South Wales v England Regions
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46 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 31 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Usk, Wales. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1781, and top seed was Zack Norris (π¬π§ ENG, 1929).
Jamie Roberts (π¬π§ WLS, 0) won with 2.0/4, ahead of Danylo Shevchenko (2.0) and Toby Reckless (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Toby Reckless (1442) beat Benjamin Carter (1686), a +244-point gap.
Location
π¬π§Usk, Wales
Dates
31 May 2025 β 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 4 rounds
Federations Β· 3 represented
π¬π§EnglandΓ26
π¬π§WalesΓ16
πΊπ¦UkraineΓ1
Top 3
- π₯
- π₯
- π₯
How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 4 roundsTight race until R4; 14 players tied at 2.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 20 co-leaders at R4 to 20 at the finish.
Co-leaders
14
8
9
20
R4 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER
14 players finish on 2.0/4. Roberts takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
R3 Β· LATE SURGE
Jia-Arn Yeung was #18 at R3, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberts, Jamie | 0 | WLS | β6B | +31N | =29N | =37B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1753 | -4.8 |
| 2 | Shevchenko, Danylo | 1757 | WLS | =30N | β4B | +37N | =29B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1698 | -4.8 |
| 3 | Reckless, Toby | 1442 | WLS | +44B | +45N | β10B | β9N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1679 | +46.4 |
| 4 | Shiva, Shrishti | 1549 | ENG | +18B | +2N | F | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2413 | +37.2 |
| 5 | Tang, Carolus | 1576 | ENG | F | F | +16B | +17N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2273 | +33.2 |
| 6 | Hazell, Peter | 1716 | ENG | +1N | +27B | F | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2493 | +37.6 |
| 7 | Gopikrishna, Ashwin | 1640 | ENG | +28B | +15N | F | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2410 | +29.2 |
| 8 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1695 | ENG | +15B | +28N | F | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2410 | +26.8 |
| 9 | Yeung, Jia-Arn | 1688 | ENG | F | F | +40N | +3B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2229 | +13.2 |
| 10 | Zhang, William | 1556 | ENG | F | F | +3N | +40B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2229 | +26.0 |
| 11 | Norris, Zack | 1929 | ENG | F | F | +36B | +26N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2584 | +30.4 |
| 12 | Freeman, Luke | 1888 | ENG | +36B | +26N | F | F | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2584 | +26.4 |
| 13 | Van Hensbergen, Adri | 0 | ENG | F | F | +?N | +27B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 1809318 | 0 | β | +?N | β?B | +?N | β?B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Zheng, Lucas | 1617 | WLS | β8N | β7B | =32N | +38B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1408 | -26.4 |
| 16 | Burton, Henry | 1569 | WLS | =20N | +41B | β5N | β19B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1465 | -7.2 |
| 17 | Zhuravlev, Andrei | 1513 | WLS | +41N | β20B | =19N | β5B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Herath, Kenul | 0 | WLS | β4N | =30B | β22B | +43N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1421 | -11.2 |
| 19 | Ba, Amy | 1519 | ENG | F | F | =17B | +16N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1666 | +14.8 |
| 20 | Ewart, Thomas | 1701 | ENG | =16B | +17N | F | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1666 | -2.8 |
| 21 | Daniel, Elijah | 0 | WLS | =24N | +34B | F | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1652 | +14.4 |
| 22 | Holland, Mac | 0 | ENG | F | F | +18N | =39B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.75 | 2307 | +6.8 |
| 23 | Booth, Zander | 1789 | ENG | F | F | +26B | =36N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1977 | +19.2 |
| 24 | Fenton, Frederick | 1480 | ENG | =21B | +42N | F | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1510 | +1.6 |
| 25 | Powell, Rohan | 0 | WLS | +?N | β?B | β?N | =?B | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1561 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Anandkumar, Govind | 1656 | WLS | +33N | β12B | β23N | β11B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1653 | -5.6 |
| 27 | Nasir, Farouq | 1548 | WLS | β31B | β6N | +35B | β13N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 962 | -24.4 |
| 28 | Choung, James | 1621 | WLS | β7N | β8B | =38N | =32B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1408 | -30.4 |
| 29 | Mussa, Rayyan | 1650 | ENG | F | F | =1B | =2N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1747 | +5.6 |
| 30 | Blin, Henri | 1669 | ENG | =2B | =18N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1613 | -5.2 |
| 31 | Bates, Hubert | 1761 | ENG | +27N | β1B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1693 | -12.0 |
| 32 | Chen, Yechu | 1598 | ENG | F | F | =15B | =28N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1610 | +0.8 |
| 33 | Catabay, Rezin C | 1753 | ENG | β26B | +36N | F | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1784 | -1.6 |
| 34 | Tagg, George | 1514 | ENG | +42B | β21N | F | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 710 | -16.0 |
| 35 | Ovcharenko, Viacheslav | 0 | UKR | F | F | β27N | +?B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Kong, Emma Zihan | 1818 | WLS | β12N | β33B | β11N | =23B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1524 | -68.8 |
| 37 | Misra, Anay | 0 | ENG | F | F | β2B | =1N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1554 | -24.8 |
| 38 | Shieh, Lisirui | 0 | ENG | F | F | =28B | β15N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1417 | -17.2 |
| 39 | Samaiya, Advik | 0 | WLS | β?B | β?N | F | =22N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1419 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Sarwar, Adam | 1415 | WLS | F | F | β9B | β10N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 831 | -18.4 |
| 41 | Ren, Jason | 1456 | ENG | β17B | β16N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 673 | -38.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 1809822 | 0 | β | β34N | β24B | F | β?B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 343471838 | 0 | β | F | F | F | β18B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Carter, Benjamin | 1686 | ENG | β3N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 642 | -33.6 |
| 45 | Li, Yueci | 0 | ENG | F | β3B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 642 | -33.6 |
| 46 | Liu, Yimo | 0 | WLS | β?B | β?N | β?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 848 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Reckless, TobyWLS+46.42.0 pts Β· #10
- 2Hazell, PeterENG+37.62.0 pts Β· #13
- 3Shiva, ShrishtiENG+37.22.0 pts Β· #6
Top rating losers
- 1Kong, Emma ZihanWLS-68.80.5 pts Β· #34
- 2Ren, JasonENG-38.00.0 pts Β· #37
- 3Li, YueciENG-33.60.0 pts Β· #46
Biggest upsets
- R1+244 Elo gap
- R2+208 Elo gap