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53rd Balderton Thanet Open

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Sandwich, England. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2077, and top seed was Martin R Taylor (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2332).

Martin R Taylor (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2332) won with 4.5/5, ahead of David B Graham (4.0) and Samuel Marsden (3.5). Taylor took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Francesco Bigi (1497) beat Keith C Findley (1876), a +379-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Sandwich, England
Dates
15 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMMartin R Taylor2332
Avg top 10
2,077
Participants
25
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×19
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇬🇧ENG·2332
    4.5pts·2396perf+5.0
  • 🥈
    🇬🇧ENG·2095
    4.0pts·2250perf+18.8
  • 🥉
    🇬🇧ENG·2065
    3.5pts·2105perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Martin R Taylor led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Taylor takes lead
Taylor4.5Graham4Marsden3.5Davies3Zeydan3Starley3— ex-leaders:Zeydanled R3, #8
R4 · LEADER CHANGE17 Aug

FM Martin R Taylor takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Martin R Taylor won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMMartin R Taylor*———
2CMDavid B Graham—*——
3Samuel Marsden——*
½
4Richard N Davies——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Taylor, Martin RFM2332ENG+10B=4N+7B+6B+5N4.512.014.513.002396+5.0
2Graham, David BCM2095ENG=24N+18B=4N+15B+6N4.09.510.08.252250+18.8
3Marsden, Samuel2065ENG=8B+21N+11B−5N+4B3.511.512.58.002105+13.2
4Damodaran, Patrick2029ENG+9N=1B=2B+12N−3N3.015.017.59.752037-0.4
5Starley, Robert2065ENGF+14B+8N+3B−1B3.013.513.59.002202+10.6
6Zeydan, Salih2079TUR+22B+16N+20B−1N−2B3.011.512.54.002057-2.8
7Compton, Alistair2044NZL=13N+23B−1N+20B=10N3.010.511.54.501922-11.2
8Davies, Richard N1816ENG=3N+24B−5B=11N+18B3.010.511.05.0019980.0
9Powell, David H0ENG−4B−10N+25B+24N+16B3.08.08.02.5019470.0
10Collopy, Robert1919ENG−1N+9BF+19N=7B2.512.012.06.002016+12.0
11Pack, Edgar1862ENGF+13B−3N=8B+20N2.510.010.05.001926+3.2
12Green, Jeff A0ENG−18N+22N+14B−4B=15N2.59.010.04.5019550.0
13Carpenter-Friend, Ben1792ENG=7B−11N+22B−17N+19B2.59.010.04.001906+29.2
14Waters, Andrew C1841ENG=15B−5N−12N+23B+21N2.58.59.53.001899+7.4
15Varney, ZoeWFM2070ENG=14NF+16B−2N=12B2.011.011.04.501953-9.2
16Faldon, David J1924ENG+25N−6B−15N+21B−9N2.09.09.01.001787-9.4
17Richmond, JaneWFM2031WLS+19B−20NF+13BF2.05.05.04.002539+6.2
18Smyth, Kevin1958ENG+12B−2N=19BF−8N1.511.011.03.251698-26.0
19Dorman, Orla1710IRL−17N+25B=18N−10B−13N1.58.58.50.751603-7.0
20Brown, Gavin0ENGF+17B−6N−7N−11B1.010.510.52.0018190.0
21Saharkar, Sharvari1587ENGF−3B+23N−16N−14B1.09.09.01.001618-0.4
22Findley, Keith C1876ENG−6N−12B−13N+25N−23B1.09.09.00.00989-70.8
23Bigi, Francesco1497ITAF−7N−21B−14N+22N1.07.57.51.001606+12.9
24Bourne, Johnathan D1915ENG=2B−8NF−9BF0.510.010.02.002095+4.8
25FIDE 3434786030—−16B−19N−9N−22BF0.07.57.50.0010290.0

Key insights

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