Ayr Major 2025
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Ayr, Scotland. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1718, and top seed was Joe Galbraith (🇬🇧 SCO, 1881).
Prateek Wadhwa (🇮🇳 IND, 1799) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Craig Thurtell (4.0) and David Galbraith (3.0). Wadhwa won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: David Galbraith (1723) beat Joe Galbraith (1881), a +158-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
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×15
🇬🇧England×2
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsPrateek Wadhwa led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Prateek Wadhwa never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Prateek Wadhwa won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Prateek Wadhwa | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Craig Thurtell | — | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Joe Galbraith | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4David Galbraith | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prateek Wadhwa | 1799 | IND | +8N | +6B | +13N | +3B | +5N | 5.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2460 | +25.2 |
| 2 | Thurtell, Craig | 0 | SCO | +9N | =15B | +12N | =4B | +3N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 9.50 | 1808 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Galbraith, David | 1723 | SCO | +16B | +11N | +4B | −1N | −2B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1909 | +29.6 |
| 4 | Galbraith, Joe | 1881 | SCO | +5N | +12B | −3N | =2N | =8B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.25 | 1761 | -11.8 |
| 5 | Dowling, Richard K | 1632 | SCO | −4B | +16N | +11B | +8N | −1B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1750 | +24.0 |
| 6 | McCauley, Connor | 0 | SCO | +18B | −1N | −14B | +15N | +13N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1709 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Govil, Arnav | 1577 | SCO | −11B | −10N | +17B | +18N | +14B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1780 | +32.8 |
| 8 | Reid, Caitlin | 1649 | SCO | −1B | +18N | +15N | −5B | =4N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1688 | +3.2 |
| 9 | Gibb, Robert A | 1689 | SCO | −2B | +14N | −10B | =11N | +17B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1928 | +34.4 |
| 10 | Frail, Nathan | 0 | SCO | −12N | +7B | +9N | =13B | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.25 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Shopynskyi, Petro | 1671 | SCO | +7N | −3B | −5N | =9B | =12N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1584 | -24.0 |
| 12 | Shopynskyi, Vladyslav | 1660 | SCO | +10B | −4N | −2B | =14N | =11B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1597 | -10.4 |
| 13 | Prakash, Sumanth | 1636 | SCO | F | +17N | −1B | =10N | −6B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1740 | +11.2 |
| 14 | Neil, Douglas | 1613 | SCO | F | −9B | +6N | =12B | −7N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1368 | -35.6 |
| 15 | Marchbank, Stuart | 1789 | SCO | F | =2N | −8B | −6B | =16N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 849 | -13.8 |
| 16 | Togwell, Murray | 0 | SCO | −3N | −5B | =18B | −17N | =15B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Walters, Philip | 1680 | ENG | F | −13B | −7N | +16B | −9N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 834 | -67.6 |
| 18 | Richards, Maurice | 0 | ENG | −6N | −8B | =16N | −7B | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 813 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gibb, Robert ASCO+34.42.5 pts · #3
- 2Govil, ArnavSCO+32.83.0 pts · #10
- 3Galbraith, DavidSCO+29.63.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Walters, PhilipENG-67.61.0 pts · #18
- 2Neil, DouglasSCO-35.61.5 pts · #15
- 3Shopynskyi, PetroSCO-24.02.0 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R3+158 Elo gap
- R3+140 Elo gap
- R3+103 Elo gap