Northampton Standard Play Chess Series 2025-26 - November 2025 U1900
18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Northampton, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1712, and top seed was George Calvert (🇬🇧 ENG, 1774).
Harsha Vardhan Emjam (🇮🇳 IND, 1618) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Charles A Sturt (3.5) and Dominic Czarnuch (3.5).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Kayal Vijay (1546) beat Dominic Czarnuch (1756), a +210-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 3.5/5. Emjam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
Rose Burgess 3 wins (R1–R4)Dominic Czarnuch 3 wins (R2–R4)Charles A Sturt 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rose Burgess | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Dominic Czarnuch | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Charles A Sturt | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Harsha Vardhan Emjam | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emjam, Harsha Vardhan | 1618 | IND | +18N | +8B | +7B | −4N | =3B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 1779 | +17.0 |
| 2 | Sturt, Charles A | 1760 | ENG | −11N | +10B | +13N | +5B | =4B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.25 | 1767 | +1.4 |
| 3 | Czarnuch, Dominic | 1756 | ENG | −13N | +16B | +6N | +7B | =1N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 8.25 | 1752 | +0.8 |
| 4 | Burgess, Rose | 1645 | ENG | +16N | +13B | F | +1B | =2N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 1949 | +52.8 |
| 5 | Helsby, David C | 1575 | ENG | +9N | =6B | =8N | −2N | +12B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1826 | +33.0 |
| 6 | Ganger, Sajan | 1762 | ENG | +15B | =5N | −3B | +12N | =9B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1736 | -4.8 |
| 7 | Acharya, Nikesh | 1561 | ENG | +12B | +11B | −1N | −3N | +16B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1727 | +44.4 |
| 8 | Calvert, George | 1774 | ENG | +14B | −1N | =5B | =16N | +11B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1660 | -27.6 |
| 9 | OGorman, Brendan | 1773 | ENG | −5B | +17N | F | +10B | =6N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1728 | -4.4 |
| 10 | Strugar, Ioan-Euzeb | 1656 | ROU | =17B | −2N | +14B | −9N | +18N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1569 | -10.0 |
| 11 | Woods, Timothy J | 1668 | ENG | +2B | −7N | −12B | +17N | −8N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1595 | -10.2 |
| 12 | Sood, Vineet | 1705 | ENG | −7N | +15B | +11N | −6B | −5N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1544 | -21.6 |
| 13 | Vijay, Kayal | 1546 | ENG | +3B | −4N | −2B | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1595 | +7.2 |
| 14 | V, Krish | 1552 | ENG | −8N | +18B | −10N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 915 | -23.2 |
| 15 | Liu, Kunyu Vincent | 1514 | ENG | −6N | −12N | +18B | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 933 | -17.6 |
| 16 | Osborn, Mark | 1543 | ENG | −4B | −3N | F | =8B | −7N | 0.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1362 | -27.6 |
| 17 | Dairi, Mahmoud | 1538 | ENG | =10N | −9B | F | −11B | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1426 | -14.8 |
| 18 | Balakrishnan, Akshata | 0 | ENG | −1B | −14N | −15N | F | −10B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Burgess, RoseENG+52.83.5 pts · #1
- 2Acharya, NikeshENG+44.43.0 pts · #4
- 3Helsby, David CENG+33.03.0 pts · #6
- 1Calvert, GeorgeENG-27.63.0 pts · #5
- 2Osborn, MarkENG-27.60.5 pts · #15
- 3V, KrishENG-23.21.0 pts · #17
- R1+210 Elo gap
- R1+198 Elo gap
- R2+156 Elo gap