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3rd Lancaster Standard Play 2025 - Open

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Lancaster, England. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 203, and top seed was Robert Lothian (🇬🇧 SCO, 2029).

Harry Grieve (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Daniel Gomez (3.5) and Oliver Stubbs (3.5). Grieve won solo starting round 2.

Location
🇬🇧Lancaster, 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
🇬🇧Robert Lothian2029
Avg top 10
203
Participants
18
Titled players · 3
IM×1
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×12
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Harry Grieve led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Harry Grieve never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Harry Grieve beat CM Oliver Stubbs (Black).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Harry Grieve won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMHarry Grieve*
1
1
2CMOliver Stubbs
0
*
3David Armbruster*
4Daniel Gomez
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grieve, HarryIM0ENG+13N+6B+3N+2B+5N5.012.514.014.002901+4.8
2Gomez, Daniel0ENG=5N+12B+13N1N+7B3.512.514.07.502144+15.2
3Stubbs, OliverCM0ENG+9B=8N1B+17N+14B3.511.512.56.252155-0.4
4Armbruster, David0ENG+14N=7B=5N+10B=6N3.510.011.57.502022+1.4
5Cook, Michael-Antony0GRE=2B+18N=4B+8N1B3.014.515.06.502065+18.8
6Lyth, John D0ENGF1N+15B+12N=4B2.512.012.05.252084+17.0
7Domanski, Lukasz0POL=15B=4N+9B=14N2N2.511.012.55.751926-3.8
8Nakara Husain0IND+16N=3B=10N5B=11N2.510.512.05.251979+31.4
9Lothian, Robert2029SCO3N+11B7N+13B=10N2.510.011.54.502008-3.0
10Hopkins, Kit W0ENG+11NF=8B4N=9B2.010.510.54.501955+6.0
11Varley, Joe0ENG10B9N+16B=15N=8B2.08.510.03.501815-31.4
12Fretwell, Ellis0ENGF2N+18B6B+15N2.08.08.02.001926+35.6
13Davis, Holden0ENG1B+16N2B9N=18B1.512.513.01.751889-7.8
14Om Reddy Jayar0IND4BF+17N=7B3N1.510.510.52.251915+23.5
15McMenamin, Danny0ENG=7N=17B6N=11B12B1.59.010.02.751774-28.8
16Wells, Tony D0ENG8B13B11N+18N=17B1.57.07.51.001760-20.0
17Longson, Sarah NWFM0ENGF=15N14B3B=16N1.08.08.01.501724-22.4
18Sykes, Chris0SCOF5B12N16B=13N0.58.08.00.751555-32.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers