62nd Hull Congress Open

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39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Hull, England. 11 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2257, and top seed was Alan B Merry (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2417).

Rafe Martyn (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2315) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Rithvik Deepak Ambattu (4.0) and Alex Burke (4.0). Martyn clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Devesh Sharma (1844) beat Martin G Walker (FM, 2167), a +323-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Hull, England

Dates

05 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧IMAlan B Merry2417

Avg top 10

2,257

Participants

Titled players · 11

GM×1

IM×1

FM×4

CM×4

WCM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇬🇧England×35

🇬🇧Scotland×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

Top 3

🥇
FMRafe Martyn
🇬🇧ENG·2315
4.5pts·2375perf+19.2
🥈
CMRithvik Deepak Ambattu
🇬🇧SCO·1937
4.0pts·2266perf+19.6
🥉
CMAlex Burke
🇬🇧ENG·2046
4.0pts·2355perf+115.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Rafe Martyn led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Martyn4.5Burke4Deepak Ambattu4Merry4Ganti3.5Davies3.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE07 Sept

FM Rafe Martyn takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Rafe Martyn drew with CM Alex Burke (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

FM Rafe Martyn went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMRafe Martyn	*	½	—	1
2CMAlex Burke	½	*	½	—
3CMRithvik Deepak Ambattu	—	½	*	—
4IMAlan B Merry	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Martyn, RafeFM	2315	ENG	+22N	+27B	=3N	+8B	+4B	4.5	13.0	14.5	12.50	2375	+19.2
2	Deepak Ambattu, RithvikCM	1937	SCO	+6N	+11B	=17N	=3B	+9B	4.0	13.5	15.5	12.50	2266	+19.6
3	Burke, AlexCM	2046	ENG	+26N	+8B	=1B	=2N	+24B	4.0	13.5	15.5	11.25	2355	+115.6
4	Merry, Alan BIM	2417	ENG	+19N	+18B	+7N	+20B	−1N	4.0	11.5	13.5	9.00	2349	-2.3
5	Davies, Nigel RGM	2361	ENG	+25B	−7N	=9B	+13N	+14B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.50	2185	-5.5
6	Ganti, Shriaansh	2173	ENG	−2B	+38N	=33B	+31N	+17N	3.5	9.0	9.0	4.25	2132	+28.4
7	Malinovskii, Ilia	2155	ENG	+24N	+5B	−4B	=12N	=10B	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.50	2211	+16.8
8	Potter, John M	2196	ENG	+29B	−3N	+18B	−1N	+19B	3.0	12.5	14.0	5.50	2091	+10.2
9	Larchikov, Maksym	2193	UKR	=21N	+35B	=5N	+28B	−2N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.25	2132	-1.2
10	Ciuravin, Andrei	2202	ENG	=13N	+30B	=23N	=17B	=7N	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.25	2013	-7.4
11	Walker, Martin GFM	2167	ENG	+38B	−2N	+27B	−24N	+18B	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	2053	-3.4
12	Royle, Alex	2071	ENG	F	+15B	=28N	=7B	+20N	3.0	9.0	9.0	6.75	2253	+66.8
13	Collinson, Mark I	2012	ENG	=10B	−20N	+38B	−5B	+21N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.50	2060	+16.0
14	Varley, Joe	2172	ENG	−27N	+21B	+19N	=23B	−5N	2.5	9.5	11.0	5.00	2011	-2.2
15	Milson, Samuel A	2226	ENG	F	−12N	+29B	=21B	+23N	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.50	2006	-10.0
16	Zhang, JunyiCM	2159	ENG	F	−23B	=30N	+22B	+28N	2.5	7.0	7.0	4.25	1998	-17.6
17	Zhu, Yaoyao	2119	ENG	F	+32N	=2B	=10N	−6B	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	2053	+7.4
18	Birtwistle, Nigel	2141	ENG	+34B	−4N	−8N	+30B	−11N	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.50	1963	-15.0
19	Cooper, John G	2138	ENG	−4B	+34N	−14B	+27N	−8N	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.50	1944	-20.6
20	Nelson, Jonathan PFM	2180	ENG	F	+13B	+31N	−4N	−12B	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	2062	-5.8
21	Savage, Nicholas W	1966	ENG	=9B	−14N	+25B	=15N	−13B	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.75	1970	+0.2
22	Sullivan, Daniel	2063	ENG	−1B	=25N	+36B	−16N	=31B	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.25	1944	+0.2
23	Ashton, AlannahWCM	1978	ENG	F	+16N	=10B	=14N	−15B	2.0	10.5	10.5	5.25	2073	+37.6
24	Sharma, Devesh	1844	SCO	−7B	F	+37N	+11B	−3N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	2027	+8.4
25	Prior, Stephen C V	2082	ENG	−5N	=22B	−21N	+36B	=32N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.25	1915	-13.6
26	Sowray, Peter JFM	2307	ENG	−3B	=29N	+32B	=33N	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1892	-28.0
27	Webster, Alex	1918	ENG	+14B	−1N	−11N	−19B	=35N	1.5	12.0	13.0	3.00	1914	+20.8
28	Bevis, Noah	2081	ENG	F	+36N	=12B	−9N	−16B	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1907	-11.2
29	Adams, MarkCM	1993	WLS	−8N	=26B	−15N	=35B	=36N	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.75	1857	-1.4
30	Gunarathne, Senith Thenula	2043	ENG	F	−10N	=16B	−18N	+34B	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.25	1927	+16.0
31	Clark, Robert G	1977	ENG	F	+39N	−20B	−6B	=22N	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.00	1922	-7.4
32	Hu, Junyan	1974	ENG	F	−17B	−26N	+34N	=25B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.00	1916	-4.8
33	Hopkins, Kit W	1983	ENG	F	=37B	=6N	=26B	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	3.00	2090	+14.0
34	Stephenson, David W	1782	ENG	−18N	−19B	+35N	−32B	−30N	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.00	1726	-12.8
35	Kilshaw, Joe	2016	ENG	F	−9N	−34B	=29N	=27B	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1715	-20.2
36	Sheppard, Derek Alan	1723	ENG	F	−28B	−22N	−25N	=29B	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1615	-16.8
37	Sasikumar, Srivathsan	2166	ENG	F	=33N	−24B	F	F	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1755	-31.6
38	Ilett, Raymond J	1847	ENG	−11N	−6B	−13N	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1214	-17.8
39	Udovenko, Daniel	2152	ENG	F	−31B	F	F	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1184	-18.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Burke, AlexCMENG
+115.6
4.0 pts · #2
2Royle, AlexENG
+66.8
3.0 pts · #12
3Ashton, AlannahWCMENG
+37.6
2.0 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Sasikumar, SrivathsanENG
-31.6
0.5 pts · #37
2Sowray, Peter JFMENG
-28.0
2.0 pts · #26
3Cooper, John GENG
-20.6
2.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R4+323 Elo gap
Sharma, Devesh1844 beat FMWalker, Martin G2167
R3+322 Elo gap
Sharma, Devesh1844 beat Sasikumar, Srivathsan2166
R1+261 Elo gap
CMBurke, Alex2046 beat FMSowray, Peter J2307