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57th Torbay Chess Congress - Open

Open SwissStandard

49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Torquay, England. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Harry Grieve (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Haroon Majeed (4.0) and Keith C Arkell (4.0). Grieve broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇬🇧Torquay, England
Dates
31 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
49
Titled players · 3
GM×1
IM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×42
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Harry Grieve led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
16
7
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Harry Grieve never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Harry Grieve beat Haroon Majeed (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Harry Grieve 5 wins (R1–R5)Haroon Majeed 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Keith C Arkell 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMHarry Grieve*
1
1
1
2Haroon Majeed
0
*
3GMKeith C Arkell
0
*
4Paul D Helbig
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grieve, HarryIM0ENG+40B+28N+4B+3N+2B5.014.015.515.502942+6.3
2Majeed, Haroon0ENG+10N+13B+9N+22B1N4.014.016.511.502329+29.2
3Arkell, Keith CGM0ENG+35N+5B+8N1B+31N4.013.515.010.002338+1.4
4Helbig, Paul D0ENG+20B+19N1N+16B+8N4.013.015.510.502311+27.2
5Grose, Kameron0ENG+43B3N=23B+29N+20B3.511.011.56.252110+32.0
6Homer, Stephen J0ENG=29B+21N=17B+41N=7B3.510.512.08.002005+0.6
7Goldschmidt, Martin0ENG+49N+42BF+18B=6N3.57.07.05.252224+46.0
8Hill, Andy0ENG+26B+23N3B+17N4B3.013.015.57.502063+7.8
9Humphreys, Jerry G0ENG+44B+11N2B=12N=14B3.013.013.56.501979+2.0
10Bass, John W0ENG2B+38N=11B+42N=12B3.011.512.55.502036+14.2
11Shepherd, Tom0ENG+27N9B=10N+33B=25N3.011.013.07.251979-1.0
12Dilleigh, Stephen P0ENG=18N+37B=16N=9B=10N3.011.012.57.001991-2.6
13Robertson, Mark M0ENG+38B2N+15BF+18N3.011.011.07.002075+23.2
14Jones, Mark A0ENG=30B34N+44B+36N=9N3.08.08.54.501974+14.8
15Clarke, Adam0ENG42N+49B13N+48B+37N3.05.55.51.501882-2.4
16Menadue, Jeremy F S0ENG=17B+29N=12B4N=26B2.512.014.06.001902-10.8
17Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim0UZB=16N+33B=6N8B=19N2.511.513.56.251975+54.8
18Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek0UZB=12B+30N+36B7N13B2.511.513.05.001983+36.8
19Edge, John0ENG+46B4B=24N=21N=17B2.511.512.04.251796-20.4
20Littlejohns, David P0ENG4N=45B+39N+30B5N2.511.011.53.751898-3.8
21Ash, Thomas0ENGF6B+35N=19B+28N2.59.59.54.752071+58.0
22James, Russell A0ENG+32B=36N+34B2NF2.59.09.04.252082-2.6
23Bennett, Dominic L0ENG+48N8B=5N+24BF2.59.09.04.251888-4.8
24Tye, Jack0ENG=34B=32N=19B23N+43N2.58.59.03.501909+55.2
25Abbott, Mark V0ENGF=31N=28B+34N=11B2.58.58.55.002096+19.4
26Archer, David J0ENG8N+48B30N+43B=16N2.58.08.01.751840+2.4
27Westcott, Dale0WLS11B=46N32B+44N+35N2.57.07.52.251800-1.2
28Dunn, Andrew M0ENG+39N1B=25N=37B21B2.011.513.03.501865-36.4
29Northam, Lawrence0ENG=6N16B+45N5B=30N2.011.512.03.251864+4.0
30Moore, Gerald0ENG=14N18B+26B20N=29B2.010.512.55.001784-29.6
31Garcia Hernandez, Oscar0ESP=41N=25BF+32N3B2.010.010.04.002029-4.6
32Brusey, Alan W0ENG22N=24B+27N31B=38N2.09.511.04.501800-18.0
33Bolt, Graham0ENGF17N+47B11N+45B2.06.56.51.001796-12.4
34Baer, Bruce L0ENG=24N+14B22N25BF1.510.510.54.251797-17.8
35Sklavounos, Grigoris0GRE3B=43N21B+47N27B1.59.510.00.751730-31.2
36Gibbs, Dominic V0ENG+45N=22B18N14BF1.58.58.51.751787-19.8
37Nelson, Leon0ENGF12N+46B=28N15B1.58.58.51.501805-13.2
38Aston, Paul A0ENG13N10B+49NF=32B1.58.08.01.001789+13.6
39Simpson, Derek0ENG28B=44N20B=40N=47B1.56.57.01.251708-3.0
40Archer-Lock, Christopher J0ENG1NFF=39B+48N1.56.56.50.751849-7.2
41Bourne, Johnathan D0ENG=31B+47NF6BF1.56.06.01.501934+1.6
42Richmond, JaneWFM0WLS+15B7NF10BF1.09.59.53.001808-18.6
43Peacock, Christopher0ENG5N=35BF26N24B0.510.010.00.751536-32.0
44Brenton, Richard0ENG9N=39B14N27BF0.510.010.00.7515110.0
45Bhaduri, Aviraj0ENG36B=20N29BF33N0.58.08.01.251595-17.2
46Hill, Callum0ENG19N=27B37NFF0.56.56.51.251603-8.8
47Hart, Gerard T0ENGF41B33N35B=39N0.56.56.50.751557-29.6
48FIDE 419575023B26NF15N40B0.09.59.50.0011070.0
49Raikundalia, Krishna0ENG7B15N38BFF0.08.08.00.001056-16.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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