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59th Berks and Bucks Chess Congress - Championship

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18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Maidenhead, England. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2024, and top seed was Paul S Cooksey (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2224).

Magnus Borissow (🇬🇧 ENG, 1945) won with 4.5/6, ahead of James Cole (4.5) and Christopher A Gibson (4.0). Borissow shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Christopher A Gibson (1836) beat James Cole (1980), a +144-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Maidenhead, England
Dates
23 Aug 2025 → 25 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMPaul S Cooksey2224
Avg top 10
2,024
Participants
18
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
4
4
1
2
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Magnus Borissow held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/6. Borissow takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Magnus Borissow drew with James Cole (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Magnus Borissow*
½
½
½
2James Cole
½
*
3Alistair Hill
½
*
½
4FMPaul S Cooksey
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Borissow, Magnus1945ENG+11N+15B=4N+3B=5N=2N4.519.020.013.752190+37.2
2Cole, James1980ENG+16B3N+8N+12B+11N=1B4.516.017.010.752100+18.2
3Gibson, Christopher A1836ENG+6N+2B=5B1N+7B=4N4.021.024.015.502161+48.4
4Cooksey, Paul SFM2224ENG+7B+12N=1B=5N=6B=3B4.019.521.513.252073-17.8
5Hill, Alistair2178ENG+14N+10B=3N=4B=1B=6N4.019.020.512.252082-11.6
6Sharma, Josh1925ENG3B+18N+10N+8B=4N=5B4.017.518.010.002092+42.4
7Agarwal, AmayaWCM1962ENG4N=11B+14N+17B3N=10B3.014.515.55.001922-14.0
8Wager, John D1972ENG=18B+9N2B6N=17B+12N3.014.515.05.751894-10.2
9De Coverly, Roger D1969ENG15N8B+16B10N+14N+18B3.09.09.53.001840-17.8
10Alldritt, Nigel R E1888ENGF5N6B+9B+12N=7N2.516.016.06.501976+10.8
11Agarwal, AnayCM1914ENG1B=7N+18B+15N2B13N2.515.015.53.001829-19.5
12Chris Biju, Calvin1843ENG+17N4B+15N2N10B8B2.015.016.02.001819-12.0
13Willmoth, Robert FCM2150ENGFFFF+16N+11B2.03.53.53.502722+8.4
14Bullock, Charles1921ENG5B=16N7B+18N9BF1.511.511.51.001688-20.8
15Rubeck, Jonathan1850ENG+9B1N12B11BFF1.012.012.03.001725-12.6
16Mitchell, Stephen R1930ENG2N=14B9NF13B=17N1.012.012.01.251714-26.8
17Gopikrishna, Ashwin1752ENG12BFF7N=8N=16B1.09.09.02.001734-3.6
18Chebotarev, Anton A0ENG=8N6B11N14BF9N0.514.014.01.5015740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets