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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
Top seed
🇬🇧Oliver Cureton1736
Avg top 10
1,284
Participants
32
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇸🇩Sudan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Stephen 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
16
7
3
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
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
Player1234
1Stephen Deland*
1
2Amarishika Anbalagan*
3Lachlan Harding Cornish
0
*
4Joshua Jackson*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Deland, Stephen0ENG+31B+20N+?B=2N+3B4.59.09.07.2516350.0
2Cureton, Oliver1736ENG+12B=24N+21N=1B=4N3.512.013.58.751624-6.0
3Harding Cornish, Lachlan0ENG+15N+17B+?N=5B1N3.512.012.05.7515870.0
4Anbalagan, Amarishika1624ENG+23B5B+31N+8N=2B3.511.512.06.751873+36.0
5Brander, Peter A0ENG+27B+4N+?B=3N6N3.511.511.56.2516440.0
6Jackson, Joshua0ENG=13N+28BF+11N+5B3.511.012.08.7516070.0
7FIDE 446815016N+15B+23N=24B+?N3.57.07.04.2516900.0
8Clare, Philip1571ENG20N+22B+27N4B+15N3.08.59.54.501647+8.4
9Abdelmugeet Omer Ahmed1653SUD=22N26B+28N=21B+16N3.06.57.54.502387+16.4
10Westhead, Daniel0ENG+?B?N+20B13N+17B3.06.06.03.5015190.0
11FIDE 3434330220+?N?B+?N6B+21N3.05.05.01.5014620.0
12Wimble, Gary0ENG2N14B+29N=20B+22N2.59.010.03.259360.0
13Nguyen, Mikey0ENG=6BF+14N+10B?N2.59.09.07.256240.0
14FIDE 343461140018B+12N13B+31N=23B2.58.59.03.7515140.0
15Mak, Jules1669ENG3B7N+32B+28N8B2.011.011.01.001579-10.0
16Jones, Anthony0ENG+7B+?NF?N9B2.010.010.03.508530.0
17Szwajkun, Steve0ENG+?B3N?B+25B10N2.08.08.01.5015220.0
18Mossman, Graham0ENG+14N?B+22N?BF2.05.55.54.006240.0
19Harrison, Paul0ENG?N+25B?N?B+27N2.02.52.52.5015010.0
20Mak, Lester0ENG+8B1B10N=12N?B1.513.013.04.2515350.0
21Sun, Yihang0ENG+25NF2B=9N11B1.511.011.03.0016300.0
22Tse-Fong-Tai, Lucas0ENG=9B8N18B+30N12B1.510.511.52.5014190.0
23Muthusamy, Rakshai0ENG4NF7B+27B=14N1.510.510.52.258240.0
24Rowlingson, Rupert0ENGF=2B=26N=7N?B1.58.58.54.2517360.0
25Wilson, Jeff1502ENG21B19N+30B17N=31B1.56.57.01.251494-0.2
26Stanford, David0ENGF+9N=24B?NF1.56.56.53.7516730.0
27FIDE 34345961705N+29B8B23N19B1.010.011.01.007710.0
28Smith, Mark J1587SCOF6N9B15B+29N1.09.59.51.00862-16.0
29FIDE 3434769610?B27N12B+32N28B1.04.54.50.007870.0
30Shoulders, Andrew M0ENG?B?N25N22B+32B1.03.03.00.007010.0
31Braithwaite, Paul1497ENG1NF4B14B=25N0.512.012.00.751370-6.2
32Tse-Fong-Tai, Oscar0ENG?N?B15N29B30N0.04.04.00.007470.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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