Edinburgh Park Minor U1600 (Aug 2025)
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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1663, and top seed was Joe Galbraith (🇬🇧 SCO, 1881).
Joseph Zhao (🇬🇧 SCO, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Rohit Krishna Kumar (3.5) and Pavlo Sokolenko (3.5). Zhao took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Thor Saemundsson (1536) beat Simon Kerridge (1770), a +234-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates
15 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,663
Participants
25
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×19
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJoseph Zhao led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
10
3
1
1
1
R4 · LEADER CHANGE17 Aug
Joseph Zhao takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Joseph Zhao 3 wins (R3–R5)Rohit Krishna Kumar 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joseph Zhao | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Pavlo Sokolenko | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Rohit Krishna Kumar | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Leo Olson | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhao, Joseph | 0 | SCO | +?B | =?N | +6B | +2N | +5N | 4.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 1811 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Krishna Kumar, Rohit | 0 | SCO | +?N | +16B | +20N | −1B | =3N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1706 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sokolenko, Pavlo | 1723 | UKR | +11B | +17N | −5N | +20B | =2B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1724 | +1.6 |
| 4 | Olson, Leo | 1639 | SCO | F | =10B | +22N | +8N | +14B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.75 | 1916 | +29.2 |
| 5 | Harkins, William | 1749 | SCO | F | +15N | +3B | +12N | −1B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 2430 | +32.4 |
| 6 | Govil, Arnav | 0 | SCO | +?N | =7B | −1N | +15B | =12B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bhaskar, Sriram | 1673 | SCO | +21B | =6N | −12B | +17N | =13B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 736 | -27.2 |
| 8 | Carrapico, Joao F | 0 | SCO | +?N | −14B | +11N | −4B | +20N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1595 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 2409909 | 0 | — | =?B | =13N | −?B | +22N | +?N | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1881 | 0.0 |
| 10 | McKinney, Stuart | 1803 | SCO | F | =4N | =17B | =13N | +16B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1639 | -8.8 |
| 11 | Prabhu, Ainesh | 1448 | SCO | −3N | =18B | −8B | +23N | +17B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 923 | -6.8 |
| 12 | Saemundsson, Thor | 1536 | SCO | F | +25B | +7N | −5B | =6N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1829 | +23.2 |
| 13 | FIDE 2415410 | 0 | — | F | =9B | +?N | =10B | =7N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1737 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Cassidy, Bernard | 1636 | SCO | +23B | +8N | F | =19B | −4N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 839 | -20.4 |
| 15 | Barrera, Nikolas | 0 | SCO | F | −5B | +18N | −6N | +22B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 901 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Shuttleworth, Alistair | 0 | SCO | +22B | −2N | −?B | +21N | −10N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1042 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Togwell, Murray | 0 | SCO | +18N | −3B | =10N | −7B | −11N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 2.75 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 547098830 | 0 | — | −17B | =11N | −15B | +24N | −?N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1448 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Madziva, Kyle | 0 | SCO | F | F | +23B | =14N | −?B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Dowling, Richard K | 1648 | SCO | +24N | F | −2B | −3N | −8B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 923 | -16.0 |
| 21 | Gaikwad, Netra | 0 | SCO | −7N | −?B | +24N | −16B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 2418460 | 0 | — | −16N | F | −4B | −9B | −15N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 839 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Gaikwad, Reina | 0 | SCO | −14N | −?B | −19N | −11B | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2417677 | 0 | — | −20B | −?N | −21B | −18B | −?N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kerridge, Simon | 1770 | SCO | F | −12N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 736 | -30.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Harkins, WilliamSCO+32.43.0 pts · #3
- 2Olson, LeoSCO+29.23.5 pts · #7
- 3Saemundsson, ThorSCO+23.22.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Kerridge, SimonSCO-30.40.0 pts · #21
- 2Bhaskar, SriramSCO-27.23.0 pts · #24
- 3Cassidy, BernardSCO-20.42.5 pts · #18
Biggest upsets
- R2+234 Elo gap
- R3+137 Elo gap