Ayr Open 2025

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50 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Ayr, Scotland. 4 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2082, and top seed was Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2370).

Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesia (🇪🇸 ESP, CM, 2145) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jamie Malkin (4.0) and Jainill Vadalia (3.5). Sprenger de la Iglesia broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Oscar Yip (1527) beat Neil Thomson (1942), a +415-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Ayr, Scotland

Dates

12 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMKeith C Arkell2370

Avg top 10

2,082

Participants

Titled players · 4

GM×1

IM×1

CM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇬🇧Scotland×41

🇬🇧England×5

🇨🇾Cyprus×2

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
CMYevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesia
🇪🇸ESP·2145
4.5pts·2286perf+25.6
🥈
Jamie Malkin
🇬🇧SCO·2085
4.0pts·2162perf+8.6
🥉
Jainill Vadalia
🇬🇧SCO·1958
3.5pts·2034perf+20.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesia led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Sprenger de la Iglesia4.5Malkin4Clark3.5Leah3.5Lukhi3.5Skettos3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesia held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

CM Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesia won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sprenger de la Iglesia, YevgeniCM	2145	ESP	+32B	+13N	+5B	=3N	+7B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.75	2286	+25.6
2	Malkin, Jamie	2085	SCO	+22B	=25N	+30B	=12N	+11B	4.0	11.0	13.0	10.25	2162	+8.6
3	Vadalia, Jainill	1958	SCO	+37N	=17B	+8N	=1B	=6N	3.5	14.0	15.5	10.25	2034	+20.0
4	Leah, Tom	2064	ENG	=8N	+41B	=17N	=13B	+15N	3.5	12.0	13.0	8.50	1969	-9.8
5	Maxwell, Alistair	2079	SCO	+26B	+46N	−1N	=17B	+19N	3.5	12.0	12.5	6.75	1946	-10.2
6	Clark, Eve	1823	SCO	+27B	−11B	+43N	+24N	=3B	3.5	11.5	12.5	7.75	2103	+37.6
7	McNaught, Jordan J	1868	SCO	+38B	=33N	+21B	+31N	−1N	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.00	2110	+30.0
8	Marsh, Roger D W	1863	ENG	=4B	+48N	−3B	+36N	+31B	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1964	+15.2
9	Skettos, Nicolas	1919	CYP	F	=34N	+36B	+20N	+12B	3.5	9.0	9.0	8.00	2137	+18.4
10	Lukhi, Neev	1841	SCO	−41N	+37B	=29N	+40B	+18N	3.5	7.0	8.0	6.00	1950	+29.2
11	McKay, Jonathan	1979	SCO	+23B	+6N	−16N	+22B	−2N	3.0	13.0	15.5	8.50	2074	+10.6
12	Marks, Ian A	1919	SCO	=35N	+45B	+19N	=2B	−9N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.50	1872	-3.6
13	Malkin, Kenneth	1870	SCO	+47B	−1B	+41N	=4N	=14B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.25	1957	+11.0
14	Karthick, Alagu Naachiappan	1798	SCO	−18N	=28B	+39N	+32B	=13N	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.25	1909	+30.8
15	Kefalas, Loukas	1860	CYP	=36B	+40N	=33B	+34N	−4B	3.0	9.0	10.0	4.75	1973	+14.0
16	Arkell, Keith CGM	2370	ENG	+20B	+18N	+11B	F	F	3.0	8.0	8.0	8.00	2773	+2.5
17	Keenan, Alex	1777	SCO	+42B	=3N	=4B	=5N	−24B	2.5	13.0	14.0	6.25	2004	+28.2
18	Ridge, Michael	1899	SCO	+14B	−16B	=23N	+44N	−10B	2.5	12.0	13.0	5.25	1894	-3.0
19	Yip, Oscar	1527	SCO	=21B	+27N	−12B	+25N	−5B	2.5	11.5	14.0	6.25	1901	+80.8
20	Sykes, Chris	1862	SCO	−16N	+26B	+47N	−9B	=29N	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.50	1888	+1.2
21	Wynarczyk, Raymond	1820	ENG	=19N	+39B	−7N	=29B	=23B	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.00	1749	-8.8
22	McCormack, Derek	1924	SCO	−2N	+38B	+46B	−11N	=35B	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.00	1801	-13.6
23	Mittal, Advik	1807	SCO	−11N	+42N	=18B	=30B	=21N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.50	1903	+26.0
24	Green, Michael L	1977	SCO	F	=29B	+32N	−6B	+17N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.50	1894	-8.8
25	Burnett, Walter	1911	SCO	+50N	=2B	−31N	−19B	+37N	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.50	1811	-11.4
26	Roul, Tushar	1802	SCO	−5N	−20N	+42B	+47B	=30N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1889	+21.6
27	Thomson, Neil	1942	SCO	−6N	−19B	=37N	+45B	+40N	2.5	8.5	9.5	2.75	1736	-25.0
28	Kane, Robert	1819	ENG	−33B	=14N	−40B	+46N	+36B	2.5	7.5	8.0	3.50	1765	-8.6
29	Mitraka, Chrysoula-ParaskeviWCM	1771	SCO	F	=24N	=10B	=21N	=20B	2.0	11.0	11.0	5.50	1875	+22.8
30	Munshi, Aryan	1878	SCO	F	+35B	−2N	=23N	=26B	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	1865	-3.6
31	Robinson, Stephen	1895	SCO	F	+44N	+25B	−7B	−8N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1842	-5.8
32	Roger, Michael	1827	SCO	−1N	+50B	−24B	−14N	+47N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1796	-11.6
33	Dunnington, Angus JIM	2222	SCO	+28N	=7B	=15N	F	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	5.75	1975	-7.1
34	Srivastava, Aditya	1827	SCO	F	=9B	+49N	−15B	=38N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1709	-18.4
35	Nield, Christopher	1763	SCO	=12B	−30N	+48B	F	=22N	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.75	1821	+6.4
36	Yip, Atticus	1597	SCO	=15N	+43B	−9N	−8B	−28N	1.5	12.5	13.5	2.50	1726	+26.4
37	Archip, Laurentiu	1816	SCO	−3B	−10N	=27B	+48N	−25B	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.25	1694	-31.6
38	Murray, Frankie	1723	SCO	−7N	−22N	F	+49B	=34B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1600	-8.2
39	McKenzie, Kyriakos	1771	SCO	F	−21N	−14B	=43B	+49N	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.50	1571	-28.0
40	Lennox, Moray E S	1793	SCO	F	−15B	+28N	−10N	−27B	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1673	-24.0
41	Grant, Devin	1729	CAN	+10B	−4N	−13B	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1800	+8.8
42	Brown, Steven A	1940	SCO	−17N	−23B	−26N	F	+44B	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1585	-37.4
43	Prabhu, Aadith	1915	SCO	F	−36N	−6B	=39N	=46B	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1457	-67.2
44	Railwani, Tavish	1724	SCO	F	−31B	+45N	−18B	−42N	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1667	-11.6
45	Al Dakl Alla, Humam	1706	SCO	F	−12N	−44B	−27N	+48B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1594	-23.6
46	McAleer, Thomas	0	SCO	F	−5B	−22N	−28B	=43N	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.50	1612	0.0
47	Huang, Yushu	1687	SCO	−13N	F	−20B	−26N	−32B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1040	-47.2
48	McCusker, Kirsty	1561	SCO	F	−8B	−35N	−37B	−45N	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	987	-17.8
49	Oren-Woods, Rowan I	0	SCO	F	F	−34B	−38N	−39B	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	974	0.0
50	Hall, David G	1731	SCO	−25B	−32N	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1069	-12.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yip, OscarSCO
+80.8
2.5 pts · #18
2Clark, EveSCO
+37.6
3.5 pts · #3
3Karthick, Alagu NaachiappanSCO
+30.8
3.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Prabhu, AadithSCO
-67.2
1.0 pts · #44
2Huang, YushuSCO
-47.2
0.0 pts · #48
3Brown, Steven ASCO
-37.4
1.0 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R2+415 Elo gap
Yip, Oscar1527 beat Thomson, Neil1942
R4+384 Elo gap
Yip, Oscar1527 beat Burnett, Walter1911
R2+318 Elo gap
Yip, Atticus1597 beat Prabhu, Aadith1915