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2025 UK Open Blitz: Final

Open Round-RobinBlitz

16 players participated in this 15-round tournament, held on 22 Nov 2025 in Leamington, England. 15 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2437, and top seed was Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2663).

Daniel W Gormally (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2485) won with 11.5/15, ahead of Stanley Badacsonyi (11.0) and Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (10.5). Gormally clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 14: Siva Mahadevan (IM, 2365) beat Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (GM, 2663), a +298-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Leamington, England
Dates
22 Nov 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 15 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧GMGawain C B Maroroa Jones2663
Avg top 10
2,437
Participants
16
Titled players · 15
GM×4
IM×6
FM×5
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×8
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 15 rounds

GM Daniel W Gormally led from R15; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R15.

Co-leaders
5
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
47.511.515R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15Maroroa Jones takes leadBadacsonyi takes leadGormally takes lead
Gormally11.5Badacsonyi11Waldhausen Gordon10.5Maroroa Jones10.5Mahadevan9.5Bazakutsa9.5— ex-leaders:Vijayakumarled R5–R6, #9
R8 · LEADER CHANGE22 Nov

GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Daniel W Gormally beat FM Stanley Badacsonyi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Daniel W Gormally 4 wins (R8–R11)FM Stanley Badacsonyi 3+5 wins (R6–R8, R10–R14)IM Frederick Waldhausen Gordon 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMDaniel W Gormally*
1
½
1
2FMStanley Badacsonyi
0
*
0
0
3IMFrederick Waldhausen Gordon
½
1
*
0
4GMGawain C B Maroroa Jones
0
1
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gormally, Daniel WGM2485ENG=6N+5B+2N−14B+13N+12B−8N+10B+3N+16B+9N=7N+11B=4N+15B11.5106.5108.582.252587+18.9
2Badacsonyi, StanleyFM2447ENG+16B+9N−1B=11N−4B+15N+6B+5N=7B+14B+13N+12B+8N+10B−3N11.0107.0109.069.252553+21.4
3Maroroa Jones, Gawain C BGM2663ENG=14N=13B+12N+8B=10N+7N+16B+9N−1B+11N+4B+15N−6B−5N+2B10.5107.5109.570.752522-21.1
4Waldhausen Gordon, FrederickIM2406SCO=7B+15B+6N−5B+2N+14B+13N−12B=8N+10B−3N+16B+9N=1B+11N10.5107.5109.570.002530+25.1
5Siva MahadevanIM2365IND−9B−1N+11B+4N+15B=6N−7B−2B+14N−13B+12N+8B+10N+3B+16N9.5108.5110.562.252479+47.2
6Bazakutsa, SvyatoslavIM2404UKR=1B+11N−4B+15N=7B=5B−2N+14B−13N+12B+8N+10B+3N+16B−9N9.5108.5110.561.752476+15.4
7D`Costa, LorinIM2349ENG=4N+8B−15N−10B=6N−3B+5N+16B=2N+9B=14N=1B+13N−11B+12N8.5109.5111.560.752435+34.2
8Banerjee, SupratitFM2327ENG+12N−7N+10B−3N+16B−9N+1B=11N=4B+15N−6B−5N−2B+14N+13B8.0110.0112.047.252407+33.0
9Vijayakumar, RishiFM2399SCO+5N−2B+14N+13B+12N+8B−10N−3B+16N−7N−1B−11N−4B=15N+6B7.5110.5112.545.252382-6.8
10Gasanov, EldarGM2425UKR+13N+12B−8N+7N=3B=16N+9B−1N=11B−4N+15B−6N−5B−2N+14B7.5110.5112.543.252380-9.1
11Czopor, MaciejIM2377POL+15N−6B−5N=2B=14N=13B=12N=8B=10N−3B−16N+9B−1N+7N−4B6.0112.0114.040.002311-13.8
12Balaji, AaravamudhanIM2379ENG−8B−10N−3B+16N−9B−1N=11B+4N+15B−6N−5B−2N+14B+13N−7B5.5112.5114.528.002288-38.8
13Wells, Peter KGM2384ENG−10B=3N+16B−9N−1B=11N−4B−15N+6B+5N−2B+14N−7B−12B−8N5.0113.0115.033.252258-25.3
14Kozusek, DanielFM2316WLS=3B=16N−9B+1N=11B−4N+15B−6N−5B−2N=7B−13B−12N−8B−10N4.0114.0116.028.502212-42.8
15Ganti, Shriaansh2126ENG−11B−4N+7B−6B−5N−2B−14N+13B−12N−8B−10N−3B+16N=9B−1N3.5114.5116.519.252180+30.4
16Collins, AdamFM2271IRL−2N=14B−13N−12B−8N=10B−3N−7N−9B−1N+11B−4N−15B−6N−5B2.0114.5118.011.752068-64.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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