2025 British Championship: Weekend Atkins Open

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48 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2191, and top seed was Ezra Terryn (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2292).

Thomas Villiers (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2156) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Arno Sterck (4.0) and James Merriman (4.0). Villiers won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Joseph D Friar (1792) beat John J Carleton (2160), a +368-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Liverpool, England

Dates

01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪FMEzra Terryn2292

Avg top 10

2,191

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×4

CM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×33

🇬🇧Scotland×3

🇧🇪Belgium×3

🇮🇳India×2

🇬🇧Wales×2

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×1

Top 3

🥇
CMThomas Villiers
🇬🇧ENG·2156
4.5pts·2435perf+28.8
🥈
FMArno Sterck
🇧🇪BEL·2254
4.0pts·2312perf+7.2
🥉
James Merriman
🇬🇧ENG·2140
4.0pts·2244perf+25.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Thomas Villiers led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Villiers4.5Clarke4Sterck4Merriman4Friar3.5Terryn3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Thomas Villiers held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

CM Thomas Villiers won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMThomas Villiers	*	—	—	½
2Connor Clarke	—	*	—	—
3FMArno Sterck	—	—	*	—
4James Merriman	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Villiers, ThomasCM	2156	ENG	+45N	+38B	+14N	+7B	=3N	4.5	12.0	12.5	10.50	2435	+28.8
2	Sterck, ArnoFM	2254	BEL	+27N	+16B	=6N	+8B	=5N	4.0	13.5	15.5	12.00	2312	+7.2
3	Merriman, James	2140	ENG	+28B	=18N	+19B	+12N	=1B	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.00	2244	+25.2
4	Clarke, Connor	2073	ENG	+20B	=39N	+11B	=9N	+13B	4.0	12.5	14.0	11.50	2193	+14.8
5	Merriman, JohnFM	2202	ENG	=21N	+29B	+10N	=6B	=2B	3.5	13.5	15.5	10.50	2176	-1.4
6	Pollack, Oscar	2090	ENG	+25B	+30N	=2B	=5N	=9B	3.5	13.5	15.5	10.00	2240	+20.4
7	Terryn, EzraFM	2292	BEL	+24B	+13N	=8B	−1N	+36B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	2206	-8.6
8	Varley, PeterFM	2117	WLS	+37N	+17B	=7N	−2N	+18B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	2227	+14.8
9	Dignam, MatthewCM	2164	IRL	=29N	+21B	+39N	=4B	=6N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.75	2134	-2.6
10	Doran, Chris	1961	ENG	+46B	=12N	−5B	+20N	+23B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.50	2166	+27.0
11	Friar, Joseph D	1792	ENG	+33N	=15B	−4N	+38B	+31N	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.00	2225	+106.0
12	Farrand, Tom	2077	ENG	+44N	=10B	+32N	−3B	=14N	3.0	12.5	13.0	5.75	2054	-2.4
13	Partoens, Remi	2003	BEL	+22N	−7B	+47N	+26B	−4N	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	2005	-0.4
14	Ganti, Shriaansh	2018	ENG	+42N	+47B	−1B	=17N	=12B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	2019	+0.4
15	Hill, Alistair	2178	ENG	=19B	=11N	+27B	=18N	=17B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1992	-21.0
16	Samarakoon, Vivash Ransara	2011	SRI	+34B	−2N	=37B	=19N	+27B	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.25	2044	+8.4
17	Foster, Timothy	1974	ENG	+43N	−8N	+48B	=14B	=15N	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	2016	+4.6
18	Dunn, Maxim	1979	ENG	+35N	=3B	=26N	=15B	−8N	2.5	13.0	15.0	6.75	2009	+4.2
19	Camp, Imogen A LWCM	1915	WLS	=15N	+31B	−3N	=16B	=21N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.25	2081	+20.6
20	Schweitzer, Zubin	1870	ENG	−4N	+33B	=38N	−10B	+39N	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.25	1988	+31.2
21	Kilshaw, Joe	1918	ENG	=5B	−9N	+43B	=40N	=19B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	2001	+10.2
22	Ilett, Raymond J	1837	ENG	−13B	+28N	+30B	−23N	=24B	2.5	10.0	12.0	5.25	2005	+20.4
23	Edwards, Paul	2250	ENG	−39B	=44N	+25B	+22B	−10N	2.5	10.0	10.5	5.25	1903	-76.8
24	Sutton, Daniel	1941	ENG	−7N	=42B	+45N	=32B	=22N	2.5	9.5	10.0	3.50	1961	+1.0
25	Clarke, Niall	1885	ENG	−6N	=35B	−23N	+46B	+38N	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.50	1963	+8.4
26	Faulkner, Martin J	1818	ENG	F	+40N	=18B	−13N	+30B	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.75	2072	+26.8
27	Kaushik, Madhav	1939	ENG	−2B	+34N	−15N	+48B	−16N	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	1883	-13.6
28	Ormsby, Alan	1893	IOM	−3N	−22B	=35N	+44B	=34N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.50	1831	-9.4
29	Brencher, Paul	1910	ENG	=9B	−5N	−40B	=34N	+47N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.75	1858	-6.4
30	Campbell, Duncan A F	1951	SCO	+48N	−6B	−22N	+35B	−26N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	1692	-27.2
31	Carleton, John J	2160	ENG	=32B	−19N	+44B	=37N	−11B	2.0	10.0	10.5	2.50	1806	-43.4
32	Pal, Rohan	1909	ENG	=31N	+36B	−12B	=24N	F	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.25	2061	+31.2
33	Burnett, Walter	1975	SCO	−11B	−20N	−34B	+41N	+48N	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1641	-35.2
34	Liu, Ruhao	1862	CHN	−16N	−27B	+33N	=29B	=28B	2.0	9.0	11.0	4.00	1873	+1.6
35	Nilim, Armaan	1796	ENG	−18B	=25N	=28B	−30N	+43B	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.25	1820	+6.4
36	Starley, Robert	2065	ENG	F	−32N	+41B	+39B	−7N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1987	-8.0
37	Mollison, Jamie	1891	SCO	−8B	+46N	=16N	=31B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1994	+10.4
38	Moore, Geoffrey R	1996	ENG	+41B	−1N	=20B	−11N	−25B	1.5	13.0	14.5	2.75	1754	-32.2
39	Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay	1936	ENG	+23N	=4B	−9B	−36N	−20B	1.5	12.5	14.5	4.50	1935	-3.6
40	Erskine-Pereira, Jack	1975	ENG	F	−26B	+29N	=21B	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1882	-7.6
41	Latypova, Olga L	1811	ENG	−38N	=45B	−36N	−33B	+46N	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.25	1775	-11.2
42	Collins, Jonathan	1868	ENG	−14B	=24N	F	+47B	F	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.25	1787	-4.0
43	Gopikrishna, Ashwin	1752	ENG	−17B	F	−21N	+45B	−35N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.50	1703	-9.6
44	Anjulan, Ashwin	1882	ENG	−12B	=23B	−31N	−28N	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	1773	-20.0
45	Anderson, Richard	1900	ENG	−1B	=41N	−24B	−43N	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1593	-57.6
46	Om Reddy Jayar	1686	IND	−10N	−37B	F	−25N	−41B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1087	-24.5
47	FIDE 343477275	0	—	F	−14N	−13B	−42N	−29B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1150	0.0
48	Anil Kumar T	0	IND	−30B	F	−17N	−27N	−33B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1160	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Friar, Joseph DENG
+106.0
3.5 pts · #5
2Pal, RohanENG
+31.2
2.0 pts · #32
3Schweitzer, ZubinENG
+31.2
2.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Edwards, PaulENG
-76.8
2.5 pts · #21
2Anderson, RichardENG
-57.6
0.5 pts · #44
3Carleton, John JENG
-43.4
2.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R5+368 Elo gap
Friar, Joseph D1792 beat Carleton, John J2160
R1+314 Elo gap
Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay1936 beat Edwards, Paul2250
R5+289 Elo gap
Doran, Chris1961 beat Edwards, Paul2250