ENG43N=83B120N+119N61B91B94N=115BF2.028.529.56.001598-10.8
127Xian, Junhao2159CHN+104N47B21B+98N108NFFFF2.024.024.07.001832-29.8
128Ding, Yihua1536ENG71B75N103N111BF+137N+102B94B124N2.024.024.04.001569+9.2
129Barton, Will0ENG31N+92B57N70B101N=103B116N121B130N1.530.532.05.2515210.0
130Van Uytvange, Jonas1566BEL15NF74B=61N89B98N99B102N+129B1.530.030.03.751410-30.4
131Keen, Maya1805ENG80B=79N+70B50N59B86N134BFF1.529.029.06.501646-53.2
132Raj Konwar, Daryan1572ENG76B54N88N84BF112N+124B=122B93N1.527.027.03.251541-10.0
133Coe, Lawrence0ENGF44B67N93N=116B122N+103BF102B1.525.525.55.0015660.0
134Blin, Henri1704ENG59B65N85N101B=122BF+131NFF1.520.520.52.751614-26.8
135Jacobs, Simon1745ENG=45B=68N=113BFFFFFF1.512.512.56.251935+15.0
136Koyun, Aytek0ENGF105B62N75N119B+121N84B112NF1.026.026.02.5014960.0
137Pleimling, Luc1664LUX8N63B81N=116N114B128BF103N115B0.529.529.51.501331-46.6

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