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Northampton Standard Play Chess Series 2025-26 - November 2025 U1900

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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.

Location
🇬🇧Northampton, England
Dates
15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧George Calvert1774
Avg top 10
1,712
Participants
18
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
4
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Burgess3.5Czarnuch3.5Sturt3.5Emjam3.5Acharya3Calvert3— ex-leaders:Emjamled R3, #8
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 3.5/5. Emjam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

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
Player1234
1Rose Burgess*
½
1
2Dominic Czarnuch*
½
3Charles A Sturt
½
*
4Harsha Vardhan Emjam
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Emjam, Harsha Vardhan1618IND+18N+8B+7B4N=3B3.513.013.07.751779+17.0
2Sturt, Charles A1760ENG11N+10B+13N+5B=4B3.511.012.08.251767+1.4
3Czarnuch, Dominic1756ENG13N+16B+6N+7B=1N3.510.511.08.251752+0.8
4Burgess, Rose1645ENG+16N+13BF+1B=2N3.58.58.56.751949+52.8
5Helsby, David C1575ENG+9N=6B=8N2N+12B3.012.014.07.501826+33.0
6Ganger, Sajan1762ENG+15B=5N3B+12N=9B3.011.012.05.751736-4.8
7Acharya, Nikesh1561ENG+12B+11B1N3N+16B3.011.011.54.501727+44.4
8Calvert, George1774ENG+14B1N=5B=16N+11B3.09.510.04.751660-27.6
9OGorman, Brendan1773ENG5B+17NF+10B=6N2.59.09.04.501728-4.4
10Strugar, Ioan-Euzeb1656ROU=17B2N+14B9N+18N2.57.57.51.251569-10.0
11Woods, Timothy J1668ENG+2B7N12B+17N8N2.011.512.04.001595-10.2
12Sood, Vineet1705ENG7N+15B+11N6B5N2.011.012.03.001544-21.6
13Vijay, Kayal1546ENG+3B4N2BFF1.010.510.53.501595+7.2
14V, Krish1552ENG8N+18B10NFF1.05.55.50.00915-23.2
15Liu, Kunyu Vincent1514ENG6N12N+18BFF1.05.05.00.00933-17.6
16Osborn, Mark1543ENG4B3NF=8B7N0.513.013.01.501362-27.6
17Dairi, Mahmoud1538ENG=10N9BF11BF0.57.07.01.251426-14.8
18Balakrishnan, Akshata0ENG1B14N15NF10B0.08.08.00.007850.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets