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2025 Welsh Senior Championship (Over 65)

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1905, and top seed was Peter Varley (🇬🇧 WLS, FM, 2146).

Peter Varley (🇬🇧 WLS, FM, 2146) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Chris R White (3.5) and Mark Thomas (3.0). Varley won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: David Morgan (1687) beat Rudy Van Kemenade (1935), a +248-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Cardiff, Wales
Dates
26 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMPeter Varley2146
Avg top 10
1,905
Participants
19
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧Wales×19
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMPeter Varley
    🇬🇧WLS·2146
    4.5pts·2659perf+13.4
  • 🥈
    Chris R White
    🇬🇧WLS·1725
    3.5pts·1929perf0.0
  • 🥉
    Mark Thomas
    🇬🇧WLS·1884
    3.0pts·1964perf+11.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Peter Varley led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Varley4.5White3.5Davis3Van Kemenade3Thomas3Lexton3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Peter Varley never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Peter Varley drew with Chris R White (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Peter Varley won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMPeter Varley*
½
——
2Chris R White
½
*—
1
3CMLee Davis——*—
4Rudy Van Kemenade—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Varley, PeterFM2146WLS+10B+11N+8B+3N=2B4.511.514.012.252659+13.4
2White, Chris R1725WLS=5B+12N=4B+6N=1N3.513.516.010.7519290.0
3Thomas, Mark1884WLS+13N=4B+7N−1B=5N3.013.516.08.501964+11.2
4Morgan, David1687WLS+6B=3N=2N=5B=7N3.012.515.59.252039+34.8
5Lexton, Michael J2039WLS=2N=9B+16N=4N=3B3.012.013.07.001863-15.6
6Van Kemenade, Rudy1935WLS−4N+15B+19N−2B+11N3.010.010.03.501906-2.2
7Davis, LeeCM1917WLS+15B+18N−3B=8N=4B3.09.510.04.251842-8.0
8Fletcher, JohnCM1990WLS+16B+14N−1N=7BF2.511.011.05.001986+0.4
9Dixon, Chris1787WLS=12B=5N=11B=14B=15N2.510.511.55.751793+0.2
10Van Kemenade, Julie1744WLS−1N=13B=15N+19B=14N2.510.510.53.001790+3.6
11Havard, Gwyn1816WLS+19B−1B=9N+18N−6B2.510.510.51.751825+0.2
12Williams, Stephen1636WLS=9N−2B−13N+16B+18B2.59.510.02.751788+16.2
13Jones, Jeremy1670WLS−3B=10N+12B+17NF2.59.09.04.751823+15.8
14Thomas, Roy1788WLS+17N−8B=18B=9N=10B2.58.59.03.751754-4.8
15Hurn, Robert AJ1686WLS−7N−6N=10BF=9B1.011.011.02.501653-3.6
16Quinn, Peter1713WLS−8N+17B−5B−12NF1.09.09.01.001635-10.0
17White, Sam1647WLS−14B−16NF−13B+19N1.06.06.00.001515-13.4
18Watkins, Peter1599WLSF−7B=14N−11B−12N0.510.510.51.251467-22.0
19Williams, Ron1659WLS−11NF−6B−10N−17B0.09.09.00.00986-27.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
2025 Welsh Senior Championship (Over 65) — Cardiff, Wales | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats