2025 Glorney Cup
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30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jul 2025 to 30 Jul 2025 in Newport, Wales. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2015, and top seed was Rock Yu (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2099).
Marvin Gera (🇬🇧 SCO, 1830) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Zack Norris (4.5) and Zac Welling (4.0). Gera shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Andrejs Gorskovs (1844) beat Rock Yu (CM, 2099), a +255-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Newport, Wales
Dates
28 Jul 2025 → 30 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×10
🇬🇧England×10
🇬🇧Scotland×5
🇬🇧Wales×5
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Gera, Marvin | 🇬🇧SCO | 1830 | 4.5 | 1817 | 2153 | +56.8 |
| 1 | Norris, Zack | 🇬🇧ENG | 2032 | 4.5 | 1892 | 2258 | +31.9 |
| 7 | Welling, Zac | 🇬🇧ENG | 1966 | 4.0 | 1783 | 1976 | +2.0 |
| 2 | CMLebedev, Lion | 🇬🇧ENG | 2048 | 4.0 | 1978 | 2218 | +28.3 |
| 13 | Fairhurst, Frederick | 🇬🇧ENG | 1763 | 3.5 | 1833 | 1928 | +34.4 |
| 11 | Booth, Zander | 🇬🇧ENG | 1808 | 3.5 | 1902 | 1997 | +40.0 |
| 3 | Cummins, Finn | 🇮🇪IRL | 1837 | 3.5 | 1959 | 2108 | +71.2 |
| 16 | McGrath, Ethan | 🇬🇧WLS | 1766 | 3.5 | 1912 | 2007 | +50.4 |
| 5 | CMYu, Rock | 🇬🇧ENG | 2099 | 3.0 | 1907 | 1979 | -17.8 |
| 10 | Munshi, Aryan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1981 | 3.0 | 1991 | 2063 | +20.0 |
| 8 | Patton, Zachary | 🇬🇧SCO | 1915 | 3.0 | 1943 | 2015 | +19.7 |
| 17 | Comley, Jamie | 🇮🇪IRL | 1893 | 3.0 | 1880 | 1880 | -2.8 |
| 6 | Woods, Yannick | 🇮🇪IRL | 1995 | 3.0 | 1988 | 2060 | +18.0 |
| 9 | Barnes, Oliver | 🇮🇪IRL | 2009 | 3.0 | 1897 | 1969 | -9.2 |
| 19 | Patel, Keatan | 🇬🇧ENG | 1990 | 2.5 | 1856 | 1856 | -28.0 |
| 14 | Szakmany, Bence | 🇬🇧WLS | 2008 | 2.5 | 1986 | 1986 | -6.0 |
| 15 | Paibir, Atharva | 🇮🇪IRL | 2016 | 2.5 | 1923 | 1923 | -24.8 |
| 12 | McDiarmid, Euan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1888 | 2.5 | 1921 | 1921 | +8.4 |
| 20 | Wu, Yuxuan | 🇬🇧WLS | 1920 | 2.0 | 1942 | 1870 | -14.4 |
| 18 | Singhal, Vivaan | 🇮🇪IRL | 1839 | 2.0 | 1931 | 1859 | +4.4 |
| 28 | Sharhorodsky, Yaroslav | 🇬🇧WLS | 1778 | 1.5 | 1830 | 1508 | -49.6 |
| 29 | Faustino Lawlor, Elias | 🇮🇪IRL | 1760 | 1.5 | 1834 | 1512 | -43.6 |
| 24 | Semenov, Igor | 🇬🇧SCO | 1957 | 1.5 | 1864 | 1671 | -59.6 |
| 23 | Braine, Harry | 🇮🇪IRL | 1971 | 1.5 | 1993 | 1844 | -34.0 |
| 21 | Prabhu, Vismith | 🇬🇧WLS | 1762 | 1.5 | 1946 | 1797 | +6.8 |
| 22 | Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian | 🇬🇧ENG | 1962 | 1.5 | 1906 | 1757 | -42.2 |
| 27 | Pick, Freddie | 🇬🇧ENG | 1934 | 1.0 | 2001 | 1761 | -41.2 |
| 25 | O`brien, Jer | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1883 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gorskovs, Andrejs | 🇬🇧ENG | 1844 | 1.0 | 1958 | 1718 | -30.8 |
| 30 | Brito, Franco | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 1819 | 1019 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Cummins, FinnIRL+71.23.5 pts · #3
- 2Gera, MarvinSCO+56.84.5 pts · #4
- 3McGrath, EthanWLS+50.43.5 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Semenov, IgorSCO-59.61.5 pts · #24
- 2Sharhorodsky, YaroslavWLS-49.61.5 pts · #28
- 3Faustino Lawlor, EliasIRL-43.61.5 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R1+255 Elo gap
- R3+191 Elo gap
- R1+182 Elo gap