2025 British Championship: Weekend Soanes Under 1750

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67 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1763, and top seed was Chris Snook-Lumb (🇬🇧 ENG, 1829).

Beyazid Kocak (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Amanthika Anbalagan (4.5) and James Peel (4.0). Kocak won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Darya Byelashova (1428) beat Jai Bhatia (1708), a +280-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

🇬🇧Chris Snook-Lumb1829

Avg top 10

1,763

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×53

🇬🇧Wales×3

🇬🇧Scotland×3

🇺🇸United States of America×2

🇩🇪Germany×1

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Beyazid Kocak
🇬🇧ENG
4.5pts·1754perf0.0
🥈
Amanthika Anbalagan
🇬🇧ENG·1595
4.5pts·2431perf+87.6
🥉
James Peel
🇬🇧ENG·1543
4.0pts·2555perf+15.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Anbalagan4.5Kocak4.5Eccleston4Peel4Pride3.5Szwajkun3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Kocak takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Amanthika Anbalagan drew with Beyazid Kocak (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Bryony Eccleston won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Amanthika Anbalagan	*	½	—	—
2Beyazid Kocak	½	*	—	—
3Bryony Eccleston	—	—	*	—
4James Peel	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kocak, Beyazid	0	ENG	+14N	+7B	=2N	+42B	+13N	4.5	14.0	16.0	13.75	1754	0.0
2	Anbalagan, Amanthika	1595	ENG	+52B	+43N	=1B	+12N	+9B	4.5	13.0	14.5	12.25	2431	+87.6
3	Peel, James	1543	ENG	+22B	+15N	=25N	=8B	+14N	4.0	12.0	14.5	11.50	2555	+15.4
4	Eccleston, Bryony	1699	ENG	+50N	+16B	+38N	−13B	+5B	4.0	11.5	13.0	10.00	1838	+28.0
5	Szwajkun, Richard	1744	ENG	+28N	+51B	=6N	+29B	−4N	3.5	12.5	14.0	8.25	1888	+14.6
6	Laza, Andrei	0	ENG	+23B	+40N	=5B	−9N	+22B	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.75	1767	0.0
7	Pearce, Neville R	1680	ENG	+65B	−1N	+26B	=19N	+45B	3.5	12.0	12.5	6.50	1890	+21.6
8	Orsborne, Sarah	0	ENG	+11B	+24N	F	=3N	+38B	3.5	12.0	12.0	10.00	1667	0.0
9	Bowman, Richard L	1726	ENG	=39B	+57N	+59N	+6B	−2N	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.50	1704	-1.6
10	Pride, Stephen C	1597	ENG	−40B	+20N	+62B	+23N	=18B	3.5	10.5	11.0	7.50	1852	+34.2
11	Daly, Grant	1651	ENG	−8N	+61B	=44N	+37B	+49N	3.5	9.5	10.5	6.00	1836	+9.6
12	Sudagar, Vidhyuth Kavin	1656	ENG	+63N	+17B	+42N	−2B	−16N	3.0	12.5	13.0	5.50	1704	+14.0
13	Herd, Ewan	1671	ENG	+47N	+37B	F	+4N	−1B	3.0	12.5	12.5	8.00	2431	+54.0
14	Glogic, Edis	0	ENG	−1B	+52N	+53B	+40N	−3B	3.0	12.0	13.5	5.00	1721	0.0
15	Mohammed, Andeel	1755	ENG	+54N	−3B	+28N	−16B	+55N	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.50	1576	-37.2
16	Coles, Rob	1543	ENG	F	−4N	+60B	+15N	+12B	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	1828	+22.6
17	Morris, Sam	1676	IRL	+53B	−12N	+24B	=22N	=27B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.50	1778	+21.6
18	Devalia, Aadishesh	1613	ENG	=33B	F	+41N	+25B	=10N	3.0	10.5	10.5	7.50	1798	+30.0
19	Mellor, Peter	1697	AUS	=55N	=46B	+43N	=7B	=29N	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.75	1650	-10.0
20	Uegaki, Haruo	1635	SCO	−37N	−10B	+58N	+50B	+41N	3.0	9.0	10.0	4.50	1622	-2.8
21	Stone, Ian C	1777	ENG	=32B	=62N	+39B	+48N	F	3.0	7.0	7.0	5.50	1917	+28.0
22	O`keeffe, Matthew	0	ENG	−3N	+66B	+46N	=17B	−6N	2.5	12.5	13.0	4.00	1593	0.0
23	Schmerwitz, Reinhard	1736	GER	−6N	+58B	+47N	−10B	=28N	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.25	1634	-8.4
24	Eagle, Joe	1688	ENG	+35N	−8B	−17N	=46B	+67N	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.50	1564	-9.6
25	Stanton, Anthony	0	ENG	F	+56N	=3B	−18N	+39B	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.50	1617	0.0
26	Altmann, Daniel	0	WLS	−42N	+63B	−7N	+43B	=31N	2.5	10.0	10.5	3.75	1645	0.0
27	Fraser, Roland	1692	SCO	F	+44B	−29N	+35B	=17N	2.5	10.0	10.0	6.00	1720	+4.8
28	Taylor, Stephen A	1637	ENG	−5B	+64N	−15B	+62N	=23B	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.25	1722	+23.6
29	Leonard, Paul	1725	ENG	+64N	F	+27B	−5N	=19B	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.50	1785	+12.0
30	Gorchev, Vladislav	0	ENG	=31N	=48B	=37N	=41B	=33N	2.5	9.0	11.0	5.50	1689	0.0
31	Lawrence, Simon	1756	ENG	=30B	=39N	+55B	−38N	=26B	2.5	9.0	10.5	5.00	1832	+7.6
32	Bhatia, Jai	1708	ENG	=21N	−41B	−36N	+54B	+51N	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.50	1580	-26.8
33	Miah, Javaid	1678	ENG	=18N	F	=34B	+57N	=30B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	1665	-1.2
34	Collins, Nigel	1589	ENG	=41N	−45B	=33N	+47B	=37N	2.5	8.5	10.5	5.25	1662	+9.6
35	Lin, Vickie	0	ENG	−24B	=54B	+50N	−27N	+53B	2.5	8.0	9.5	3.75	1675	0.0
36	Byelashova, Darya	1428	USA	−51N	=50B	+32B	−45N	+56B	2.5	7.5	9.0	4.75	1600	+30.8
37	Eccleston, Rowan	1526	ENG	+20B	−13N	=30B	−11N	=34B	2.0	12.0	14.5	5.50	1550	+4.0
38	FIDE 343477771	0	—	F	+49N	−4B	+31B	−8N	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	1728	0.0
39	Horlock, Peter J	1698	ENG	=9N	=31B	−21N	+44B	−25N	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.00	1755	+6.4
40	White, Gary	1780	ENG	+10N	−6B	+51N	−14B	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	2459	+13.6
41	Walshaw, David	1743	ENG	=34B	+32N	−18B	=30N	−20B	2.0	11.0	13.5	5.00	1550	-21.6
42	Snook-Lumb, Chris	1829	ENG	+26B	+60N	−12B	−1N	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.50	856	-14.6
43	Vijay Kakarparthi	1440	IND	+67N	−2B	−19B	−26N	+57B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1566	+26.0
44	Marston, Alastair	1759	ENG	=56B	−27N	=11B	−39N	+58B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.50	1407	-53.2
45	Bloom, Paul	1697	ENG	−59B	+34N	F	+36B	−7N	2.0	9.5	9.5	5.00	1606	-9.0
46	Fowkes, Sam A	1462	ENG	F	=19N	−22B	=24N	+59B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.75	1828	+55.6
47	Jerome, Stellio	1669	ENG	−13B	+65N	−23B	−34N	+62B	2.0	8.5	9.0	1.00	1494	-18.2
48	Neil, Graham	1740	ENG	F	=30N	+57B	−21B	=52N	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1632	-14.8
49	FIDE 343412645	0	—	+58N	−38B	F	+56N	−11B	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	851	0.0
50	Slegg, Gary	1622	WLS	−4B	=36N	−35B	−20N	+64B	1.5	12.0	12.5	1.75	1510	-12.2
51	Smithson, Sean	1720	ENG	+36B	−5N	−40B	=53N	−32B	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.25	1523	-51.6
52	Dunne, David C	1701	ENG	−2N	−14B	+66N	F	=48B	1.5	10.5	11.0	1.50	1648	-8.4
53	Zigmond, Andrew	1698	ENG	−17N	+67B	−14N	=51B	−35N	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1650	-3.8
54	Haldar, Daarshik	0	WLS	−15B	=35N	−56B	−32N	+63B	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.75	1536	0.0
55	Bhaduri, Anjishnu	1582	SCO	=19B	F	−31N	+60N	−15B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.50	1463	-15.2
56	Bland, Tim	0	ENG	=44N	−25B	+54N	−49B	−36N	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.50	1401	0.0
57	Byelashova, Sofia	1418	USA	+61N	−9B	−48N	−33B	−43N	1.0	10.0	11.0	1.00	846	-36.8
58	Donegan, John	0	ENG	−49B	−23N	−20B	+63B	−44N	1.0	9.5	10.0	0.50	1469	0.0
59	Puig-Souto, Luca	1726	ENG	+45N	F	−9B	F	−46N	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1503	-34.4
60	McKeown, Phil	0	ENG	+66N	−42B	−16N	−55B	F	1.0	7.0	7.5	0.50	1448	0.0
61	Rigby, Edward	0	ENG	−57B	−11N	+64B	F	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.50	1440	0.0
62	Williams, Raymond	1751	ENG	F	=21B	−10N	−28B	−47N	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.50	1348	-77.6
63	Pollack, Maximo	1519	ENG	−12B	−26N	=65B	−58N	−54N	0.5	8.0	8.5	0.25	856	-12.8
64	Johnson, Stanley	1626	ENG	−29B	−28B	−61N	=66B	−50N	0.5	7.5	8.0	0.25	1327	-54.8
65	Patten, Edward	0	ENG	−7N	−47B	=63N	F	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.25	1350	0.0
66	Carpenter, David J	1610	ENG	−60B	−22N	−52B	=64N	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	1471	-7.2
67	Lu, Mobai	1554	ENG	−43B	−53N	F	F	−24B	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	808	-51.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Anbalagan, AmanthikaENG
+87.6
4.5 pts · #1
2Fowkes, Sam AENG
+55.6
2.0 pts · #29
3Herd, EwanENG
+54.0
3.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Williams, RaymondENG
-77.6
0.5 pts · #56
2Johnson, StanleyENG
-54.8
0.5 pts · #62
3Marston, AlastairENG
-53.2
2.0 pts · #57

Biggest upsets

R3+280 Elo gap
Byelashova, Darya1428 beat Bhatia, Jai1708
R5+264 Elo gap
Fowkes, Sam A1462 beat Puig-Souto, Luca1726
R4+212 Elo gap
Coles, Rob1543 beat Mohammed, Andeel1755