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1st Glossop Chess Congress

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Glossop, England. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2059, and top seed was Andrew J Ledger (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2328).

Andrew J Ledger (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2328) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Maksym Larchikov (4.0) and Shriaansh Ganti (3.5). Ledger shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ved Sudeep Boganadham (1622) beat Mark Waterfield (1890), a +268-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Glossop, England
Dates
19 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧IMAndrew J Ledger2328
Avg top 10
2,059
Participants
25
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×22
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
9
3
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Larchikov4Ledger4Ganti3.5Jaunooby3.5Cheung3Boganadham3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Ledger takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maksym Larchikov drew with IM Andrew J Ledger (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Maksym Larchikov went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maksym Larchikov*
½
½
—
2IMAndrew J Ledger
½
*
½
1
3Shriaansh Ganti
½
½
*—
4Ali R Jaunooby—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ledger, Andrew JIM2328ENG+19N=2B+15N+4B=3N4.013.014.510.752201-4.5
2Larchikov, Maksym2032UKR+17B=1N=3B+11N+12B4.012.514.510.752290+63.2
3Ganti, Shriaansh1989ENG+18N=20B=2N+15B=1B3.511.513.08.252136+29.2
4Jaunooby, Ali R2084ENG+24N=7B+23N−1N+14B3.59.510.04.502119+3.4
5Allison, Mark S2050ENG+16N=23B=8N=7B=6N3.011.011.56.751907-24.4
6Cheung, Leo1766ENG=11B=14N=10B+21N=5B3.010.511.56.252019+66.0
7Sanada, Tetsuaki2001JPN+22B=4NF=5N+11B3.010.010.06.752179+14.4
8Boganadham, Ved Sudeep1622ENG=21B+19N=5B=12N=16B3.09.010.05.752003+90.8
9Hilton, Tim1920ENG+25B−11N=14B=16N+18B3.08.08.03.501877-4.6
10Hirst, Joe A J1866ENG−20N=18B=6N+25B+22B3.07.07.03.251731-11.2
11Hutchinson, Paul A2028ENG=6N+9B+20N−2B−7N2.513.014.56.001955-9.2
12Surtees, Mike J2100ENG=13B=21N+25N=8B−2N2.510.510.53.251789-31.2
13Madzia, Nathan1881ENG=12N−15B−18N+19B+23N2.57.58.03.251913+4.4
14Hopkins, Kit W1900ENGF=6B=9N+17B−4N2.011.511.55.001894-0.8
15Joseph, Patrick0ENGF+13N−1B−3N+24B2.010.510.53.0020160.0
16Carter, Bowie1831ENG−5B+22NF=9B=8N2.010.010.04.001739-14.8
17Gartside, Carl1805ENG−2N+24BF−14N+21B2.07.57.51.501923+12.6
18Greatorex, Roger1748ENG−3B=10N+13BF−9N1.512.012.04.001827+7.4
19Waterfield, Mark1890ENG−1B−8B=24N−13N+25B1.510.010.00.251593-29.0
20Jackson, Oliver AFM2054ENG+10B=3N−11BFF1.59.09.04.751961-7.4
21Burns, Martin J1891ENG=8N=12BF−6B−17N1.010.510.52.751630-27.0
22Ofeni, Joel0ENG−7N−16BF+23B−10N1.08.58.50.5010990.0
23Ziu, Naman0ENGF=5N−4B−22N−13B0.510.010.01.5017320.0
24Newton, Robert A1867ENG−4B−17N=19BF−15N0.59.09.00.751653-15.6
25FIDE 3434768210—−9NF−12B−10N−19N0.010.010.00.0011440.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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