92nd Bristol Over 1799 Championship

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56 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Bristol, England. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2079, and top seed was Oliver Stubbs (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2195).

Talab Rami (🇸🇾 SYR, FM, 2052) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Zack Norris (4.0) and Colin Davis (4.0). Rami shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇬🇧Bristol, England

Dates

27 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧CMOliver Stubbs2195

Avg top 10

2,079

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×1

FM×1

CM×3

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×45

🇬🇧Scotland×2

🇬🇧Wales×2

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇬🇭Ghana×1

🇸🇾Syria×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇬🇬Guernsey×1

Top 3

🥇
FMTalab Rami
🇸🇾SYR·2052
4.0pts·2255perf-6.0
🥈
Zack Norris
🇬🇧ENG·2076
4.0pts·2257perf+26.8
🥉
Colin Davis
🇬🇧ENG·2011
4.0pts·2311perf+37.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Norris4White4Rami4Davis4Hill3.5McLachlan3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Zack Norris held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Rami takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zack Norris beat Stuart A White (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Zack Norris	*	1	—	—
2Stuart A White	0	*	—	—
3FMTalab Rami	—	—	*	½
4Colin Davis	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Rami,TalabFM	2052	SYR	+30B	+11N	=5B	+9N	=3B	4.0	14.0	16.0	12.25	2255	-6.0
2	Norris, Zack	2076	ENG	+50B	+22N	+4B	−5N	+21B	4.0	12.5	13.5	10.00	2257	+26.8
3	Davis, Colin	2011	ENG	+41N	=42B	+13N	+28B	=1N	4.0	11.0	12.5	9.75	2311	+37.6
4	White, Stuart A	0	SCO	+45N	+39B	−2N	+31B	+10N	4.0	10.5	11.5	7.50	2206	+21.4
5	Hill, Alistair	2097	ENG	+12N	+17B	=1N	+2B	−8N	3.5	14.5	17.5	12.00	2238	+16.4
6	Nelson, Leon	0	ENG	=7B	+55N	+18B	=21N	=16B	3.5	12.0	12.5	8.00	2268	+104.4
7	Saunders, Aron	0	ENG	=6N	+34B	=10N	+32B	=15N	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.75	2165	-9.8
8	Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	2148	ENG	F	+46N	=19B	+22N	+5B	3.5	10.0	10.0	8.50	2372	+36.4
9	McLachlan, Matthew	0	ENG	=40N	+47B	+53N	−1B	+11B	3.5	9.5	10.5	5.75	2135	+22.8
10	Thomas, James	0	ENG	+26B	+56N	=7B	=16N	−4B	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.75	2069	+12.8
11	Baer, Bruce L	0	ENG	+43N	−1B	+49N	+23B	−9N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	2103	+14.4
12	Coman, Kas	1932	ENG	−5B	+26N	−23B	+27N	+46B	3.0	11.0	12.0	6.00	2000	+14.0
13	Majeed, Haroon	0	ENG	=49B	+24N	−3B	=30N	+33B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.00	2016	-14.2
14	Amoako Philip Selikem Yao	0	GHA	=35B	+27N	−21B	+44N	=20B	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.50	1894	-9.2
15	Bevis, Noah	0	ENG	F	=36N	+33B	+24N	=7B	3.0	10.0	10.0	7.25	2153	+17.2
16	Garcia Hernandez, Oscar	0	ESP	F	+48B	+25N	=10B	=6N	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.75	2091	+2.8
17	Hu, Junyan	0	ENG	+29B	−5N	+36B	+42N	F	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.00	2158	+46.8
18	Kovacs, Zoltan	0	HUN	−39N	+43B	−6N	+47B	+31N	3.0	8.5	9.5	4.50	1912	-18.4
19	Helbig, Paul D	0	ENG	F	+54B	=8N	=25B	+34N	3.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	2213	+11.8
20	Anjulan, Ashwin	0	ENG	−42N	=41B	+54N	+39B	=14N	3.0	7.5	8.0	4.25	1998	+38.0
21	Bicknell, Carl	2089	ENG	+33B	F	+14N	=6B	−2N	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.75	2029	-5.2
22	Hazlehurst, Cory S	0	ENG	+37N	−2B	+45N	−8B	=23N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.25	2008	+1.8
23	Bullen, AlexCM	0	WLS	−24B	+40B	+12N	−11N	=22B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.75	1931	-20.6
24	McDougall, William	0	SCO	+23N	−13B	+35N	−15B	=32N	2.5	10.5	12.5	5.50	2034	+12.2
25	Ashworth, Michael	0	ENG	=38B	+44N	−16B	=19N	=26B	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.25	1961	-6.4
26	Perrin, Brent	1856	ENG	−10N	−12B	+37N	+45B	=25N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	1927	+9.2
27	Reed, Zack	0	ENG	=31N	−14B	+48N	−12B	+39N	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.50	1838	0.0
28	Damodaran, Patrick	0	ENG	F	+51B	=32N	−3N	+30B	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.00	2104	+19.6
29	Griffiths, Hayden	0	ENG	−17N	−45B	=43N	+48B	+50N	2.5	6.5	7.5	2.75	1776	-9.2
30	Dilleigh, Stephen P	2014	ENG	−1N	+37B	=39N	=13B	−28N	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.25	1966	-5.2
31	Hosdurga, Chirag	0	ENG	=27B	=35N	+56B	−4N	−18B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.25	1835	-8.8
32	Hariharan, ShambaviWFM	0	ENG	F	+38N	=28B	−7N	=24B	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1947	-20.0
33	Karangad, Mohit	0	ENG	−21N	+52B	−15N	+41B	−13N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.50	1916	+24.0
34	Kendall, Arthur	0	ENG	F	−7N	+38B	+40N	−19B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1929	-18.8
35	Levy, Christopher A	0	ENG	=14N	=31B	−24B	=46N	=44B	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.75	1837	+4.6
36	Lawrence, Spencer	1828	ENG	F	=15B	−17N	=49B	+40N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1942	+12.0
37	Calvert, George	0	ENG	−22B	−30N	−26B	+54N	+52B	2.0	8.0	8.5	1.50	1833	+0.8
38	Roberts, Shane	0	ENG	=25N	−32B	−34N	=51B	+45N	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.75	1914	0.0
39	Guilfoyle, John M	1924	ENG	+18B	−4N	=30B	−20N	−27B	1.5	12.5	14.5	4.00	1903	-2.8
40	Di-Vetta, Andrew	0	WLS	=9B	−23N	+51N	−34B	−36B	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.75	1830	+2.6
41	Plotnikov, Dmytro	0	ITA	−3B	=20N	=52B	−33N	=51N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.50	1743	-10.4
42	James, Russell A	0	ENG	+20B	=3N	F	−17B	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	1932	-12.8
43	Wheeler, James M	0	ENG	−11B	−18N	=29B	=52N	=47N	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.25	1725	-16.2
44	Northam, Lawrence	1846	ENG	F	−25B	+50N	−14B	=35N	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.00	1816	-2.4
45	Miller, George	1873	ENG	−4B	+29N	−22B	−26N	−38B	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.50	1731	-10.0
46	Ashworth, Robert	0	ENG	F	−8B	=47N	=35B	−12N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1693	-24.2
47	Punshon, Evan	0	ENG	F	−9N	=46B	−18N	=43B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.25	1756	+12.8
48	FIDE 343493360	0	—	=55B	−16N	−27B	−29N	=54B	1.0	8.5	9.0	0.50	1769	0.0
49	Egginton, David C	0	ENG	=13N	F	−11B	=36N	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1859	-17.6
50	Jones, Mark A	1837	ENG	−2N	F	−44B	+56N	−29B	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1699	-16.6
51	Kirby, Peter J.CM	1962	GCI	F	−28N	−40B	=38N	=41B	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.75	1603	-26.8
52	Billings, Alexander J	1878	ENG	−53B	−33N	=41N	=43B	−37N	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.50	1656	-44.4
53	Stubbs, OliverCM	2195	ENG	+52N	F	−9B	F	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	1892	-13.6
54	Ash, Thomas	0	ENG	F	−19N	−20B	−37B	=48N	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.50	1127	-49.2
55	Beaumont, Chris RIM	2144	ENG	=48N	−6B	F	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.50	1048	-8.3
56	Misra, Anay	0	ENG	F	−10B	−31N	−50B	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1129	-36.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nelson, LeonENG
+104.4
3.5 pts · #9
2Hu, JunyanENG
+46.8
3.0 pts · #15
3Anjulan, AshwinENG
+38.0
3.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Ash, ThomasENG
-49.2
0.5 pts · #54
2Billings, Alexander JENG
-44.4
1.0 pts · #49
3Misra, AnayENG
-36.4
0.0 pts · #55