3rd Lancaster Standard Play 2025 - Intermediate
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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Lancaster, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 158, and top seed was Hermione Glon Tombi Ambassa (🇫🇷 FRA, 1575).
Ewan Herd (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Andre Coltman (4.0) and Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar (4.0). Herd shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
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
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
13
3
2
3
3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Herd takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Andre Coltman 3 wins (R1–R3)Ewan Herd 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andre Coltman | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Ewan Herd | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Kevin Winter | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herd, Ewan | 0 | ENG | +27N | +21B | +5N | =2B | =3N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 1788 | +11.6 |
| 2 | Coltman, Andre | 0 | ENG | +32N | +10B | +17N | =1N | =4B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 9.25 | 1678 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sudagar, Vidhyuth Kavin | 0 | ENG | +19B | =18N | +16B | +12N | =1B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 10.00 | 1741 | +13.2 |
| 4 | Rohman, Mohammed | 0 | ENG | +31N | =9B | =6N | +17B | =2N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 1877 | +19.2 |
| 5 | Pidhurskyi, Roman | 0 | ENG | +25B | +12N | −1B | =11N | +24B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.50 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 343474063 | 0 | — | +20B | =16N | =4B | =7N | +13B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Quayle, Harry | 0 | IOM | −9N | +31B | +10N | =6B | +22N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Winter, Kevin | 0 | ENG | =13B | +29N | +22B | =9N | =11B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.25 | 1818 | +8.2 |
| 9 | Stone, Ian C | 0 | ENG | +7B | =4N | +18B | =8B | F | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.00 | 1839 | +9.6 |
| 10 | Hilton, John | 0 | ENG | +15B | −2N | −7B | +19N | +16B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Cherrington, Joshua | 0 | ENG | +14N | −17B | +20N | =5B | =8N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.00 | 1448 | -24.0 |
| 12 | Warboys, Charlie | 0 | ENG | +24N | −5B | +21N | −3B | +23N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Buckell, David J | 0 | ENG | =8N | −23B | +26N | +15B | −6N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.25 | 1801 | +30.4 |
| 14 | Kerton, Becky | 0 | ENG | −11B | −25N | =27N | +20B | +30N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1373 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Weldon, James | 0 | ENG | −10N | +32B | =28B | −13N | +31B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1719 | -16.4 |
| 16 | Amirthanathan, Adam | 0 | ENG | +30N | =6B | −3N | =23B | −10N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ko, Joseph | 0 | ENG | F | +11N | −2B | −4N | +28B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1711 | +19.6 |
| 18 | McHugh, Isaac | 0 | ENG | +23N | =3B | −9N | −25B | =26N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1605 | -11.2 |
| 19 | Findlay, Ben | 0 | ENG | −3N | +30B | =23N | −10B | =21N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1457 | -7.2 |
| 20 | Kerton, Claire | 0 | ENG | −6N | +27B | −11B | −14N | +29B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Birks, Paul | 0 | ENG | +28B | −1N | −12B | =31N | =19B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Fraser, Roland | 0 | SCO | F | +26B | −8N | +28N | −7B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1670 | -2.4 |
| 23 | Llewellyn, Alan M | 0 | WLS | −18B | +13N | =19B | =16N | −12B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1611 | -2.6 |
| 24 | FIDE 343466150 | 0 | — | −12B | −28N | +32B | +30B | −5N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1634 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Hiatt, Alan P | 0 | ENG | −5N | +14B | F | +18N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 2443 | +15.6 |
| 26 | Sara Kundan Khan | 0 | IND | =29B | −22N | −13B | +32N | =18B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1557 | -6.0 |
| 27 | Glon Tombi Ambassa, Hermione | 1575 | FRA | −1B | −20N | =14B | =29N | =32B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1483 | -7.6 |
| 28 | Theobald, Harrison | 0 | ENG | −21N | +24B | =15N | −22B | −17N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Spencer, Steve A | 0 | ENG | =26N | −8B | −30N | =27B | −20N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1499 | -6.8 |
| 30 | Davies, Jack | 0 | ENG | −16B | −19N | +29B | −24N | −14B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1537 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Mari, Peter | 0 | ENG | −4B | −7N | F | =21B | −15N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 992 | -13.2 |
| 32 | Boustred, Noel J | 0 | ENG | −2B | −15N | −24N | −26B | =27N | 0.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 0.75 | 1379 | -34.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Buckell, David JENG+30.42.5 pts · #3
- 2Ko, JosephENG+19.62.0 pts · #18
- 3Rohman, MohammedENG+19.23.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Boustred, Noel JENG-34.80.5 pts · #26
- 2Cherrington, JoshuaENG-24.03.0 pts · #30
- 3Weldon, JamesENG-16.42.5 pts · #9