2026 Isle of Wight Blitz

SwissBlitz

88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 18 Feb 2026 in Ryde, England. 23 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2392, and top seed was Thomas Beerdsen (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2525).

Vojtech Plat (🇸🇰 SVK, GM, 2463) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Talab Rami (7.5) and Thomas Beerdsen (7.5). Plat clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ashwin Anjulan (1840) beat Petro Golubka (GM, 2345), a +505-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Ryde, England

Dates

18 Feb 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇱GMThomas Beerdsen2525

Avg top 10

2,392

Participants

Titled players · 23

GM×5

IM×4

FM×7

CM×5

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×58

🇨🇭Switzerland×5

🇨🇳China×3

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇸🇾Syria×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

Top 3

🥇
GMVojtech Plat
🇸🇰SVK·2463
8.0pts·2643perf+6.9
🥈
FMTalab Rami
🇸🇾SYR·2187
7.5pts·2563perf+135.2
🥉
GMThomas Beerdsen
🇳🇱NED·2525
7.5pts·2525perf+0.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Vojtech Plat led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Plat8Beerdsen7.5Rami7.5Eltigani7Cancedda-Dupuis7Steiners6.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE18 Feb

GM Vojtech Plat takes the sole lead (8.0/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Vojtech Plat drew with GM Thomas Beerdsen (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Vojtech Plat 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Thomas Beerdsen 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)FM Talab Rami 6 wins (R1–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMVojtech Plat	*	½	½	—
2GMThomas Beerdsen	½	*	1	—
3FMTalab Rami	½	0	*	—
4IMOmar Eltigani	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Plat, VojtechGM	2463	SVK	+30B	+18N	+6B	+36N	=3N	+16B	=2B	+7N	+10B	8.0	51.0	55.5	48.00	2643	+6.9
2	Rami,TalabFM	2187	SYR	+31B	+72N	+11B	+22N	+10B	+4B	=1N	+6N	−3B	7.5	51.5	54.5	43.00	2563	+135.2
3	Beerdsen, ThomasGM	2525	NED	+32B	+54N	+19B	+20N	=1B	−10N	+9B	+36N	+2N	7.5	48.5	52.5	42.50	2525	+0.5
4	Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio	2160	ENG	+69B	+68N	+28B	+25N	+8B	−2N	=6B	=10N	+13B	7.0	46.0	49.5	35.75	2355	+38.0
5	Eltigani, OmarIM	2277	SUD	−27N	=73B	+47N	+37B	+41N	=13B	+28N	+29B	+11N	7.0	40.0	43.0	33.50	2273	+21.0
6	Shearsby, JudeFM	2309	ENG	+81N	+27B	−1N	+48B	+26N	+15B	=4N	−2B	+36B	6.5	47.0	49.5	30.50	2324	+65.6
7	Golubka, PetroGM	2345	CAN	+65B	−24N	+27B	+42N	+23B	+12N	=10B	−1B	+19N	6.5	45.5	49.0	33.00	2370	-3.2
8	Arkell, Keith CGM	2367	ENG	+40N	+26B	−25N	+51B	−4N	+56B	+15N	+16B	=14B	6.5	43.5	47.5	32.50	2180	+0.3
9	Steiners, EmilsCM	0	LAT	F	=65N	+75B	+24N	+18B	+14B	−3N	+37B	+29N	6.5	40.5	40.5	31.25	2207	+61.6
10	Royal, ShreyasGM	2519	ENG	+34N	+15B	+16N	+14B	−2N	+3B	=7N	=4B	−1N	6.0	54.5	59.5	37.25	2406	-5.2
11	Stanojevic, IlijaFM	2222	SRB	+64N	+51B	−2N	−26B	+71N	+48B	+17N	+12N	−5B	6.0	43.0	46.0	26.50	2117	-27.2
12	Yu, ZechenFM	2388	CHN	+50N	+17B	−36N	+41B	+28N	−7B	+25N	−11B	+26N	6.0	42.5	46.5	29.50	2216	+143.2
13	Kiss, Lajos	2166	HUN	−24B	+57N	+30B	+54N	=25B	=5N	+60N	+20B	−4N	6.0	42.5	46.5	28.50	2106	+5.4
14	Hanache, KaiCM	2234	ENG	+52B	+60N	+24B	−10N	=36B	−9N	+64B	+21B	=8N	6.0	42.0	45.5	27.50	2119	+34.0
15	Brett, Andrew R	2011	ENG	+67B	−10N	+55B	+52N	+29B	−6N	−8B	+53N	+24B	6.0	41.0	44.5	25.50	2058	+23.2
16	Kaufman, RaymondIM	2265	CAN	+57B	+55N	−10B	+68N	+66B	−1N	+49B	−8N	+32B	6.0	41.0	44.5	24.00	2128	-2.8
17	Bevis, Noah	1993	ENG	+83B	−12N	−52B	+53N	+27B	+30N	−11B	+31N	+49B	6.0	39.0	41.0	25.00	1973	+8.4
18	Sprenger de la Iglesia, YevgeniCM	2205	ESP	+85N	−1B	=37N	+62B	−9N	=47B	+61N	+50B	+55N	6.0	39.0	40.5	21.75	1985	-16.8
19	Patel, Zain	2042	ENG	+44N	+33B	−3N	+56B	=21N	=25B	=26N	+38B	−7B	5.5	43.5	47.5	25.75	2154	+19.6
20	Khoury, TheoFM	2295	ENG	+59B	+42N	+21B	−3B	=38N	−36N	+23B	−13N	+45B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.25	2125	-23.2
21	Vashisht-Pigem, Raman	2034	ENG	+74N	+49B	−20N	+60B	=19B	+22N	−36B	−14N	+39B	5.5	39.5	42.5	23.75	2046	-1.6
22	Chakrabarty, ReyaanshFM	2272	AUS	=58B	+75N	+46N	−2B	+33N	−21B	=50N	=26B	+37N	5.5	39.5	42.5	23.00	2056	-79.4
23	Ward, Cian	2022	ENG	=47N	+76B	=48N	+46B	−7N	=64B	−20N	+40B	+38N	5.5	36.5	39.5	21.75	1972	-22.8
24	Anjulan, Ashwin	1840	ENG	+13N	+7B	−14N	−9B	+34N	−26B	+51N	+25B	−15N	5.0	46.0	50.0	26.50	2067	+98.4
25	Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian	1872	ENG	+53B	+39N	+8B	−4B	=13N	=19N	−12B	−24N	+43N	5.0	45.0	49.0	25.25	2016	-21.2
26	Dunnington, Angus JIM	2136	SCO	+70B	−8N	+63B	+11N	−6B	+24N	=19B	=22N	−12B	5.0	45.0	48.5	24.00	2074	-9.0
27	Hanley, Craig AIM	2429	ENG	+5B	−6N	−7N	+73B	−17N	+74B	+54B	+35N	−28N	5.0	43.0	46.0	22.00	2163	-24.1
28	Murawski, JanCM	2200	ENG	F	+62B	−4N	+59N	−12B	+42N	−5B	+30N	+27B	5.0	42.5	42.5	22.50	2101	-12.4
29	Varnam, Liam DFM	2144	ENG	+61N	=48B	=56N	+34B	−15N	+38B	+55N	−5N	−9B	5.0	41.0	45.0	21.50	1954	-38.0
30	Williams, Ana	1903	ENG	−1N	+86B	−13N	+88B	+46N	−17B	+72N	−28B	+47N	5.0	37.0	37.0	12.00	1870	+1.6
31	Silke Balerna, Pietro	1762	SUI	−2N	+78B	−51N	−40B	+87N	+69B	+48N	−17B	+58N	5.0	36.5	37.5	15.50	1851	+34.6
32	Ratcliffe, James	1873	ENG	−3N	−37B	+77N	+63B	−49N	+81B	+71N	+46B	−16N	5.0	36.0	38.5	16.50	1802	-32.0
33	Chapman, Luke	1802	ENG	+82B	−19N	=39B	+65N	−22B	=71B	−46N	+57N	+59B	5.0	34.0	36.0	17.25	1794	-41.2
34	Freeman, Luke	1939	ENG	−10B	+67N	+82B	−29N	−24B	−53N	+84B	+77N	+52B	5.0	32.5	34.5	14.50	1762	-22.4
35	Kondzic, Ben	1846	SUI	−46N	+81B	−49N	+74B	−64N	+44B	+57N	−27B	+61N	5.0	32.0	34.5	18.00	1745	-26.8
36	Dasgupta, AvyuktCM	2129	ENG	F	+63N	+12B	−1B	=14N	+20B	+21N	−3B	−6N	4.5	49.0	49.0	24.00	2205	+18.4
37	Gorskovs, Andrejs	1943	ENG	−38B	+32N	=18B	−5N	+72B	+45N	+66B	−9N	−22B	4.5	42.5	45.5	19.00	1926	+55.6
38	Smolinski, Wojciech	2034	POL	+37N	−46B	+40N	+50B	=20B	−29N	+39B	−19N	−23B	4.5	39.0	43.0	20.25	1912	-29.6
39	Shah, Samuel	1801	ENG	+78N	−25B	=33N	=43B	=50N	+41B	−38N	+51B	−21N	4.5	37.0	40.0	18.25	1924	+106.4
40	Swiatkowski, Aram	1851	ENG	−8B	+70N	−38B	+31N	−54B	=67N	+62B	−23N	+64B	4.5	36.5	40.0	17.75	1779	-3.2
41	Norinkeviciute, RasaWFM	1901	LTU	=75B	+71N	+45B	−12N	−5B	−39N	−65B	+69N	+46N	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.50	1744	-38.4
42	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	2077	ENG	+79N	−20B	+76N	−7B	+81N	−28B	+47N	−55B	=44N	4.5	35.5	38.0	14.75	1863	-16.0
43	Schoenbaechler, Anselm	1974	SUI	F	+53N	−59B	=39N	+62B	−50B	+58N	+64N	−25B	4.5	33.0	33.0	17.75	1780	-33.0
44	Talab,Karam.	0	SYR	−19B	−82N	−67B	+70N	+77B	−35N	+73B	+66N	=42B	4.5	31.5	33.5	15.25	1742	0.0
45	Vernon, Harry	1883	ENG	=73N	+47B	−41N	−71B	+85N	−37B	+67N	+65B	−20N	4.5	31.5	33.0	14.00	1729	-6.2
46	V, Krish	1550	ENG	+35B	+38N	−22B	−23N	−30B	+59N	+33B	−32N	−41B	4.0	40.0	44.0	18.50	1867	+82.8
47	Uso I Cubertorer, Lluis	1877	SUI	=23B	−45N	−5B	+69N	+65B	=18N	−42B	+68N	−30B	4.0	39.5	43.0	16.25	1839	-4.0
48	Epstein-Lightman, Yishai	0	ENG	+87B	=29N	=23B	−6N	+52B	−11N	−31B	−63N	+73B	4.0	39.0	40.0	13.25	1822	-29.2
49	Taylor, Zebadiah	1755	ENG	F	−21N	+35B	−66N	+32B	+51B	−16N	+60B	−17N	4.0	39.0	39.0	18.00	1874	+95.6
50	Rastogi, Nayan Keats	1926	ENG	−12B	+83N	+72B	−38N	=39B	+43N	=22B	−18N	−63B	4.0	38.0	40.0	14.50	1766	-33.2
51	Li, Yueci	1838	ENG	+88B	−11N	+31B	−8N	+58B	−49N	−24B	−39N	+77B	4.0	38.0	38.0	12.00	1723	-21.2
52	Lenton, Steve	0	ENG	−14N	+79B	+17N	−15B	−48N	−72B	+70N	+56B	−34N	4.0	37.5	40.5	16.50	1823	+25.2
53	Sennaroglu, Djan	1806	ENG	−25N	−43B	+78N	−17B	+76N	+34B	+56N	−15B	−60N	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.00	1803	+45.2
54	Cap, Piotr	1893	POL	+86N	−3B	+74N	−13B	+40N	−55B	−27N	−61B	+65N	4.0	37.5	38.5	12.00	1837	-18.0
55	Hill, Callum	1710	ENG	F	−16B	−15N	+82N	+68B	+54N	−29B	+42N	−18B	4.0	37.0	37.0	14.00	1911	+62.4
56	Collyer, David	1916	ENG	=71B	+58N	=29B	−19N	+59B	−8N	−53B	−52N	+75B	4.0	36.0	39.0	15.00	1771	-2.8
57	Spirling, Florence	1711	ENG	−16N	−13B	+79N	+87B	−60N	+80N	−35B	−33B	+71N	4.0	35.0	36.0	10.00	1748	+6.0
58	Swiatkowski, Dominik	1883	ENG	=22N	−56B	=62N	+76B	−51N	+63B	−43B	+72N	−31B	4.0	34.0	37.0	14.75	1636	-67.2
59	Bhaduri, Aviraj	1700	ENG	−20N	+77B	+43N	−28B	−56N	−46B	+74N	+71B	−33N	4.0	34.0	37.0	13.50	1766	+26.4
60	Hunn, David	1846	ENG	F	−14B	+87N	−21N	+57B	+66N	−13B	−49N	+53B	4.0	34.0	34.0	12.50	1802	-0.4
61	Gamage, Anuhas	2052	ENG	−29B	−66N	+83B	−72N	+79B	+68N	−18B	+54N	−35B	4.0	33.0	35.0	12.50	1806	-2.0
62	Blin, Henri	1684	ENG	+66B	−28N	=58B	−18N	−43N	+85B	−40N	=81B	+78N	4.0	33.0	34.5	11.25	1729	+84.4
63	Chen, Yechu	1658	ENG	F	−36B	−26N	−32N	+82B	−58N	+80B	+48B	+50N	4.0	31.5	31.5	13.00	1851	+57.2
64	Dolgun, Mikhail S	1677	FID	−11B	+88N	−66B	+67N	+35B	=23N	−14N	−43B	−40N	3.5	38.5	38.5	11.25	1726	+58.4
65	Tang, Carolus	1668	ENG	−7N	=9B	+85N	−33B	−47N	+78B	+41N	−45N	−54B	3.5	38.0	39.5	12.25	1779	+38.0
66	Hylarides, Charlie Ronald	2016	NED	−62N	+61B	+64N	+49B	−16N	−60B	−37N	−44B	=67N	3.5	34.5	38.0	13.25	1675	-27.2
67	Horne, Theo	1565	ENG	−15N	−34B	+44N	−64B	+78N	=40B	−45B	=75N	=66B	3.5	34.5	37.5	13.00	1598	+0.4
68	Campora, Christoph	1832	SUI	+77N	−4B	+73N	−16B	−55N	−61B	+81N	−47B	=70N	3.5	34.5	37.0	10.25	1684	-14.8
69	Li, Ran	1679	CHN	−4N	=85B	−71N	−47B	+75N	−31N	+83B	−41B	+81N	3.5	31.0	32.5	8.25	1579	-40.8
70	Danov, Miroslav	0	ENG	−26N	−40B	−81N	−44B	+86N	+76B	−52B	+80N	=68B	3.5	30.0	31.0	8.75	1568	-3.0
71	Narang, Ishaan	1680	ENG	=56N	−41B	+69B	+45N	−11B	=33N	−32B	−59N	−57B	3.0	37.0	40.5	12.50	1687	+51.6
72	Yao, Hengyang	0	CHN	F	−2B	−50N	+61B	−37N	+52N	−30B	−58B	+74N	3.0	36.0	36.0	11.00	1751	0.0
73	Li, Alice	1534	ENG	=45B	=5N	−68B	−27N	−74N	+88B	−44N	+85B	−48N	3.0	33.0	33.0	7.25	1663	+18.0
74	Kaushik, Madhav	1894	ENG	−21B	+80N	−54B	−35N	+73B	−27N	−59B	+76N	−72B	3.0	32.5	35.5	9.00	1706	-21.2
75	Yue, Blake	0	ENG	=41N	−22B	−9N	−85B	−69B	+82N	+88N	=67B	−56N	3.0	31.0	31.0	6.00	1532	-6.0
76	Reynolds, Matthew	0	ENG	+80B	−23N	−42B	−58N	−53B	−70N	+79N	−74B	+84B	3.0	30.5	32.5	8.00	1602	0.0
77	Patel, Parisa	1526	ENG	−68B	−59N	−32B	+84N	−44N	+87B	+85N	−34B	−51N	3.0	29.5	30.5	4.50	1524	-4.0
78	Prado, AlexandraWCM	1924	BOL	−39B	−31N	−53B	+83N	−67B	−65N	+82B	+84N	−62B	3.0	28.5	30.5	6.00	1296	-84.4
79	Uklala, Finley	0	ENG	−42B	−52N	−57B	+86B	−61N	−84N	−76B	+83N	+87B	3.0	24.5	25.5	4.00	905	-71.2
80	Pees, Hans	1786	NED	−76N	−74B	+86N	−81B	+88N	−57B	−63N	−70B	+82N	3.0	23.0	23.0	3.00	1353	-128.4
81	Eilinghoff, Johannes	1575	GER	−6B	−35N	+70B	+80N	−42B	−32N	−68B	=62N	−69B	2.5	35.5	38.5	8.50	1612	-2.2
82	FIDE 343447422	0	—	−33N	+44B	−34N	−55B	−63N	−75B	−78N	+86B	−80B	2.0	31.5	32.5	5.50	940	0.0
83	Gidley, Michael	0	ENG	−17N	−50B	−61N	−78B	−84B	+86N	−69N	−79B	+88N	2.0	26.5	26.5	1.00	1384	0.0
84	Lightfoot, David	0	ENG	F	F	F	−77B	+83N	+79B	−34N	−78B	−76N	2.0	19.0	19.0	5.00	1487	+2.0
85	Rozmus, Oliver	1613	ENG	−18B	=69N	−65B	+75N	−45B	−62N	−77B	−73N	F	1.5	30.5	31.5	4.75	1400	-34.4
86	Plowden-Roberts, Michael	0	ENG	−54B	−30N	−80B	−79N	−70B	−83B	+87N	−82N	F	1.0	24.0	25.0	1.00	939	0.0
87	Hang, Kingsley	0	ENG	−48N	F	−60B	−57N	−31B	−77N	−86B	+88B	−79N	1.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	1348	0.0
88	Sawant-Roy, Shaantanu	0	ENG	−51N	−64B	F	−30N	−80B	−73N	−75B	−87N	−83B	0.0	24.5	24.5	0.00	875	-59.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yu, ZechenFMCHN
+143.2
6.0 pts · #14
2Rami,TalabFMSYR
+135.2
7.5 pts · #6
3Shah, SamuelENG
+106.4
4.5 pts · #30

Top rating losers

1Pees, HansNED
-128.4
3.0 pts · #82
2Prado, AlexandraWCMBOL
-84.4
3.0 pts · #81
3Chakrabarty, ReyaanshFMAUS
-79.4
5.5 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R2+505 Elo gap
Anjulan, Ashwin1840 beat GMGolubka, Petro2345
R3+495 Elo gap
Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian1872 beat GMArkell, Keith C2367
R2+484 Elo gap
V, Krish1550 beat Smolinski, Wojciech2034