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3rd Torquay Riviera Congress (AM U1700)

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17 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 05 Sept 2025 in Torquay, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1694, and top seed was Malcolm A Roberts (🇬🇧 ENG, 1755).

John A Williams (🇬🇧 WLS, 1668) won with 5.0/6, ahead of David McGeeney (4.5) and Malcolm A Roberts (4.0). Williams won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mauro Farina (1617) beat Malcolm A Roberts (1755), a +138-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 · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Malcolm A Roberts1755
Avg top 10
1,694
Participants
17
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×14
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

John A Williams led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Williams5McGeeney4.5Roberts4Shaddick4Williams3.5Farina3
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

John A Williams held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

John A Williams drew with David McGeeney (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

John A Williams 3 wins (R1–R3)David McGeeney 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1John A Williams*
½
——
2David McGeeney
½
*——
3Malcolm A Roberts——*
1
4John Shaddick——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Williams, John A1668WLS+14N+10B+7B=5N+6B=2B5.016.518.514.502029+39.2
2McGeeney, David1641SCO−8N+14B+16N+10B+5B=1N4.516.017.011.501834+52.4
3Roberts, Malcolm A1755ENG+4B−7N=6B+16N+15N=5B4.015.016.09.751828+9.4
4Shaddick, John1689ENG−3N+17B=15N=9B+13N+6N4.013.513.57.251802+24.0
5Williams, Peter0ENG+16B=6N+13B=1B−2N=3N3.518.519.59.001743-3.2
6Blencowe, Ian P1699ENG+17N=5B=3N+7B−1N−4B3.019.519.56.751595-23.2
7Farina, Mauro1617ENG+15B+3B−1N−6N=11B=8N3.017.519.08.251691+24.0
8Foster, Paul1713ENG+2B−13N=9N−15B+10N=7B3.015.016.510.001666-6.4
9Pasupulety, Shreyas0ENG=13B=11N=8B=4NF+15B3.013.013.07.251748+52.0
10Zigmond, Andrew1698ENG+12B−1N+11B−2N−8B=13N2.517.519.56.001600-16.8
11Lippard, Barry1603ENGF=9B−10N+17B=7N=12N2.511.011.04.251530-11.2
12Jones, Gabriel1651ENG−10N−16B+14NF+17N=11B2.58.08.03.251575-8.8
13Taplin, William1668ENG=9N+8B−5NF−4B=10B2.016.016.05.751700+5.2
14Constable, Christine F1659ENG−1B−2N−12BF+16B+17N2.013.013.01.001469-19.8
15Sellen, John1707ENG−7NF=4B+8N−3B−9N1.517.017.05.001606-11.4
16Greenaway, Terence V1686ENG−5N+12N−2B−3B−14NF1.016.516.52.501484-21.0
17FIDE 3434795610—−6B−4NF−11N−12B−14B0.014.014.00.008600.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets