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Coulsdon Chess Daytime Chess November 2025

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9 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 26 Nov 2025 in Coulsdon, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1394, and top seed was Chris Marshall (🇬🇧 ENG, 1831).

David J Howes (🇬🇧 ENG, 1556) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Les Denford (2.0) and Michael Woolley (2.0). Howes won solo starting round 3.

Location
🇬🇧Coulsdon, England
Dates
05 Nov 2025 → 26 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Chris Marshall1831
Avg top 10
1,394
Participants
9
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

David J Howes led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
Howes3.5Woolley2Denford—Marshall—Khan—Wimble1
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

David J Howes never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1David J Howes*—
1
—
2Michael Woolley—*——
3Les Denford
0
—*—
4Chris Marshall———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Howes, David J1556ENG+9B+2N=8N+5B3.53.54.03.751774+15.6
2Denford, Les0ENG+?B−1B+5B—2.04.54.51.0015290.0
3Woolley, Michael1456ENG+5B+8BF−6N2.02.52.51.501689+19.0
4Marshall, Chris1831ENGF+7B=9N—1.51.51.51.251699-4.8
5Wimble, Gary1533ENG−3N+9N−2N−1N1.07.58.00.501358-28.4
6Clayton, David C1627ENGFFF+3B1.02.02.02.002256+5.4
7Khan, A Qaiyum1574ENG+8N−4N——1.01.52.00.501682+5.2
8Lilwall, David1533ENG−7B−3N=1B—0.55.56.51.751256-20.4
9Aburrow, Michael1438ENG−1N−5B=4B—0.55.06.00.751367-5.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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