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Williamson Shield 2026

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35 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA, Ireland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Mandar Tahmankar (🇮🇳 IND, 2081).

Mandar Tahmankar (🇮🇳 IND, 2081) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gabriel Landmark (4.0) and Jack Edens (4.0). Tahmankar won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Anayraj Tripathi (1821) beat Stephen P. Scannell (2042), a +221-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA, Ireland
Dates
23 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Mandar Tahmankar2081
Avg top 10
1,935
Participants
35
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×32
🇮🇳India×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Mandar Tahmankar led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
16
6
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Mandar Tahmankar held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mandar Tahmankar beat Jack Edens (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Mandar Tahmankar won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mandar Tahmankar*
1
½
1
2Jack Edens
0
*
3Gabriel Landmark
½
*
4Andrew Campbell
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tahmankar, Mandar2081IND+15B+8N+3B+5N=2B4.515.017.515.502211+9.4
2Landmark, Gabriel1953IRL+11N+12B=7N+9B=1N4.013.516.512.752105+18.8
3Edens, Jack1825IRL+32N+17B1N+16B+10N4.012.513.59.002009+22.2
4Cole, Ethan2018IRL+10B=22N+14B+7N=6B4.012.014.011.252073+14.4
5Campbell, Andrew1904IRL+25N+18B+23N1B+8N4.012.014.09.502061+19.6
6Scannell, Stephen P.2042IRL+24N23B+11N+22B=4N3.511.013.09.001956-7.8
7Alwin Micheal1851IND+19B+16N=2B4B=9N3.013.516.08.501917+19.2
8Khanzharov, Edward1817IRL+30N1B+21N+24B5B3.013.014.05.501856+5.6
9Annesley, Gareth1920IRL+27B=14N+13B2N=7B3.012.514.07.251898-1.6
10Wong, James1716IRL4N+30B+18N+23B3B3.012.513.55.501874+41.2
11Garvin, David1680IRL2B+26N6B+31N+22N3.011.512.55.001831+27.6
12Jeffers, David1793IRL+26B2N=22B+19N=16N3.011.013.06.751795+2.8
13Roberts, Danny1932IRLF+20B9N+15N+14B3.010.510.57.501919-0.6
14Razbadauskas, Modestas1764IRL+35N=9B4N+17B13N2.512.512.54.001816+4.2
15Logan, Tony0IRL1N=21B+29N13B+33N2.511.512.03.2517030.0
16Campbell, Peter1727IRL+34N7B+32N3N=12B2.511.011.02.501675-6.2
17King, Daniel1741IRL+33B3N=19B14N+28B2.510.511.03.251605-30.0
18Lavery, Robert1778IRL+31B5N10B=28N+27B2.510.011.03.251619-17.6
19Blair, David1605IRL7N+35B=17N12B+30N2.59.59.52.251652+7.2
20Biswal, Saiansh1698IRLF13N=31B+26N+25B2.58.08.04.501818+18.4
21Armstrong, Chris1641IRLF=15N8B+34N+24B2.57.57.53.251772+7.0
22Bradshaw, Jack1790IRL+29N=4B=12N6N11B2.013.515.05.001735-15.6
23Tripathi, Anayraj1821IRL+28B+6N5B10NF2.012.012.05.001809-2.4
24Crothers, Toby1724IRL6B+28N+34B8N21N2.010.510.51.501575-33.2
25Banerjee, Aharshi1607IRL5B=31N=27B+29N20N2.09.510.52.751597-5.6
26Dimitrov, Nikolai1539IRL12N11B+30N20B+31N2.09.510.52.001492-5.0
27Stinson, William James1630IRL9N=29B=25N=33B18N1.59.09.52.001510-26.4
28Dornford-Smith, Adrian1573IRL23N24B+35N=18B17N1.59.09.01.251445-20.4
29Thoke, Amol Mohan1504IRL22B=27N15B25B+34N1.58.08.00.751403-14.0
30McDonnell, Oisin1569IRL8B10N26B+35N19B1.010.510.50.00869-59.2
31Thoke, Shlok Amol0IRL18N=25B=20N11B26B1.010.012.02.2514210.0
32Smylie, Sam1580IRL3B+33N16BFF1.07.07.00.50976-10.0
33Eagleson, Trevor0IRL17N32BF=27N15B0.57.57.50.7513770.0
34Lockhart, James0IRL16BF24N21B29B0.08.58.50.008500.0
35FIDE 2539012014B19N28B30BF0.07.57.50.008280.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets