Ulster Chess Union Summer Tournament 2025 Rounds 14-16
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17 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 03 Sept 2025 to 17 Sept 2025 in Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA, Ireland. Top 10 Elo average was 1673, and top seed was Robert Lavery (🇮🇪 IRL, 1752).
Chris Armstrong (🇮🇪 IRL, 1657) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Sanket Sawant (2.0) and Peter Campbell (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 3: Shlok Amol Thoke (1300) beat FIDE 2538598 (1467), a +167-point gap.
Location
🇮🇪Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA, Ireland
Dates
03 Sept 2025 → 17 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Team · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×17
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Armstrong, Chris | 🇮🇪IRL | 1657 | 2.5 | 1573 | 1766 | +4.4 |
| 3 | Sawant, Sanket | 🇮🇪IRL | 1572 | 2.0 | 1618 | 1743 | +27.6 |
| 2 | Campbell, Peter | 🇮🇪IRL | 1609 | 2.0 | 1589 | 2389 | +17.8 |
| 1 | Lavery, Robert | 🇮🇪IRL | 1752 | 2.0 | 1796 | 2596 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Jaffa, Bernard | 🇮🇪IRL | 1594 | 1.5 | 1539 | 1539 | -3.2 |
| 4 | Ruben, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 1750 | 1.5 | 1590 | 1590 | -14.8 |
| 14 | Torres, Wenceslao | 🇮🇪IRL | 1567 | 1.5 | 1538 | 738 | -14.4 |
| 8 | Proctor, Richard | 🇮🇪IRL | 1561 | 1.0 | 1604 | 1479 | -9.6 |
| 10 | Blair, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1631 | 1506 | -15.6 |
| 7 | Thompson, Bobby | 🇮🇪IRL | 1655 | 1.0 | 1627 | 1627 | -6.0 |
| 9 | Thoke, Amol Mohan | 🇮🇪IRL | 1530 | 1.0 | 1499 | 1499 | -4.0 |
| 11 | Smylie, Sam | 🇮🇪IRL | 1656 | 1.0 | 1643 | 1643 | +3.0 |
| 13 | Shambharkar, Ashish | 🇮🇪IRL | 1531 | 0.5 | 1558 | 1285 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mounsey, Hamish | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 1432 | 1432 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Edens, Jack | 🇮🇪IRL | 1751 | 0.0 | 1773 | 973 | -11.8 |
| 17 | Spackman, Conor | 🇮🇪IRL | 1738 | 0.0 | 1773 | 973 | -9.4 |
| 16 | Dumigan, Owen | 🇮🇪IRL | 1522 | 0.0 | 1681 | 881 | -5.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sawant, SanketIRL+27.62.0 pts · #3
- 2Lavery, RobertIRL+21.22.0 pts · #1
- 3Campbell, PeterIRL+17.82.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Blair, DavidIRL-15.61.0 pts · #10
- 2Ruben, DavidIRL-14.81.5 pts · #4
- 3Torres, WenceslaoIRL-14.41.5 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R3+167 Elo gap