3rd Sussex Univeristy Chess Congress - U1900
32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Falmer Campus, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1746, and top seed was Russell Robert Goodfellow (🇬🇧 ENG, 1814).
Laurence St Louis (🇬🇧 ENG, 1728) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Samuel Shah (3.5) and Oliver Kuzmanoski (3.5). St Louis won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Cal Hope Maginn (1581) beat Russell Robert Goodfellow (1814), a +233-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 5 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
5 players finish on 3.5/5. St Louis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
Laurence St Louis 3 wins (R1–R3)Dinuga Sanketh Basnayake 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laurence St Louis | * | — | — | — |
| 2Samuel Shah | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Dinuga Sanketh Basnayake | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Oliver Kuzmanoski | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Louis, Laurence | 1728 | ENG | +22N | +10B | +6N | −9B | =7B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1803 | +20.8 |
| 2 | Shah, Samuel | 1693 | ENG | +23B | F | +13N | =4B | +9N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 1957 | +46.0 |
| 3 | Kuzmanoski, Oliver | 1667 | MKD | +12N | −6B | =22N | +17B | +19N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 7.75 | 1716 | +4.8 |
| 4 | Basnayake, Dinuga Sanketh | 1623 | SRI | +16B | +28N | +11B | =2N | F | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.75 | 1994 | +56.0 |
| 5 | Faulkner, Oliver | 1611 | ENG | +32B | −13B | +29N | +6B | =8N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1709 | +7.8 |
| 6 | Lake, Chris | 1785 | SRB | +15B | +3N | −1B | −5N | +25N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1719 | -8.2 |
| 7 | Blin, Henri | 1704 | ENG | F | =8N | +19B | +10B | =1N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.25 | 1821 | +23.2 |
| 8 | Crosby, Ben | 1607 | ENG | F | =7B | +18N | +13B | =5B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.75 | 1808 | +32.4 |
| 9 | Li, Yueci | 1685 | ENG | F | +14N | +26B | +1N | −2B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1898 | +42.8 |
| 10 | Hope Maginn, Cal | 1581 | ENG | +24B | −1N | +28B | −7N | +26B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1835 | +67.2 |
| 11 | Hayward, Michael | 1658 | ENG | F | +21B | −4N | +23N | +20B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1726 | +5.8 |
| 12 | Keiller, Mathias | 0 | ENG | −3B | −15N | +32B | +31N | +24B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1672 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Rhodes, Lawrence | 1734 | ENG | +27B | +5N | −2B | −8N | =14B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.25 | 1612 | -16.4 |
| 14 | Ellinger, William | 1603 | ENG | =18N | −9B | =31N | +29B | =13N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1571 | -4.4 |
| 15 | Jithendra, Raina | 1582 | ENG | −6N | +12B | =25N | =21B | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1601 | +1.2 |
| 16 | Mohammed, Yasin | 0 | ENG | −4N | −17B | −23N | +18B | +22N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1347 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Collins, Nigel | 1589 | ENG | −28B | +16N | =20B | −3N | =27N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1403 | -13.4 |
| 18 | Ralph, Toby | 0 | ENG | =14B | =24N | −8B | −16N | +31B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1662 | +10.4 |
| 19 | Burgess, Rose | 1598 | ENG | F | +31B | −7N | +24N | −3B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1703 | +22.8 |
| 20 | Donaghy, Daniel | 0 | ENG | F | =25B | =17N | +22B | −11N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Taylor, Zebadiah | 1744 | ENG | F | −11N | =30B | =15N | +23B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1574 | -34.4 |
| 22 | Patel, Parisa | 1512 | ENG | −1B | +32N | =3B | −20N | −16B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1505 | -0.4 |
| 23 | Wen, Liana | 1436 | ENG | −2N | =30N | +16B | −11B | −21N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1357 | -12.4 |
| 24 | Carter, Benjamin | 1774 | ENG | −10N | =18B | +27N | −19B | −12N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1450 | -50.8 |
| 25 | Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta | 1647 | ENG | F | =20N | =15B | =26N | −6B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1596 | -8.4 |
| 26 | Tracey, William F | 1799 | ENG | F | +29B | −9N | =25B | −10N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1367 | -64.4 |
| 27 | Razhnova, Aryna | 1545 | FID | −13N | F | −24B | +32N | =17B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1426 | -16.4 |
| 28 | Goodfellow, Russell Robert | 1814 | ENG | +17N | −4B | −10N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1473 | -26.4 |
| 29 | Naren, Vishnu | 0 | ENG | +30B | −26N | −5B | −14N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Wallace, Stuart | 1621 | ENG | −29N | =23B | =21N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1590 | -2.8 |
| 31 | Shephard, John | 1665 | ENG | F | −19N | =14B | −12B | −18N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1407 | -27.2 |
| 32 | Pasumarthi, Kalyan Srinidhi | 0 | ENG | −5N | −22B | −12N | −27B | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 756 | -56.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Hope Maginn, CalENG+67.23.0 pts · #6
- 2Basnayake, Dinuga SankethSRI+56.03.5 pts · #7
- 3Shah, SamuelENG+46.03.5 pts · #2
- 1Tracey, William FENG-64.41.5 pts · #31
- 2Pasumarthi, Kalyan SrinidhiENG-56.00.0 pts · #32
- 3Carter, BenjaminENG-50.81.5 pts · #21
- R3+233 Elo gap
- R5+218 Elo gap
- R1+193 Elo gap