2025 British Championship: Weekend Yates Under 1500
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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1284, and top seed was Oliver Cureton (🇬🇧 ENG, 1736).
Stephen Deland (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Oliver Cureton (3.5) and Lachlan Harding Cornish (3.5). Deland broke clear in the final round.
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
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇸🇩Sudan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsStephen Deland led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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3
3
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Stephen Deland never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Stephen Deland 3 wins (R1–R3)Lachlan Harding Cornish 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stephen Deland | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Amarishika Anbalagan | — | * | — | — |
| 3Lachlan Harding Cornish | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Joshua Jackson | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deland, Stephen | 0 | ENG | +31B | +20N | +?B | =2N | +3B | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 1635 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Cureton, Oliver | 1736 | ENG | +12B | =24N | +21N | =1B | =4N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1624 | -6.0 |
| 3 | Harding Cornish, Lachlan | 0 | ENG | +15N | +17B | +?N | =5B | −1N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Anbalagan, Amarishika | 1624 | ENG | +23B | −5B | +31N | +8N | =2B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1873 | +36.0 |
| 5 | Brander, Peter A | 0 | ENG | +27B | +4N | +?B | =3N | −6N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Jackson, Joshua | 0 | ENG | =13N | +28B | F | +11N | +5B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.75 | 1607 | 0.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 446815 | 0 | — | −16N | +15B | +23N | =24B | +?N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1690 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Clare, Philip | 1571 | ENG | −20N | +22B | +27N | −4B | +15N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1647 | +8.4 |
| 9 | Abdelmugeet Omer Ahmed | 1653 | SUD | =22N | −26B | +28N | =21B | +16N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 2387 | +16.4 |
| 10 | Westhead, Daniel | 0 | ENG | +?B | −?N | +20B | −13N | +17B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 343433022 | 0 | — | +?N | −?B | +?N | −6B | +21N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Wimble, Gary | 0 | ENG | −2N | −14B | +29N | =20B | +22N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 936 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Nguyen, Mikey | 0 | ENG | =6B | F | +14N | +10B | −?N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 343461140 | 0 | — | −18B | +12N | −13B | +31N | =23B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1514 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Mak, Jules | 1669 | ENG | −3B | −7N | +32B | +28N | −8B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1579 | -10.0 |
| 16 | Jones, Anthony | 0 | ENG | +7B | +?N | F | −?N | −9B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Szwajkun, Steve | 0 | ENG | +?B | −3N | −?B | +25B | −10N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mossman, Graham | 0 | ENG | +14N | −?B | +22N | −?B | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Harrison, Paul | 0 | ENG | −?N | +25B | −?N | −?B | +27N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1501 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mak, Lester | 0 | ENG | +8B | −1B | −10N | =12N | −?B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sun, Yihang | 0 | ENG | +25N | F | −2B | =9N | −11B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Tse-Fong-Tai, Lucas | 0 | ENG | =9B | −8N | −18B | +30N | −12B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1419 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Muthusamy, Rakshai | 0 | ENG | −4N | F | −7B | +27B | =14N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 824 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Rowlingson, Rupert | 0 | ENG | F | =2B | =26N | =7N | −?B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1736 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Wilson, Jeff | 1502 | ENG | −21B | −19N | +30B | −17N | =31B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1494 | -0.2 |
| 26 | Stanford, David | 0 | ENG | F | +9N | =24B | −?N | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.75 | 1673 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 343459617 | 0 | — | −5N | +29B | −8B | −23N | −19B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Smith, Mark J | 1587 | SCO | F | −6N | −9B | −15B | +29N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 862 | -16.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 343476961 | 0 | — | −?B | −27N | −12B | +32N | −28B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 787 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Shoulders, Andrew M | 0 | ENG | −?B | −?N | −25N | −22B | +32B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Braithwaite, Paul | 1497 | ENG | −1N | F | −4B | −14B | =25N | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.75 | 1370 | -6.2 |
| 32 | Tse-Fong-Tai, Oscar | 0 | ENG | −?N | −?B | −15N | −29B | −30N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Anbalagan, AmarishikaENG+36.03.5 pts · #1
- 2Abdelmugeet Omer AhmedSUD+16.43.0 pts · #15
- 3Clare, PhilipENG+8.43.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Smith, Mark JSCO-16.01.0 pts · #26
- 2Mak, JulesENG-10.02.0 pts · #11
- 3Braithwaite, PaulENG-6.20.5 pts · #22