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49th Nottingham Congress - Open

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Nottingham, England. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 693, and top seed was Mahin Rughani (🇬🇧 ENG, 1843).

Jan Murawski (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tom Junde He (4.5) and Junhao Xian (4.0). Murawski shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇬🇧Nottingham, England
Dates
18 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Mahin Rughani1843
Avg top 10
693
Participants
38
Titled players · 3
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×32
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
14
6
1
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Murawski takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

CM Tom Junde He won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMTom Junde He*
1
2CMJan Murawski*
½
3Junhao Xian
½
*
½
4Finlay Bowcott-Terry
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Murawski, JanCM0ENG+19N+7B=3N+8B+13N4.512.514.512.502370+42.0
2He, Tom JundeCM0ENG=15B+22N+29B+33N+4B4.510.011.510.252348+26.2
3Xian, Junhao0CHN+10B+18N=1B=4N+6B4.014.016.012.002261+5.8
4Bowcott-Terry, Finlay0ENG+28N+23B+5N=3B2N3.514.016.09.502189-4.8
5Gardiner, Harry0ENG+31B+30N4B+14N=11B3.511.012.57.502083+34.4
6Linton, Alexander0ENG20N+17B+32N+9B3N3.011.513.07.002015+26.4
7Inglis, Matthew0ENG+37B1N14B+25N+21B3.011.012.05.0018900.0
8Humphreys, Benjamin0ENG+17N+20BF1N+23B3.011.011.06.502126+38.4
9Rughani, Mahin1843ENG+14B=11N=21B6N+24B3.010.512.57.001926-45.2
10Siu, Kam Wa0HKG3N+24BF+21N+18B3.010.010.06.002107+18.2
11Ashton, AlannahWCM0ENG+36B=9BF+18N=5N3.09.59.56.252116+35.2
12Naylor-Eade, Michael A0ENG32N+31B+16N13B+19N3.08.510.06.001908-5.8
13Okhai, Shabir0ENG=26N+27BF+12N1B2.511.511.56.002051-2.8
14Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim0UZB9N+38B+7N5B=25N2.511.511.54.001758-15.2
15Obi, Okwose Marc0ENG=2N33B+20N=19B=16N2.511.012.56.501944+8.0
16Sudagar, Vidhyuth Kavin0ENG29B+36N12B+20N=15B2.59.510.54.251872+23.2
17Wheatley, Paul0ENG8B6N+36B=35N+34B2.59.010.03.251874+21.6
18Ronald, Ted0ENG+24N3B+26N11B10N2.012.014.04.001880-7.2
19Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek0UZB1B+37N=25B=15N12B2.012.013.03.251849-11.6
20Rojas, Nicolas0ENG+6B8N15B16B+36N2.011.012.04.001772-25.2
21Graham, Oliver0ENG=33N+35B=9N10B7N2.010.512.03.752007+27.0
22Boganadham, Ved Sudeep0ENG=35N2B=28N=32B=27N2.010.011.53.501861-2.4
23Cast, Julian0ENG+34B4NF+27B8N2.010.010.03.501969+0.4
24Caira, Theodore0ENG18B10N+38B+26B9N2.010.010.02.001757-12.8
25Baer, Bruce L0ENG=27N=26B=19N7B=14B2.09.511.54.251874-14.6
26Hilditch-Love, Daniel0ENG=13B=25N18B24N+31B2.08.510.03.751833-6.4
27Garnett, John S0ENG=25B13N+34B23N=22B2.08.510.03.501867-2.8
28Li, Xiaofan0ENG4B=34N=22B=31N=35B2.08.510.03.251857-3.2
29Gunarathne, Senith Thenula0ENG+16N+32B2NFF2.08.58.54.002022+12.4
30Waterfield, Mark0ENG+38N5BFF+32N2.05.05.01.501825-2.2
31Roberts, Jamie0WLS5N12N+37B=28B26N1.510.511.52.001702-8.0
32Poderico, Francesco0ITA+12B29N6B=22N30B1.510.012.04.001759+6.4
33Clark, Robert G0ENG=21B+15NF2BF1.59.09.03.501933-3.4
34Bhaduri, Aviraj1795ENG23N=28B27N+37B17N1.58.59.52.001676-32.0
35Zhu, Yaoyao0ENG=22B21NF=17B=28N1.58.58.53.251720-30.8
36Mohammed, Andeel1716ENG11N16B17N+38N20B1.010.010.00.001046-52.8
37Green, Joel0ENG7N19B31N34N+38B1.08.08.00.001005-33.2
38Platt, Craig1574ENG30B14N24N36B37N0.07.58.50.009800.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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