2025 Newport Major

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60 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Newport, Wales. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1838, and top seed was Paul Brooks (🇬🇧 ENG, 1881).

Albert Hornsby (🇬🇧 ENG, 1801) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Jon Tuson (4.0) and Leon Nelson (4.0). Hornsby shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ewan Goodjohn (1464) beat David Rovaretti (1761), a +297-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Newport, Wales

Dates

15 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Paul Brooks1881

Avg top 10

1,838

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇬🇧Wales×39

🇬🇧England×18

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Albert Hornsby
🇬🇧ENG·1801
4.0pts·1998perf+49.2
🥈
Jon Tuson
🇬🇧WLS·1825
4.0pts·1851perf+1.8
🥉
Leon Nelson
🇬🇧ENG·1825
4.0pts·2521perf+57.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Hornsby4Nelson4Tuson4Guichard3.5Jones3.5Browse3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Hornsby takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Albert Hornsby 3 wins (R1–R3)Leon Nelson 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Albert Hornsby	*	—	1	—
2Leon Nelson	—	*	—	—
3Jon Tuson	0	—	*	—
4Paul Guichard	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hornsby, Albert	1801	ENG	+36N	+20B	+2B	=6N	=7B	4.0	13.5	15.5	12.00	1998	+49.2
2	Tuson, Jon	1825	WLS	+50N	+33B	−1N	+20B	+12N	4.0	11.5	13.0	9.00	1851	+1.8
3	Nelson, Leon	1825	ENG	F	+52N	+11B	+4B	+6N	4.0	11.0	11.0	11.00	2521	+57.6
4	Jones, Gavin	1759	WLS	+42B	=11N	+14B	−3N	+24B	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.00	1834	+20.0
5	Browse, Joseph	1801	WLS	+38B	+15N	=10B	−7N	+21B	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.00	1908	+14.6
6	Jones, Steve	1737	WLS	+35N	+34B	+32N	=1B	−3B	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.00	1871	+18.6
7	McGhee, David	1855	WLS	F	+54N	+12B	+5B	=1N	3.5	11.5	11.5	9.50	2039	+12.6
8	Guichard, Paul	1719	FRA	=24B	+48N	=13N	+32B	=16B	3.5	10.5	12.0	7.75	1873	+20.8
9	Smith, Callum A	1794	WLS	F	+44N	+41B	+17B	=10N	3.5	10.0	10.0	8.50	2093	+52.0
10	Brooks, Paul	1881	ENG	+19N	+22B	=5N	F	=9B	3.0	12.5	12.5	9.00	1946	+12.8
11	Williams, David J	1706	WLS	+40N	=4B	−3N	+48B	=25N	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.50	1736	+3.4
12	Zoumekas, Miltiadis	1670	WLS	+49N	+37B	−7N	+31B	−2B	3.0	11.5	13.0	5.50	1809	0.0
13	Havard, Gwyn	1826	WLS	=52B	+51N	=8B	=21N	=14B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.50	1751	-9.8
14	Wilkins, Zack	1635	WLS	+56N	=31B	−4N	+41B	=13N	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.50	1751	+9.4
15	Balfe, Andrew	1707	WLS	+59N	−5B	−27N	+43B	+28N	3.0	10.5	11.0	5.00	1718	+3.6
16	Hirst, Joe A J	1855	ENG	F	+53B	=31N	+23B	=8N	3.0	9.0	9.0	6.25	1718	-3.6
17	Smith, LyndaWCM	1826	WLS	+47N	F	+46B	−9N	+22B	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.50	1859	+2.6
18	Faulkner, David J	1840	ENG	=21B	F	+47N	=33B	+23N	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.25	1877	+1.8
19	Williams, Stephen	1689	WLS	−10B	−35N	+60B	+59N	+34B	3.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1710	+3.0
20	Bull, Jack	1709	WLS	+28B	−1N	+40B	−2N	=29B	2.5	13.0	15.0	5.75	1625	-19.6
21	Forsey, Tomas	1688	WLS	=18N	=25B	+37N	=13B	−5N	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.25	1808	+32.4
22	McKenna, Joshua	1728	WLS	+43N	−10N	+45B	=25B	−17N	2.5	10.5	12.5	5.25	1769	+5.2
23	Goodjohn, Ewan	1464	WLS	=54B	+39N	+26B	−16N	−18B	2.5	10.5	11.5	5.00	1775	0.0
24	George, Naveen Daniel	1599	MAS	=8N	−46B	+55N	+36B	−4N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.75	1805	+22.0
25	Phillips, William	1831	WLS	F	=21N	+38B	=22N	=11B	2.5	10.0	10.0	6.00	1792	-4.4
26	Rovaretti, David	1761	WLS	F	+30B	−23N	+27B	=33N	2.5	9.5	9.5	6.00	2468	+7.4
27	Williams, John A	1668	WLS	−32B	+60N	+15B	−26N	=39B	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.00	1717	+6.6
28	Zheng, Lucas	1569	WLS	−20N	=36B	+51B	+46N	−15B	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.00	1601	+6.0
29	Bourne, Patrick	1654	WLS	−31N	=55B	=49N	+53B	=20N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.50	1741	+14.0
30	Thornton, Matthew	1650	WLS	F	−26N	+52B	=34N	+46B	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.50	1655	0.0
31	Vesz, Marcell	1740	HUN	+29B	=14N	=16B	−12N	−40B	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.50	1735	0.0
32	Papier, Alan	1808	ENG	+27N	F	−6B	−8N	+38B	2.0	11.5	12.5	4.50	1697	-12.0
33	White, Chris R	1725	WLS	F	−2N	+35B	=18N	=26B	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.75	1770	0.0
34	Daniel, Elijah	1525	WLS	+55N	−6N	=39B	=30B	−19N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.25	1624	+18.8
35	Cooke, Mark	1654	WLS	−6B	+19B	−33N	−39N	+53B	2.0	10.5	11.5	4.00	1590	-10.0
36	Tuson, Bronwen	1663	WLS	−1B	=28N	+54B	−24N	=51N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1596	-18.8
37	Sharhorodsky, Yaroslav	1743	WLS	F	−12N	−21B	+42N	+45B	2.0	9.5	11.5	4.00	1793	+7.6
38	Peters, Chris	1664	WLS	−5N	+59B	−25N	+49B	−32N	2.0	9.5	10.0	2.00	1687	+4.8
39	Limeslade, Jacob	1719	WLS	F	−23B	=34N	+35B	=27N	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.25	1740	+3.6
40	Smith, Daniel	1535	ENG	−11B	F	−20N	+47B	+31N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1573	0.0
41	Thom, Cash	1668	ENG	F	+57B	−9N	−14N	+48B	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	1692	+4.8
42	Leach, Lemuel	1660	ENG	−4N	=49B	=57N	−37B	+56N	2.0	8.0	9.0	2.25	1589	-13.6
43	Daly, Grant	1651	ENG	−22B	−47B	+56N	−15N	+55B	2.0	8.0	9.0	2.00	1511	-14.0
44	Czarnuch, Dominic	1653	ENG	=46N	−9B	=53N	=55B	=50N	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.50	1597	-9.2
45	Powell-Jones, Liam	1656	WLS	F	+56B	−22N	+57B	−37N	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.00	1636	-1.4
46	Radford, Ben	1734	ENG	=44B	+24N	−17N	−28B	−30N	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.50	1575	0.0
47	Bain, Oliver	1680	ENG	−17B	+43N	−18B	−40N	=49N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	1696	+2.0
48	Potier, Julien	1539	WLS	=53N	−8B	+50B	−11N	−41N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.00	1498	-5.6
49	Jones, Martin C	1814	WLS	−12B	=42N	=29B	−38N	=47B	1.5	9.5	11.0	3.00	1578	-26.0
50	Smith, Chris P	1671	ENG	−2B	F	−48N	+52N	=44B	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.00	1585	-9.8
51	Probert, Malcolm	1674	WLS	F	−13B	−28N	+54N	=36B	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.00	1602	-8.6
52	Hurn, Robert AJ	1679	WLS	=13N	−3B	−30N	−50B	=54B	1.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1562	-11.8
53	Tremayne, Chris	1706	ENG	=48B	−16N	=44B	−29N	−35N	1.0	9.5	11.0	1.75	1429	0.0
54	Jones, Jeremy	1698	WLS	=23N	−7B	−36N	−51B	=52N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.75	1396	-28.0
55	Williams, Ron	1700	WLS	−34B	=29N	−24B	=44N	−43N	1.0	9.0	11.0	2.25	1377	-41.2
56	Radford, Robert P	1728	ENG	−14B	−45N	−43B	+60N	−42B	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1399	0.0
57	Rogers, David R	1811	ENG	F	−41N	=42B	−45N	=59B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.25	1438	-77.2
58	Macarthur, Duncan M	1717	ENG	+60N	F	F	F	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	2391	+13.2
59	Stannard, Mike	1541	WLS	−15B	−38N	F	−19B	=57N	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.50	1396	-23.2
60	Emblem, Mark	1591	WLS	−58B	−27B	−19N	−56B	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	891	-21.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nelson, LeonENG
+57.6
4.0 pts · #2
2Smith, Callum AWLS
+52.0
3.5 pts · #7
3Hornsby, AlbertENG
+49.2
4.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Rogers, David RENG
-77.2
1.0 pts · #44
2Williams, RonWLS
-41.2
1.0 pts · #50
3Jones, JeremyWLS
-28.0
1.0 pts · #57

Biggest upsets

R3+297 Elo gap
Goodjohn, Ewan1464 beat Rovaretti, David1761
R2+255 Elo gap
Goodjohn, Ewan1464 beat Limeslade, Jacob1719
R5+205 Elo gap
Smith, Daniel1535 beat Vesz, Marcell1740