2025 British Championship: PM Under 2050
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53 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Aug 2025 to 09 Aug 2025 in Liverpool, England. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1918, and top seed was Alastair Armstrong (🇬🇧 ENG, 2108).
Hooman Honarvarmahalati (🇮🇷 IRI, 1778) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Alexander Linton (4.5) and Liam F Rabbitte (4.5). Honarvarmahalati won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Joe O Hanlon (1660) beat Alastair Armstrong (2108), a +448-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
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×43
🇬🇧Wales×4
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2
🇵🇹Portugal×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsHooman Honarvarmahalati led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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7
3
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Honarvarmahalati5.5Linton4.5Rabbitte4.5Pai4.5Bulman4Santos4— ex-leaders:Honarvarmahalatiled R4–R6, #7
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD
Hooman Honarvarmahalati never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Hooman Honarvarmahalati drew with Alexander Linton (Black).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Hooman Honarvarmahalati won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hooman Honarvarmahalati | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Alexander Linton | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Liam F Rabbitte | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Sidhanth Pai | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honarvarmahalati, Hooman | 1778 | IRI | +50B | +49N | +21B | +14N | +5B | =2N | 5.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 14.25 | 2558 | +37.6 |
| 2 | Linton, Alexander | 1839 | ENG | +33B | =13N | +16B | +22N | =3B | =1B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 15.75 | 1816 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Rabbitte, Liam F | 2038 | ENG | +10N | =6B | =12N | +31B | =2N | +18B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 16.00 | 2073 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Pai, Sidhanth | 1920 | ENG | +24N | +18B | −5N | =12B | +20B | +11N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 15.25 | 1959 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Holmes, Matthew A | 1776 | ENG | +44N | +23B | +4B | =11N | −1N | =8B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 13.25 | 1907 | +20.8 |
| 6 | Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim | 1761 | UZB | +40B | =3N | =26B | +32N | =14B | =7N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 12.00 | 1878 | +37.2 |
| 7 | Davis, Timothy | 1848 | ENG | −31N | =15B | +35N | +24B | +13N | =6B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 12.75 | 1831 | -2.6 |
| 8 | Santos, Joao Artur Almeida | 1950 | POR | =41B | +34N | =22B | +17N | =11B | =5N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 12.25 | 1867 | -11.6 |
| 9 | Bulman, Dominic | 0 | ENG | +17B | =45N | −11B | =10B | +39N | +21N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 11.25 | 1818 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Sui, Yueyue | 1739 | ENG | −3B | =52N | +50B | =9N | +32B | +15N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 1861 | +31.2 |
| 11 | Li, Xiaofan | 1810 | ENG | =12N | +35B | +9N | =5B | =8N | −4B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 12.25 | 1826 | +1.8 |
| 12 | Christensen, Oscar | 1668 | ENG | =11B | +42N | =3B | =4N | =25B | =17N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 11.50 | 1881 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Li, Yueci | 1685 | ENG | +28B | =2B | −19N | +27N | −7B | +43N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1732 | +6.1 |
| 14 | Schweitzer, Zubin | 1870 | ENG | +29N | +31B | +32N | −1B | =6N | F | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10.00 | 1844 | -3.6 |
| 15 | Scott, Jane | 1704 | ENG | −43N | =7N | +34B | +30B | +19N | −10B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.00 | 1952 | +66.8 |
| 16 | Puig-Souto, Luca | 1726 | ENG | =19N | +25B | −2N | =39B | +42B | =20N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 2022 | +62.4 |
| 17 | Al Haidar, Hussam | 1750 | ENG | −9N | +38B | +46N | −8B | +31N | =12B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 8.25 | 1959 | +43.2 |
| 18 | Pearson, Charlie | 1751 | ENG | +51B | −4N | +45B | =26N | +22B | −3N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1820 | +22.8 |
| 19 | Siu, Kam Wa | 1893 | HKG | =16B | =41N | +13B | =21N | −15B | +33N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 10.25 | 1770 | -18.2 |
| 20 | Birch, George | 0 | ENG | −32N | +44B | +43N | +23B | −4N | =16B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 8.75 | 1681 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Colclough, Ryan | 1739 | WLS | +48N | +43B | −1N | =19B | =26N | −9B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 6.75 | 1861 | +11.2 |
| 22 | Devalia, Aadishesh | 1613 | ENG | +30N | +39B | =8N | −2B | −18N | =37B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 8.25 | 1877 | +68.4 |
| 23 | Saharkar, Sharvari | 1587 | ENG | +47B | −5N | +37B | −20N | +28B | −25N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 7.00 | 1841 | +60.1 |
| 24 | St Louis, Laurence | 1728 | ENG | −4B | =40N | +51B | −7N | +36B | =27N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 5.50 | 1694 | -8.8 |
| 25 | Harskin, Robin P S | 1792 | ENG | =26B | −16N | +49B | F | =12N | +23B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.25 | 1657 | -21.2 |
| 26 | O Hanlon, Joe | 1660 | IRL | =25N | +48B | =6N | =18B | =21B | F | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 8.25 | 1893 | +29.4 |
| 27 | Ramsey, Phil | 0 | ENG | +38N | −32B | =36N | −13B | +51N | =24B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1612 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Catabay, Rezin C | 1829 | ENG | −13N | +33B | −31N | +53B | −23N | +49B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1577 | -66.8 |
| 29 | Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek | 1711 | UZB | −14B | =51N | =42B | =45N | =30N | +39B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1769 | +17.3 |
| 30 | Di-Vetta, Andrew | 1768 | WLS | −22B | =50N | +52B | −15N | =29B | +40N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1649 | -19.2 |
| 31 | Helsby, Matthew | 1697 | ENG | +7B | −14N | +28B | −3N | −17B | =42N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 8.00 | 1808 | +27.7 |
| 32 | Ajaykumar, Arav | 1527 | ENG | +20B | +27N | −14B | −6B | −10N | =41N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1454 | -12.0 |
| 33 | Pereslavtsev, Sergey | 1691 | ENG | −2N | −28N | +40B | =34N | +45B | −19B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 1784 | +24.8 |
| 34 | Coward, Neil | 1768 | ENG | =36N | −8B | −15N | =33B | +53N | =35B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 4.25 | 1646 | -20.8 |
| 35 | Wynn, Jacob | 1657 | ENG | =37B | −11N | −7B | =40N | +50B | =34N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1681 | +6.0 |
| 36 | Sriram, Gautam | 1638 | ENG | =34B | =37N | =27B | −42N | −24N | +51B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1652 | +2.8 |
| 37 | Westcott, Dale | 1781 | WLS | =35N | =36B | −23N | +46B | F | =22N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1662 | -15.6 |
| 38 | Sengupta, Sohana | 1597 | ENG | −27B | −17N | =47B | +50N | F | +52B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1773 | +37.6 |
| 39 | Carter, Benjamin | 1774 | ENG | +52B | −22N | =41B | =16N | −9B | −29N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 3.25 | 1613 | -44.4 |
| 40 | Helsby, David C | 1572 | ENG | −6N | =24B | −33N | =35B | +47N | −30B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 4.25 | 1587 | +2.0 |
| 41 | Spirling, Florence | 1733 | ENG | =8N | =19B | =39N | F | F | =32B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1786 | +11.0 |
| 42 | McGhee, David | 1855 | WLS | F | −12B | =29N | +36B | −16N | =31B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 1693 | -17.2 |
| 43 | McGreal, Mike | 0 | ENG | +15B | −21N | −20B | +49N | F | −13B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.50 | 1585 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Mehta, Sophie | 1646 | ENG | −5B | −20N | =48N | =47B | +46N | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1827 | +34.4 |
| 45 | Hirst, Joe A J | 1855 | ENG | F | =9B | −18N | =29B | −33N | =46B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.25 | 1550 | -32.0 |
| 46 | Gartside, Carl | 1818 | ENG | −49B | +47N | −17B | −37N | −44B | =45N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1591 | -30.4 |
| 47 | Ewart, Thomas | 1669 | ENG | −23N | −46B | =38N | =44N | −40B | =53B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1440 | -71.6 |
| 48 | Armstrong, Alastair | 2108 | ENG | −21B | −26N | =44B | +52N | F | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1629 | -86.4 |
| 49 | Mayers, Tom | 0 | ENG | +46N | −1B | −25N | −43B | F | −28N | 1.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 1.50 | 1612 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta | 1648 | ENG | −1N | =30B | −10N | −38B | −35N | F | 0.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.50 | 1342 | -64.0 |
| 51 | Horwood, Alexander | 1500 | ENG | −18N | =29B | −24N | F | −27B | −36N | 0.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.50 | 1385 | -16.0 |
| 52 | Newton, Ben | 1644 | ENG | −39N | =10B | −30N | −48B | F | −38N | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1418 | -46.8 |
| 53 | Santosh Kumar, Darsh | 1579 | ENG | F | F | F | −28N | −34B | =47N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1482 | -12.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Devalia, AadisheshENG+68.43.0 pts · #21
- 2Scott, JaneENG+66.83.5 pts · #14
- 3Puig-Souto, LucaENG+62.43.5 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Armstrong, AlastairENG-86.41.5 pts · #42
- 2Ewart, ThomasENG-71.61.5 pts · #43
- 3Catabay, Rezin CENG-66.83.0 pts · #34
Biggest upsets
- R2+448 Elo gap
- R1+369 Elo gap
- R5+242 Elo gap