2025 Leamington Open Under 2000

Open SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Leamington, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Sebastian Griffin-Young (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Doruk Unver (3.5) and Tayeb Kazemi (3.5). Griffin-Young took the lead from round 4.

Location

🇬🇧Leamington, England

Dates

17 May 2025 → 18 May 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇬🇧England×27

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Sebastian Griffin-Young
🇬🇧ENG
4.0pts·1957perf+25.2
🥈
Doruk Unver
🇹🇷TUR
3.5pts·1855perf-10.0
🥉
Tayeb Kazemi
🇬🇧ENG
3.5pts·2075perf+57.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Sebastian Griffin-Young led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Griffin-Young4Ireland3.5Unver3.5Kazemi3.5Whelan3Whittington3— ex-leaders:Unverled R3, #8

R4 · LEADER CHANGE18 May

Sebastian Griffin-Young takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Doruk Unver won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sebastian Griffin-Young	*	—	1	½
2David J Ireland	—	*	—	—
3Doruk Unver	0	—	*	—
4Tayeb Kazemi	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Griffin-Young, Sebastian	ENG	+5B	=7N	+16B	+2N	=3B	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.75	1957	+25.2
2	Unver, Doruk	TUR	+22N	+15B	+10N	−1B	=7N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.00	1855	-10.0
3	Kazemi, Tayeb	ENG	+27B	+12N	F	+13B	=1N	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.00	2075	+57.6
4	Ireland, David J	ENG	+23B	=20N	F	+6B	+8N	3.5	8.5	8.5	7.75	2112	+13.6
5	Cockell, Tom	ENG	−1N	+24B	+11N	+10B	−9N	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.50	1836	+34.4
6	Whittington, Reece	ENG	=11N	+9B	=8B	−4N	+23N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.75	1917	+22.2
7	Hankinson, Joseph	ENG	+24N	=1B	F	+14N	=2B	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.25	1989	+33.2
8	Kapoor, Gurveen	ENG	=19N	+17B	=6N	+20B	−4B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.00	1786	-7.4
9	Obi, Okwose Marc	ENG	=21B	−6N	+27B	=12N	+5B	3.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	1835	+0.6
10	Whelan, Liam	ENG	+25N	+28B	−2B	−5N	+21N	3.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1753	0.0
11	Darling, Tom	ENG	=6B	=21N	−5B	+15N	=19B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	1729	-26.4
12	Waterfield, Mark	ENG	+18N	−3B	F	=9B	+20N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	1857	-3.0
13	Reed, Kyle	ENG	−20B	+23N	+18B	−3N	=14B	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1749	0.0
14	Roberts, Alexander	ENG	−15N	+22B	+28N	−7B	=13N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.75	1692	0.0
15	Bellano, Harry	ENG	+14B	−2N	−17N	−11B	+28N	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1638	-4.8
16	Stoker, Andrew J	ENG	F	+19B	−1N	=21B	=17N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1795	0.0
17	Ash, Thomas	ENG	F	−8N	+15B	=18N	=16B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	1777	0.0
18	Cotterill, Sam	ENG	−12B	+27N	−13N	=17B	=22N	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.75	1779	-5.6
19	Berkley, Stephen W	ENG	=8B	−16N	F	+25B	=11N	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.25	1924	+14.6
20	Chan, Anthony	ENG	+13N	=4B	F	−8N	−12B	1.5	11.5	11.5	4.25	1618	-12.0
21	Graff, Ben	ENG	=9N	=11B	F	=16N	−10B	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1829	+1.0
22	Edwards, Rhys	ENG	−2B	−14N	F	+27N	=18B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1802	+3.2
23	Sui, Yueyue	ENG	−4N	−13B	F	+26N	−6B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	1664	-18.8
24	Towers, Nigel S	ENG	−7B	−5N	F	+28B	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1548	-23.8
25	White, Nicholas E	ENG	−10B	F	F	−19N	=26B	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	1518	-10.2
26	Mehta, Sophie	ENG	F	F	F	−23B	=25N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.25	1555	-12.4
27	Simpson, Joshua	ENG	−3N	−18B	−9N	−22B	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	974	-61.6
28	Patel, Diah	ENG	F	−10N	−14B	−24N	−15B	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	959	-20.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kazemi, TayebENG
+57.6
3.5 pts · #9
2Cockell, TomENG
+34.4
3.0 pts · #14
3Hankinson, JosephENG
+33.2
3.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Simpson, JoshuaENG
-61.6
0.0 pts · #28
2Darling, TomENG
-26.4
2.5 pts · #7
3Towers, Nigel SENG
-23.8
1.0 pts · #20