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Hampshire Chess Congress 2025 - Major

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Fareham, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1726, and top seed was Tristan Dray-Pearce (🇬🇧 ENG, 1790).

Brandan Read (🇬🇧 ENG, 1665) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Rob Coles (4.0) and Austin Sopocko (3.5). Read shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Rob Coles (1579) beat Alikhan Menseitov (1745), a +166-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
🇬🇧Tristan Dray-Pearce1790
Avg top 10
1,726
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
2
5
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Coles4Read4Jackson3.5Sopocko3.5Archer-Lock3McClatchey3— ex-leaders:Readled R4, #7
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Read takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rob Coles drew with Brandan Read (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Rob Coles went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Rob Coles*
½
—
½
2Brandan Read
½
*—
½
3Lewis Jackson——*
½
4Austin Sopocko
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Read, Brandan1665ENG+23B=2N+11B+12N=3B4.012.513.59.751908+35.2
2Coles, Rob1579ENG+20N=1B+22N=3B+5N4.012.013.59.751985+30.8
3Sopocko, Austin0ENG+25N+10B=4B=2N=1N3.514.014.08.2516270.0
4Jackson, Lewis0ENG+?B+16B=3N−5B+10N3.511.011.06.2517780.0
5Basher, Ekramul1726ENG−12B+26N+7B+4N−2B3.013.013.06.501617-24.0
6McClatchey, Rob1719ENG=15B=19N=17B=11N+12B3.09.511.06.751794+11.6
7Archer-Lock, Helen1660ENG−10N+25B−5N+24N+18B3.08.58.53.001883+46.4
8Williams, Peter1726ENGF=17B+23N=10B+16N3.07.57.55.252590+23.6
9Williamson, Oliver0ENG−11B+24N=18B=?N+17B3.07.57.54.0017330.0
10Nobleza, Dwayne0ENG+7B−3N+19B=8N−4B2.513.014.56.0017290.0
11Warner, Nicholas1715ENG+9N=13B−1N=6B=20N2.512.514.06.501538-14.2
12Walters, Philip1612ENG+5N=22B+13N−1B−6N2.512.514.06.251692+22.0
13Ekram, Itmam1607ENG+24B=11N−12B=18N=14B2.59.510.54.501696+20.0
14Stevens, Chris A0ENG−16N−23B+25N+19B=13N2.57.07.02.7516830.0
15Adams, Robert0ENG=6N=?B=21N−16B+26B2.56.56.52.2517170.0
16Dray-Pearce, Tristan1790ENG+14B−4NF+15N−8B2.011.511.55.00926-11.8
17Stout, Nicholas B0ENG=18B=8N=6N=21B−9N2.011.012.54.7517210.0
18Belinger, John1736ENG=17N=21B=9N=13B−7N2.010.512.04.501530-33.2
19Cutter, Tim J1680ENGF=6B−10N−14N+23B1.59.09.02.501719+2.0
20Devlin, Liam0ENG−2BF−?N+23N=11B1.57.57.52.2514110.0
21Sellen, John1702ENGF=18N=15B=17NF1.56.56.53.251736+1.0
22Menseitov, Alikhan1745ENG+26B=12N−2BFF1.56.56.51.251603-11.4
23FIDE 3434829880—−1N+14N−8B−20B−19N1.011.012.52.508900.0
24Baxter, Martin1722ENG−13N−9B+26N−7BF1.08.58.50.001502-35.2
25Huang, Weidan1576ENG−3B−7N−14BFF0.09.09.00.00860-7.8
26Moore, John1617ENG−22N−5B−24BF−15N0.08.08.00.00931-20.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets