2025 Robinson Cup
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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jul 2025 to 30 Jul 2025 in Newport, Wales. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1873, and top seed was Maxim Lorigan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1920).
Sithun De Silva (🇬🇧 ENG, 1817) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Aditya Gupta (4.5) and Maxim Lorigan (4.5). De Silva won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Arush Murthy (1603) beat Senith Thenula Gunarathne (1876), a +273-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
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×13
🇬🇧Wales×8
🇬🇧Scotland×6
🇮🇪Ireland×6
🇮🇳India×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | De Silva, Sithun | 🇬🇧ENG | 1817 | 5.0 | 1749 | 2549 | +69.2 |
| 5 | Gupta, Aditya | 🇬🇧ENG | 1792 | 4.5 | 1696 | 2032 | +39.6 |
| 1 | Lorigan, Maxim | 🇮🇪IRL | 1920 | 4.5 | 1746 | 2112 | +36.0 |
| 9 | Ding, Yiwen | 🇬🇧ENG | 1844 | 4.0 | 1742 | 1935 | +11.8 |
| 16 | Hazell, Peter | 🇬🇧ENG | 1754 | 4.0 | 1636 | 1761 | +2.0 |
| 3 | Rughani, Mahin | 🇬🇧ENG | 1854 | 4.0 | 1789 | 2029 | +26.4 |
| 2 | Cole, Ethan | 🇮🇪IRL | 1891 | 4.0 | 1781 | 2021 | +32.4 |
| 14 | Keerthi Kumar, Advait | 🇬🇧ENG | 1873 | 3.5 | 1736 | 1831 | -6.7 |
| 6 | Liu, Jacob | 🇬🇧ENG | 1859 | 3.5 | 1788 | 1937 | +18.9 |
| 20 | Nilim, Armaan | 🇬🇧ENG | 1801 | 3.5 | 1621 | 1621 | -26.4 |
| 10 | Catabay, Rezin C | 🇬🇧ENG | 1829 | 3.5 | 1686 | 1879 | +10.0 |
| 13 | Heron, Lorcan | 🇮🇪IRL | 1892 | 3.5 | 1743 | 1838 | -7.6 |
| 19 | Verlekar, Vivaan | 🇮🇪IRL | 1788 | 3.0 | 1756 | 1756 | -6.4 |
| 23 | Darker, Adam | 🇮🇪IRL | 1613 | 3.0 | 1683 | 1683 | +10.8 |
| 7 | Bartlett-Davis, Otto | 🇬🇧WLS | 0 | 3.0 | 1715 | 1735 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Herath, Kenul | 🇬🇧WLS | 1496 | 3.0 | 1722 | 1597 | +13.6 |
| 8 | Malibiran, Alexis Kristoff | 🇵🇭PHI | 1693 | 3.0 | 1791 | 1863 | +43.3 |
| 11 | Sweetman, Hugo | 🇮🇪IRL | 1690 | 2.5 | 1721 | 1816 | +27.2 |
| 21 | Shevchenko, Danylo | 🇬🇧WLS | 1714 | 2.5 | 1775 | 1688 | -6.8 |
| 25 | Roberts, Jamie | 🇬🇧WLS | 1770 | 2.5 | 1761 | 1674 | -18.8 |
| 24 | Bates, Hubert | 🇬🇧ENG | 1891 | 2.5 | 1743 | 1656 | -47.2 |
| 12 | Karthick, Alagu Naachiappan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1768 | 2.5 | 1776 | 1776 | +2.4 |
| 26 | Yip, Atticus | 🇬🇧SCO | 1595 | 2.0 | 1805 | 1612 | +2.0 |
| 17 | Aryaman Ganguly | 🇮🇳IND | 1825 | 2.0 | 1794 | 1722 | -27.2 |
| 15 | Gunarathne, Senith Thenula | 🇬🇧ENG | 1876 | 2.0 | 1754 | 1682 | -44.8 |
| 18 | Ratcliffe, James | 🇬🇧ENG | 1787 | 2.0 | 1772 | 1700 | -24.0 |
| 29 | Bhaskar, Sriram | 🇬🇧SCO | 1673 | 1.5 | 1725 | 1532 | -28.8 |
| 32 | Oren-Woods, Rowan I | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 1.5 | 1666 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1779 | 1.5 | 1803 | 1654 | -29.9 |
| 31 | Tagg, George | 🇬🇧ENG | 1453 | 1.0 | 1818 | 1496 | +4.4 |
| 27 | Murthy, Arush | 🇬🇧WLS | 1603 | 1.0 | 1809 | 1569 | -8.8 |
| 30 | Yip, Oscar | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.5 | 1763 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 33 | MacDonald-Wright, Thomas | 🇬🇧WLS | 0 | 0.0 | 1666 | 866 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Samaiya, Advik | 🇬🇧WLS | 1591 | 0.0 | 1746 | 946 | -48.0 |
| 35 | Nasir, Farouq | 🇬🇧WLS | 1587 | 0.0 | 1842 | 1042 | -37.6 |
| 36 | Lankapura, Tashil Sethika | 🇱🇰SRI | 0 | 0.0 | 1763 | 963 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1De Silva, SithunENG+69.25.0 pts · #4
- 2Malibiran, Alexis KristoffPHI+43.33.0 pts · #8
- 3Gupta, AdityaENG+39.64.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Samaiya, AdvikWLS-48.00.0 pts · #34
- 2Bates, HubertENG-47.22.5 pts · #24
- 3Gunarathne, Senith ThenulaENG-44.82.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R2+273 Elo gap
- R5+193 Elo gap
- R3+188 Elo gap