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3rd Torquay Riviera Congress (PM Open)

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30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 05 Sept 2025 in Torquay, England. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2131, and top seed was Harry Grieve (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2479).

Harry Grieve (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2479) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Daniel GH Gallagher (5.5) and Gerald Moore (5.0). Grieve won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Gerald Moore (1928) beat Keith C Arkell (GM, 2363), a +435-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Torquay, England
Dates
30 Aug 2025 → 05 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧IMHarry Grieve2479
Avg top 10
2,131
Participants
30
Titled players · 4
GM×1
IM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×28
🇬🇬Guernsey×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Harry Grieve led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
5
3
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Grieve7Gallagher5.5Moore5Bolt4.5Roberts4.5Keely4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

IM Harry Grieve never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Harry Grieve beat Daniel GH Gallagher (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Harry Grieve 7 wins (R1–R7)Daniel GH Gallagher 4 wins (R1–R4)Gerald Moore 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMHarry Grieve*
1
1
1
2Daniel GH Gallagher
0
*
1
—
3Gerald Moore
0
0
*—
4Graham Bolt
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grieve, HarryIM2479ENG+12B+3N+8B+5N+2B+4N+7B7.027.531.031.002905+7.0
2Gallagher, Daniel GH2251ENG+15B+29N+9B+23N−1N+3B=8N5.525.526.517.502308+13.8
3Moore, Gerald1928ENG+20N−1B+18N+21B+9B−2N+11B5.025.027.515.002278+60.2
4Roberts, David L1987ENG+19B−9N+13B+14N+5B−1B=6N4.527.029.516.252151+27.2
5Bolt, Graham1917ENG+27B+11N+17B−1B−4N=10N+12B4.525.526.513.002046+22.8
6Keely, Leo A1906ENG+10B−8N=19B+17N+14B=7N=4B4.523.025.516.002034+24.6
7Waddington, Mike PFM2034ENG+13B=28N+11B−9N+19N=6B−1N4.025.026.012.252091+9.0
8James, Russell A2090ENG+18N+6B−1NF+23B=12N=2B4.025.025.013.502196+15.0
9Arkell, Keith CGM2363ENG+26N+4B−2N+7B−3N+15BF4.024.024.013.502152-12.0
10Coward, Neil1768ENG−6N−18B+30N+25B=16N=5B+26N4.018.018.57.501910+27.2
11Dilleigh, Stephen P2048ENG+25N−5B−7N+20B=13N+19B−3N3.522.023.58.251954-17.4
12Littlejohns, David P1925ENG−1N=25B=20N+27B+21N=8B−5N3.522.023.07.501978+7.4
13Staples, Maurice J1915ENG−7N+30B−4N+18B=11B=17N=14B3.521.021.58.001918+1.4
14Brown, Alan M1935ENG=22N=21B+27N−4B−6N+28B=13N3.518.519.56.251844-14.2
15Clarke, Adam1798ENG−2N=20B+25N+22BF−9N+21B3.518.518.57.752029+50.4
16Walley, A Clive1869ENGFF+24B=28N=10B+23N=17B3.512.012.08.001949+10.6
17Lawrence, Spencer1791ENGF+22B−5N−6B+24N=13B=16N3.020.520.58.001820+4.0
18Spanton, Tim R1982ENG−8B+10N−3B−13N=27N+24B−19N2.521.022.06.501790-36.4
19Pickersgill, Adrian O1919ENG−4N+26B=6NF−7B−11N+18B2.520.521.56.251911-2.2
20Dunn, Andrew M2117ENG−3B=15N=12B−11N=26NF+23B2.519.019.06.251849-83.2
21Wilson, Matthew R1784ENGF=14N+29B−3N−12B+22B−15N2.519.019.05.251759-3.6
22Hart, Gerard T0ENG=14B−17N+26B−15N+28B−21N−25B2.515.516.54.2517130.0
23Thomas, Mark1884WLSF+24N+28B−2B−8N−16B−20N2.018.518.53.001855-7.0
24Stinton-Brownbridge, Michael H1855ENGF−23B−16N+30B−17B−18N+27N2.012.512.51.501699-24.8
25Barton, R Alan1847ENG−11B=12N−15B−10NF−26B+22N1.518.518.54.251512-36.2
26Morgan, JamieCM1851GCI−9B−19N−22NF=20B+25N−10B1.517.017.02.751831-5.4
27Ingham, H William1769ENG−5NF−14B−12N=18B=30N−24B1.016.516.51.501605-22.8
28Aston, Paul A1700ENGF=7B−23N=16B−22N−14NF1.015.515.53.751738+5.2
29Brusey, Alan W1954ENG+30N−2B−21NFFFF1.011.011.00.501770-14.6
30Jones, Gabriel1651ENG−29B−13N−10B−24NF=27BF0.511.511.50.501486-14.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets