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Manchester FIDE Summer Congress 2025 - Open

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Bolton, England. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2119, and top seed was Daniel W Gormally (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2413).

Daniel W Gormally (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2413) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Mike J Surtees (4.0) and Adam G Ashton (4.0). Gormally took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alexander Burke (1717) beat Chris Vassiliou (1931), a +214-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Bolton, England
Dates
15 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧GMDaniel W Gormally2413
Avg top 10
2,119
Participants
34
Titled players · 6
GM×2
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×29
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇨🇾Cyprus×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
12
5
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Gormally takes lead
Surtees4Gormally4Ashton4Jackson3.5Arkell3.5Vaddhireddy3
R4 · LEADER CHANGE17 Aug

GM Daniel W Gormally takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Gormally takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mike J Surtees lost to GM Daniel W Gormally (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mike J Surtees*
0
——
2GMDaniel W Gormally
1
*——
3FMAdam G Ashton——*—
4CMEdward Jackson———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gormally, Daniel WGM2413ENG+26B+14N=6B+2B=4N4.013.515.011.752331-2.3
2Surtees, Mike J2055ENG+31B+10N+16B−1N+6B4.012.513.59.502243+22.0
3Ashton, Adam GFM2274ENG+25B=9N+17B=6N+7B4.011.513.010.002113-11.2
4Arkell, Keith CGM2363ENG+18N+8BF+9B=1B3.512.512.510.502412+3.1
5Jackson, EdwardCM2194ENG=11N+21B−7N+8B+17N3.511.513.59.002214+1.0
6Vaddhireddy, Sai1972ENG+15B+19N=1N=3B−2N3.015.017.59.502104+15.6
7Cameron, Josh0ENG=33B+20N+5B=10N−3N3.013.013.57.7521020.0
8Van Kemenade, Rudy1926WLS+13B−4N+19B−5N+16B3.012.515.08.002034+8.8
9Rughani, Mahin1906ENG+23B=3B+24N−4N=12B3.012.514.57.502148+26.4
10Kearney, James1902ENG+28N−2B+23N=7B=14N3.012.013.56.501809-9.6
11Ashton, AlannahWCM1867ENG=5B+33N=12B=16N=20B3.011.512.06.252010+28.4
12Zhu, Yaoyao1991ENG+27N−16B=11N+21B=9N3.010.512.06.501917-9.2
13Barnes, Jamie0ENG−8N+18B−20B+25N+22B3.010.011.56.0019350.0
14Hepworth, Peter1948ENG+30B−1B=27N+26N=10B3.010.011.55.252009+6.4
15Van Kemenade, Julie1743WLS−6N=22N=32B+34B+29N3.07.57.53.001759+0.6
16Kobryn, Peter J1897ENG+34B+12N−2N=11B−8N2.513.013.04.501873-3.2
17Lee, Daniel T1924ENG=21N+29B−3N+24B−5B2.511.513.04.501968+4.0
18Burke, AlexCM1881ENG−4B−13N+31B+23N=19N2.511.012.04.251943+5.2
19Burke, Alexander1717ENG+22B−6B−8N+32N=18B2.510.511.54.251841+22.8
20Joseph, Patrick1959ENGF−7B+13N+27B=11N2.510.510.56.002038+7.6
21Boganadham, Ved Sudeep1731ENG=17B−5N+33B−12N=25B2.010.511.02.501788+5.2
22Vassiliou, Chris1931CYP−19N=15B=29N+28B−13N2.010.011.53.751537-20.2
23Ichim, Grieg0ENG−9N+25N−10B−18B+34N2.010.010.01.5016980.0
24Sanada, Tetsuaki2021JPNF+32N−9B−17N+28B2.08.08.02.501115-25.8
25Costello, Colin A1876ENG−3N−23B+30N−13B=21N1.511.012.52.501911+0.6
26Nandi, Robin J1884ENG−1N+30B=28N−14BF1.510.011.52.251862-4.0
27Doherty, Paul1823ENG−12B+34N=14B−20NF1.510.010.01.501693-8.6
28Fishwick, George0ENG−10B+31N=26B−22N−24N1.58.59.51.7517650.0
29Keevil, Paul0ENGF−17N=22B+33N−15B1.58.08.01.5015930.0
30Collier, James P1728ENG−14N−26N−25B=31N+33B1.57.07.51.001563-26.8
31Cheung, Leo1832ENG−2N−28B−18N=30B=32B1.09.510.51.251615-31.6
32Barnes, Neville0ENGF−24B=15N−19B=31N1.08.58.52.0016350.0
33Chaitanya Krishna Vadlamani0IND=7N−11B−21N−29B−30N0.59.511.01.509750.0
34Kocak, Beyazid0ENG−16N−27BF−15N−23B0.09.09.00.0010210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets