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Hampshire Chess Congress 2025 - Open

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Fareham, England. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2110, and top seed was Harry Grieve (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2491).

Petr Marusenko (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2028) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Steven Male Kawuma (4.0) and David Collyer (4.0). Marusenko broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kamronbek Bakhtiyarov (1847) beat Steven A Jones (2230), a +383-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Fareham, England
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧IMHarry Grieve2491
Avg top 10
2,110
Participants
38
Titled players · 3
IM×2
FM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2
🇺🇬Uganda×2
🇱🇹Lithuania×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Petr Marusenko led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
17
6
2
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Petr Marusenko held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Petr Marusenko drew with FM Steven Male Kawuma (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Petr Marusenko 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Steven Male Kawuma 3 wins (R1–R3)David Collyer 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMPetr Marusenko*
½
2FMSteven Male Kawuma
½
*
½
3David Collyer*
4Finn Schell
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Marusenko, PetrIM2028UKR+18N+21B+8N=2N+12B4.512.514.512.502355+29.0
2Kawuma, Steven MaleFM2184UGA+28N+15B+7N=1B=4B4.013.515.511.502201+2.4
3Collyer, David1882ENG+35B7N+23N+11B+9B4.011.011.08.002155+34.2
4Schell, Finn1960ENG+29B=5N+10B=7B=2N3.513.515.09.752172+52.4
5Grieve, HarryIM2491ENG+25N=4B+16N+17BF3.510.510.58.752364-2.6
6Janota, Paul S1906ENG22N+31B=20N+27B+17N3.59.010.06.751933+5.2
7Bansal, Saahil2016ENG+26N+3B2B=4N=8B3.014.516.59.252010-0.4
8Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek1847UZB+38N+14B1B=15N=7N3.013.013.05.752116+68.4
9Lyon, Hannah Jane1887LUX+20N12B+24N+21B3N3.011.513.56.501921+6.8
10Erdemir, Ozan1767TUR+11N=23B4N=16B+21N3.011.013.07.252005+31.6
11Wells, Tony D1891ENG10B+34N+22B3N+24B3.011.011.04.001808-9.0
12Kothari, Jai2133ENG+36B+9NF+13B1N3.010.510.56.002125-0.4
13Bisereko Pafura Godfrey1977UGA+31N+22BF12N+19B3.08.58.55.502062+9.0
14Wicken, Jack1991ENG+34B8N=26B+29N=23B3.08.58.53.501931-14.4
15Cordner, David A1957ENG+32N2N=19B=8B=16N2.512.013.05.001893-17.6
16Marsh, Roger D W1878ENG+24N=17B5B=10N=15B2.511.513.56.001920+1.6
17Roberts, David L2025ENG+30B=16N+27B5N6B2.511.513.04.751797-18.8
18Philidor, Tom0ENG1B19N+35B=22N+29B2.510.510.52.5018230.0
19Goodlad, Daniel1774ENG21N+18B=15N+25B13N2.510.012.05.751675-12.8
20Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim1757UZB9B+36N=6B=26N=31B2.59.59.53.251849+24.8
21Hordnes, Niclas1910NOR+19B1N+32B9N10B2.013.014.03.501775-18.2
22Melling, Hugo1768ENG+6B13N11N=18B=28N2.012.014.05.751818+9.6
23Lukosius, Rolandas2026LTUF=10N3B+32B=14N2.011.011.04.001855-17.2
24Rahimli, Rashad0AZE16B+30N9B+37N11N2.010.010.01.5016490.0
25Westbrook, Christian0ENG5B=29N=30B19N+34N2.09.09.01.5018810.0
26Abhishek, Pradhan1816IND7B+35N=14N=20BF2.08.58.52.751880+6.6
27Holmes, David J0ENGF+33B17N6N+30B2.08.58.52.5018040.0
28Northam, Lawrence1846ENG2B32N+34B=31N=22B2.08.08.01.501798-16.8
29Kirk, Matthew1789GCI4N=25B+33N14B18N1.511.012.02.001810+1.4
30FIDE 343482970181717N24B=25N+33B27N1.58.59.52.0019400.0
31Clancy, Martin J1802ENG13B6NF=28B=20N1.011.011.02.251679-12.6
32Pradhan, Ayan1780ENG15B+28B21N23NF1.08.58.52.001742-8.4
33Mehta, Aarav Swansh1855ENGF27N29B30N+37B1.05.05.00.001752-11.2
34Moore, Gillian A1815ENG14N11B28NF25B0.010.010.00.001109-22.6
35Piecha, Lukasz Marek1756ENG3N26B18NFF0.08.58.50.001049-15.0
36Gupta, Aditya1838ENG12N20BFFF0.05.55.50.001146-30.4
37Spirling, Florence1713ENGFFF24B33N0.03.03.00.001055-12.4
38Jones, Steven A2230ENG8BFFFF0.03.03.00.001047-18.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets