Manchester FIDE Summer Congress 2025 - Major

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Bolton, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1792, and top seed was Nathan Madzia (🇬🇧 ENG, 1885).

Robert Kane (🇬🇧 ENG, 1834) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nathan Madzia (4.0) and Ben Barton (3.5). Kane broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ian G Matthew (1722) beat Ben Barton (1857), a +135-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

🇬🇧Nathan Madzia1885

Avg top 10

1,792

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇧England×22

Top 3

🥇
Robert Kane
🇬🇧ENG·1834
4.5pts·2092perf+18.8
🥈
Nathan Madzia
🇬🇧ENG·1885
4.0pts·1912perf+4.8
🥉
Ben Barton
🇬🇧ENG·1857
3.5pts·1656perf-20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Robert Kane led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Kane4.5Madzia4Barton3.5Rampling3Wainwright3Arora3

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Robert Kane held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Robert Kane drew with Nathan Madzia (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Robert Kane went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Robert Kane	*	½	—	—
2Nathan Madzia	½	*	—	—
3Ben Barton	—	—	*	—
4Thomas Rampling	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kane, Robert	1834	ENG	+14B	+9N	=2B	+15N	+5B	4.5	12.0	14.0	12.00	2092	+18.8
2	Madzia, Nathan	1885	ENG	+16N	+4B	=1N	+12B	=6B	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.25	1912	+4.8
3	Barton, Ben	1857	ENG	+11B	=10N	+17B	−5N	+9N	3.5	10.5	12.5	8.25	1656	-20.4
4	Hodgson, Christopher	0	ENG	+13B	−2N	+20B	−6N	+10N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	1066	0.0
5	Matthew, Ian G	1722	ENG	+8B	+20N	F	+3B	−1N	3.0	12.0	12.0	7.50	1846	+6.6
6	Arora, Tashika	1846	ENG	F	+21B	=7N	+4B	=2N	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.50	1814	-3.6
7	Wainwright, Charlie	1743	ENG	F	+11N	=6B	=10B	+12N	3.0	10.5	10.5	7.75	1911	+17.2
8	Rampling, Thomas	0	ENG	−5N	=18N	+?B	=19B	+16N	3.0	8.0	8.0	3.50	1741	0.0
9	Hepworth, Nigel R	0	ENG	+18B	−1B	+16N	=17N	−3B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.50	1768	0.0
10	Abdulhamid, Mohammad	0	ENG	+?B	=3B	=15N	=7N	−4B	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.25	1814	0.0
11	Roychowdhury, Aashita	1589	ENG	−3N	−7B	=13N	+21B	+20N	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.25	1000	-18.4
12	Coupe, Jon	0	ENG	+22B	=17N	+?B	−2N	−7B	2.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	1645	0.0
13	Morrissey, Ashton	0	ENG	−4N	−?B	=11B	+20N	+18B	2.5	8.0	8.0	3.75	1657	0.0
14	Grimley, Matthew	0	ENG	−1N	+?N	−19B	+?N	=15B	2.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1774	0.0
15	Newton, Robert A	1851	ENG	F	+19N	=10B	−1B	=14N	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1807	-2.4
16	Marsh, Aram	1680	ENG	−2B	+22N	−9B	+18N	−8B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	1792	+11.6
17	Socha, Luboslav	1700	ENG	F	=12B	−3N	=9B	+19N	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1818	0.0
18	Eccleston, Bryony	1698	ENG	−9N	=8B	+21N	−16B	−13N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.50	880	-21.2
19	Connor, Michael I	1779	ENG	F	−15B	+14N	=8N	−17B	1.5	9.5	9.5	4.00	1051	-8.0
20	Sweeney, Tyler	0	ENG	+?N	−5B	−4N	−13B	−11B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1539	0.0
21	Leese, Richard	0	ENG	F	−6N	−18B	−11N	+?B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1522	0.0
22	Bulman, Dominic	0	ENG	−12N	−16B	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	880	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kane, RobertENG
+18.8
4.5 pts · #3
2Wainwright, CharlieENG
+17.2
3.0 pts · #7
3Marsh, AramENG
+11.6
2.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Eccleston, BryonyENG
-21.2
1.5 pts · #21
2Barton, BenENG
-20.4
3.5 pts · #15
3Roychowdhury, AashitaENG
-18.4
2.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R4+135 Elo gap
Matthew, Ian G1722 beat Barton, Ben1857