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7th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2026 - Open

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Torquay, England. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2055, and top seed was Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham (🇬🇧 ENG, 2148).

Haroon Majeed (🇬🇧 ENG, 2135) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Oscar Garcia Hernandez (3.5) and Jon Underwood (3.5). Majeed won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Martin Goldschmidt (2010) beat Alex Bullen (CM, 2115), a +105-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Torquay, England
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham2148
Avg top 10
2,055
Participants
27
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×24
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇬🇬Guernsey×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Haroon Majeed led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Majeed4Lishoy Gengis Paratazham3.5Garcia Hernandez3.5Underwood3.5Robertson3Bolt3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Haroon Majeed held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Haroon Majeed went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Haroon Majeed*—
½
—
2Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham—*
½
—
3Oscar Garcia Hernandez
½
½
*—
4Jon Underwood———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Majeed, Haroon2135ENG+16N+24B=2N+11B=5N4.011.012.08.752207+8.0
2Garcia Hernandez, Oscar2057ESP+14B+12N=1B=4N=6B3.513.015.510.252203+19.4
3Underwood, Jon1980ENG=23N+10B=11N=19B+12N3.510.011.08.252139+21.0
4Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav2148ENGF+23B+9N=2B+13N3.510.010.08.252350+32.4
5Bolt, Graham1908ENGF=7N+22B+8N=1B3.011.511.58.002211+31.6
6Robertson, Mark M1989ENG+15B=8N+18BF=2N3.011.011.07.752185+41.2
7Rosen, Daniel BCM1974ENG=10N=5B=21N+24B=9N3.010.511.56.251967-0.2
8Goldschmidt, Martin2010ENG+13N=6B=19N−5B+24N3.010.511.56.002076+18.0
9Homer, Stephen J1988ENG=20B+26N−4B+14N=7B3.010.511.05.252031+6.6
10Archer-Lock, Christopher J1947ENG=7B−3N=20B+27N+21B3.09.59.53.7519380.0
11Dilleigh, Stephen P1995ENG=26B+20N=3B−1N=15B2.511.512.04.751946-6.0
12Hill, Andy2012ENG+17N−2B=16N+26B−3B2.511.011.53.501911-12.6
13Bullen, AlexCM2115WLS−8B=21B+17N+18N−4B2.510.512.04.751934-21.0
14Roberts, David L1988ENG−2N=17B+25N−9B+26N2.59.510.02.501891-12.2
15Littlejohns, David P1928ENG−6N=16B=23N+25B=11N2.58.59.53.751939+1.6
16Humphreys, Jerry G1964ENG−1B=15N=12B=20N=17B2.011.012.54.251897-9.2
17Morgan, JamieCM1819GCI−12B=14N−13B+23B=16N2.09.510.53.251923+12.4
18Moore, Gerald1972ENG=21N+25B−6N−13B=22N2.08.59.52.501854-15.8
19James, Russell A2098ENGF+22N=8B=3NF2.08.08.04.752106+0.4
20Dunn, Andrew M1949ENG=9N−11B=10N=16BF1.510.510.54.001887-14.8
21Aston, Paul A1719ENG=18B=13N=7BF−10N1.510.510.53.751915+33.2
22Tello, Yasser0ENG+27N−19B−5NF=18B1.57.07.01.001834-12.6
23Clarke, Adam1896ENG=3B−4N=15B−17NF1.011.511.53.001776-25.6
24De Coverly, Roger D1911ENGF−1N+27B−7N−8B1.010.010.00.001764-15.0
25Ash, Thomas1854ENGF−18N−14B−15N+27B1.07.07.00.001706-30.4
26Tye, Jack1736ENG=11N−9BF−12N−14B0.510.510.51.251674-9.2
27Brenton, Richard1707ENG−22BF−24N−10B−25N0.06.56.50.001116-37.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets