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3rd Torquay Riviera Congress (PM U1750)

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 05 Sept 2025 in Torquay, England. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1743, and top seed was Gillian A Moore (🇬🇧 ENG, 1851).

Brendan OGorman (🇬🇧 ENG, 1690) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Kevin Winter (5.0) and Dominic Czarnuch (5.0). OGorman won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: David McGeeney (1641) beat Charles Doidge (1794), a +153-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
🇬🇧Gillian A Moore1851
Avg top 10
1,743
Participants
24
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇯🇪Jersey×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Brendan OGorman led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
OGorman6Winter5Czarnuch5Doidge4.5Moore4Hughes3.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Brendan OGorman never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Brendan OGorman drew with Kevin Winter (Black).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Brendan OGorman went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Brendan OGorman*
½
½
—
2Kevin Winter
½
*
½
½
3Dominic Czarnuch
½
½
*—
4Charles Doidge—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1OGorman, Brendan1690ENG+21N+16B=3N+11B=2N+6B+7B6.023.025.520.501951+33.0
2Winter, Kevin1758ENG+14N=8B+19N=3B=1B=4N+11N5.025.027.518.001877+17.8
3Czarnuch, Dominic1652ENG+18B+15N=1B=2N=6N+11B=9N5.024.026.517.501827+46.8
4Doidge, Charles1794ENG+13N+5B−11N=16B=12N=2B+8N4.521.524.516.001777-4.0
5Moore, Gillian A1851ENG+17B−4N=18B=14N=22B+15N=20B4.018.520.511.001564-36.4
6Hughes, Ben0ENG−8N+13BF+7N=3B−1N+14B3.524.026.512.001847+80.0
7Rogers, David R1789ENGF=20B+8N−6B+13N+12B−1N3.521.521.510.751759-11.2
8Smith, Jack0ENG+6B=2N−7B−18N+23B+22N−4B3.521.021.58.5016180.0
9Norman, Dinah MWCM1785ENG=19N=12B=20NF=14B+18N=3B3.518.518.510.501690-13.8
10Zigmond, Andrew1698ENGF−19B+17N−12B=20N+13B+18N3.516.516.59.751629-9.2
11McGeeney, David1641SCO+22NF+4B−1N+18B−3N−2B3.025.025.09.001671+9.6
12Sellen, John1707ENGF=9N=15B+10N=4B−7N=16B3.021.021.010.501756+6.8
13Williams, John A1668WLS−4B−6N+24B+21N−7B−10N+19N3.020.020.55.501548-12.2
14Taplin, William1668ENG−2B+24NF=5B=9N+19B−6N3.019.019.06.751763+20.4
15Williams, Peter0ENG+23N−3B=12N=20B+16N−5BF3.018.018.06.251676-25.6
16Wood, Peter C1692ENG+24B−1N+23B=4N−15BF=12N3.017.517.54.751687-0.4
17Cawser, Steven E0ENG−5N=21B−10B+23N−19N+24B=22B3.015.015.53.2515260.0
18Farms, Edward1519ENG−3N+22B=5N+8B−11N−9B−10B2.522.524.57.501514-4.0
19Constable, Christine F1659ENG=9B+10N−2B−22N+17B−14N−13B2.521.023.08.251505-23.8
20Ashbrooke, MonikaWCM1591JCIF=7N=9B=15N=10BF=5N2.517.517.58.751786+20.0
21Andrews, Rowan0ENG−1B=17NF−13B+24N+23BF2.516.516.52.5015130.0
22Carpenter, David J1610ENG−11B−18NF+19B=5N−8B=17N2.018.518.56.001581-4.2
23Bennett, David1558ENG−15BF−16N−17B−8N−21N=24B0.515.515.50.25892-6.4
24James, Callum0ENG−16N−14B−13NF−21B−17N=23N0.515.015.00.2513250.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets