2025 British Championship: AM Open

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39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2075, and top seed was David J Walker (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2218).

Matthew Dignam (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2164) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Mikhail Sedykh (5.0) and David J Walker (5.0). Dignam won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Timothy Davis (1848) beat Mike J Surtees (2055), a +207-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Liverpool, England

Dates

04 Aug 2025 → 09 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧FMDavid J Walker2218

Avg top 10

2,075

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×1

CM×3

WCM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×27

🇬🇧Scotland×3

🇮🇪Ireland×2

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
CMMatthew Dignam
🇮🇪IRL·2164
5.5pts·2454perf+33.4
🥈
Mikhail Sedykh
🇬🇧ENG·2159
5.0pts·2270perf+16.4
🥉
FMDavid J Walker
🇬🇧ENG·2218
5.0pts·2265perf+6.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

CM Matthew Dignam led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Dignam5.5Walker5Sedykh5Pert4.5Vaddhireddy4.5Villiers4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Matthew Dignam held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Matthew Dignam drew with FM David J Walker (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Matthew Dignam 5 wins (R1–R5)FM David J Walker 3 wins (R3–R5)Mikhail Sedykh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMMatthew Dignam	*	½	1	1
2FMDavid J Walker	½	*	—	—
3Mikhail Sedykh	0	—	*	—
4WCMNina Pert	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dignam, MatthewCM	2164	IRL	+10B	+23N	+4B	+2N	+6B	=3B	5.5	22.0	24.0	21.50	2454	+33.4
2	Sedykh, Mikhail	2159	ENG	+26N	+11B	+7N	−1B	+9N	+6B	5.0	20.5	22.5	17.00	2270	+16.4
3	Walker, David JFM	2218	ENG	+12N	=14B	+17B	+5N	+15B	=1N	5.0	19.5	22.5	18.25	2265	+6.6
4	Pert, NinaWCM	1975	ENG	+33N	+9B	−1N	+25B	+13N	=7B	4.5	18.0	19.5	12.00	2148	+54.0
5	Vaddhireddy, Sai	1972	ENG	=20B	+30N	+18B	−3B	+11N	+13B	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.75	2127	+23.8
6	Villiers, ThomasCM	2156	ENG	+36N	+31B	+16N	+14B	−1N	−2N	4.0	18.5	19.5	9.00	2122	-3.4
7	Potter, John M	2015	ENG	+27B	+24N	−2B	=10N	+20B	=4N	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.50	2028	+2.6
8	Gunathilake, M D Vinuda ShenalCM	1851	SRI	−13N	+37B	=11N	+28B	=16N	+14B	4.0	14.5	15.0	8.75	2044	+62.0
9	Davis, Timothy	1848	ENG	+15B	−4N	+23B	+17N	−2B	=10N	3.5	19.0	21.0	9.75	2040	+30.6
10	Siu, Kam Wa	1893	HKG	−1N	+34B	+21N	=7B	=14N	=9B	3.5	18.5	20.0	9.25	1976	+13.6
11	Chapman, Luke	1921	ENG	+29B	−2N	=8B	+24N	−5B	+20N	3.5	18.0	20.0	8.50	1939	+6.8
12	Patton, Zachary	1899	SCO	−3B	+27N	+32N	−13B	=18B	+25N	3.5	15.0	17.0	7.50	1980	+18.0
13	Bhatia, KanishkaWCM	2067	SCO	+8B	−17N	+36B	+12N	−4B	−5N	3.0	19.5	20.5	8.50	1911	-49.6
14	Brown, Tom	1961	ENG	+39B	=3N	+20B	−6N	=10B	−8N	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.75	1913	-7.4
15	Surtees, Mike J	2055	ENG	−9N	+33B	+19N	+16B	−3N	F	3.0	17.5	19.0	7.50	2010	-5.0
16	Freeman, Luke	1963	ENG	+25N	+19B	−6B	−15N	=8B	=18N	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.50	1919	-14.4
17	Collinson, Mark I	1900	ENG	+28N	+13B	−3N	−9B	+33B	F	3.0	16.5	18.0	6.50	2004	+13.4
18	Munshi, Aryan	1841	SCO	=22N	+21B	−5N	=31B	=12N	=16B	3.0	16.0	18.0	8.00	1909	+19.6
19	Faulkner, Martin J	1818	ENG	+38B	−16N	−15B	−29N	+39N	+34B	3.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1828	+0.2
20	Nguyen, Lam Vy Le	1807	ENG	=5N	+22B	−14N	+26B	−7N	−11B	2.5	17.5	19.5	6.75	1896	+26.4
21	Holmes, Matthew A	1776	ENG	+35B	−18N	−10B	=23N	=34B	=30N	2.5	12.0	13.0	3.75	1793	+1.8
22	Heritage, Jamie	1972	ENG	=18B	−20N	=38B	=32N	+29B	F	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.75	1832	-36.8
23	Kilshaw, Joe	1918	ENG	+34N	−1B	−9N	=21B	=30B	F	2.0	15.5	17.0	3.75	1785	-18.4
24	Sui, Yueyue	1739	ENG	+37N	−7B	+26N	−11B	−31N	F	2.0	13.5	14.0	2.50	1848	+26.8
25	Mize, Dylan	1791	USA	−16B	+38N	+30B	−4N	F	−12B	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1840	+6.0
26	Hughes, Padraig	1877	IRL	−2B	+29N	−24B	−20N	−27B	+39N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1622	-33.2
27	Swiatkowski, Aram	1844	ENG	−7N	−12B	−34N	=35B	+26N	=32B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.50	1753	-14.4
28	Om Reddy Jayar	1686	IND	−17B	F	=31N	−8N	+32B	=33N	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.75	1777	+14.3
29	Pyun, Lindsay	1762	ENG	−11N	−26B	=37N	+19B	−22N	=35N	2.0	12.0	12.5	3.75	1784	+6.4
30	Al Haidar, Hussam	1750	ENG	F	−5B	−25N	+37B	=23N	=21B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.75	1802	+12.8
31	Schweitzer, Zubin	1870	ENG	F	−6N	=28B	=18N	+24B	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	1856	-4.8
32	Honarvarmahalati, Hooman	1778	IRI	F	+35N	−12B	=22B	−28N	=27N	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.25	1798	+1.8
33	Sheikh, AnumWCM	1842	ENG	−4B	−15N	F	+39B	−17N	=28B	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.00	1582	-23.6
34	Berkley, Stephen W	1748	ENG	−23B	−10N	+27B	F	=21N	−19N	1.5	13.0	13.0	3.25	1701	-6.4
35	Rastogi, Nayan Keats	1948	ENG	−21N	−32B	F	=27N	F	=29B	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1597	-73.2
36	Collins, Jonathan	1868	ENG	−6B	+39N	−13N	F	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1312	-8.0
37	Vickery, Jim E	1915	ENG	−24B	−8N	=29B	−30N	F	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	1454	-44.8
38	Jukes, Sam	1972	WLS	−19N	−25B	=22N	F	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.25	1588	-28.8
39	FIDE 343477275	0	—	−14N	−36B	F	−33N	−19B	−26B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1074	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gunathilake, M D Vinuda ShenalCMSRI
+62.0
4.0 pts · #8
2Pert, NinaWCMENG
+54.0
4.5 pts · #4
3Dignam, MatthewCMIRL
+33.4
5.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Rastogi, Nayan KeatsENG
-73.2
1.0 pts · #33
2Bhatia, KanishkaWCMSCO
-49.6
3.0 pts · #13
3Vickery, Jim EENG
-44.8
0.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R1+207 Elo gap
Davis, Timothy1848 beat Surtees, Mike J2055
R2+181 Elo gap
Mize, Dylan1791 beat Jukes, Sam1972
R1+176 Elo gap
Sui, Yueyue1739 beat Vickery, Jim E1915