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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

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Joseph Zhao led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Zhao takes lead
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
Player1234
1Joseph Zhao*
1
2Pavlo Sokolenko*
½
3Rohit Krishna Kumar
0
½
*
4Leo Olson*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhao, Joseph0SCO+?B=?N+6B+2N+5N4.59.59.59.5018110.0
2Krishna Kumar, Rohit0SCO+?N+16B+20N1B=3N3.511.011.04.7517060.0
3Sokolenko, Pavlo1723UKR+11B+17N5N+20B=2B3.510.511.56.751724+1.6
4Olson, Leo1639SCOF=10B+22N+8N+14B3.58.08.06.751916+29.2
5Harkins, William1749SCOF+15N+3B+12N1B3.012.512.58.002430+32.4
6Govil, Arnav0SCO+?N=7B1N+15B=12B3.012.012.04.7516030.0
7Bhaskar, Sriram1673SCO+21B=6N12B+17N=13B3.09.510.55.25736-27.2
8Carrapico, Joao F0SCO+?N14B+11N4B+20N3.09.59.53.5015950.0
9FIDE 24099090=?B=13N?B+22N+?N3.02.52.51.2518810.0
10McKinney, Stuart1803SCOF=4N=17B=13N+16B2.59.59.55.751639-8.8
11Prabhu, Ainesh1448SCO3N=18B8B+23N+17B2.59.59.52.25923-6.8
12Saemundsson, Thor1536SCOF+25B+7N5B=6N2.59.09.04.501829+23.2
13FIDE 24154100F=9B+?N=10B=7N2.58.58.54.2517370.0
14Cassidy, Bernard1636SCO+23B+8NF=19B4N2.58.08.03.75839-20.4
15Barrera, Nikolas0SCOF5B+18N6N+22B2.07.57.51.509010.0
16Shuttleworth, Alistair0SCO+22B2N?B+21N10N2.07.07.01.0010420.0
17Togwell, Murray0SCO+18N3B=10N7B11N1.511.513.02.7513390.0
18FIDE 547098830017B=11N15B+24N?N1.56.06.01.2514480.0
19Madziva, Kyle0SCOFF+23B=14N?B1.52.52.51.2516430.0
20Dowling, Richard K1648SCO+24NF2B3N8B1.010.010.00.00923-16.0
21Gaikwad, Netra0SCO7N?B+24N16BF1.05.05.00.008700.0
22FIDE 2418460016NF4B9B15N0.010.510.50.008390.0
23Gaikwad, Reina0SCO14N?B19N11BF0.06.56.50.007460.0
24FIDE 2417677020B?N21B18B?N0.03.53.50.008480.0
25Kerridge, Simon1770SCOF12NFFF0.02.52.50.00736-30.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets