59th Berks and Bucks Chess Congress - Challengers A
13 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Maidenhead, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1461, and top seed was Duncan W Reed (🇬🇧 ENG, 1769).
Alejandro Lopez-Martinez (🇬🇧 ENG, 1761) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Lance G Carter (4.0) and Stephen W Berkley (4.0). Lopez-Martinez won solo starting round 5.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAlejandro Lopez-Martinez led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Alejandro Lopez-Martinez never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Alejandro Lopez-Martinez lost to Stephen W Berkley (White).
Alejandro Lopez-Martinez 3 wins (R1–R3)Stephen W Berkley 4 wins (R3–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alejandro Lopez-Martinez | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Stephen W Berkley | 1 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Lance G Carter | 0 | — | * | 0 |
| 4Dmitriy Korsuk | — | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lopez-Martinez, Alejandro | 1761 | ENG | +10N | +8B | +2N | −3B | +7N | +4B | 5.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 14.50 | 1831 | +16.4 |
| 2 | Carter, Lance G | 1710 | ENG | +9B | +6N | −1B | −5N | +10B | +8N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1769 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Berkley, Stephen W | 1748 | ENG | F | −4B | +11N | +1N | +5B | +7B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 12.50 | 2447 | +22.4 |
| 4 | Birch, George | 0 | ENG | +5B | +3N | −7B | =6N | +9B | −1N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 11.00 | 1655 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Korsuk, Dmitriy | 0 | ENG | −4N | +10B | +8N | +2B | −3N | =6B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 1678 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Reed, Duncan W | 1769 | ENG | +12N | −2B | +9N | =4B | −8N | =5N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 6.50 | 1641 | -13.2 |
| 7 | OGorman, Brendan | 1690 | ENG | +11N | +12B | +4N | F | −1B | −3N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1643 | -4.8 |
| 8 | Jafri, Yawar I | 0 | ENG | +13B | −1N | −5B | =10N | +6B | −2B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.75 | 1621 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Jafri, Zain | 0 | ENG | −2N | F | −6B | +11B | −4N | +12B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1635 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kamali, Kiyana | 1402 | ENG | −1B | −5N | F | =8B | −2N | +13N | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.25 | 1520 | +14.0 |
| 11 | Horwood, Alexander | 1492 | ENG | −7B | +13N | −3B | −9N | F | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1509 | +2.0 |
| 12 | Raj Konwar, Daryan | 1572 | ENG | −6B | −7N | F | F | +13B | −9N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1516 | -9.6 |
| 13 | V, Krish | 1465 | ENG | −8N | −11B | F | F | −12N | −10B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 688 | -56.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Berkley, Stephen WENG+22.44.0 pts · #1
- 2Lopez-Martinez, AlejandroENG+16.45.0 pts · #2
- 3Kamali, KiyanaENG+14.01.5 pts · #12
- 1V, KrishENG-56.40.0 pts · #13
- 2Reed, Duncan WENG-13.23.0 pts · #10
- 3Raj Konwar, DaryanENG-9.61.0 pts · #11