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2025 IOM Chess Association - Douglas Championship Rounds 4-7

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Douglas, Isle of Man. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1893, and top seed was Keith Allen (🇮🇪 IRL, 2101).

Silvester Sipos (🇮🇲 IOM, 1954) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Keith Allen (3.0) and Glenn Cross (2.5). Sipos shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Antony Jackson (1648) beat Francis Thoday (1898), a +250-point gap.

Location
🇮🇲Douglas, Isle of Man
Dates
07 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪Keith Allen2101
Avg top 10
1,893
Participants
21
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×18
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 3.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
21
21
21
7
2
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/7. Sipos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Keith Allen won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Keith Allen*
1
2Silvester Sipos*
½
1
3Glenn Cross
0
½
*
4Henrik Fabri
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sipos, Silvester1954IOMFFF+4B+12N=3B=7N3.09.09.06.752060+10.4
2Allen, Keith2101IRLFFFF+3N+7B+8N3.06.56.56.502636+10.6
3Cross, Glenn1829IOMFFF+10B2B=1N+11B2.510.010.05.501991+16.4
4Fabri, Henrik1945IOMFFF1N+16B=8N+9B2.58.08.04.001906-3.8
5Smith, Paul1797IOMFFF+19B10N+14B=6N2.57.57.54.251787+0.2
6Quayle, Harry0IOMFFF+18N+17B11N=5B2.56.56.53.2517450.0
7Ormsby, Alan1884IOMFFF=8N+11B2N=1B2.010.010.04.501910+2.6
8Woodard, Brian1795IOMFFF=7B+13N=4B2B2.09.59.54.251949+15.6
9Miah, Zahed1831IOMFFF12B+14N+10B4N2.08.58.54.001818-1.4
10Talas, Sandor1746IOMFFF3N+5B9N+16B2.08.08.03.501780+8.4
11Costello, John1789IOMFFF+16B7N+6B3N2.08.08.03.501667-9.6
12Towers, Brian1808IOMFFF+9N1B13B+17N2.08.08.03.001825+2.0
13Gumireddy, Sanjay1865IOMFFFF8B+12N+21B2.06.06.02.001932+5.0
14Cross, Kyle1777IOMFFF+20N9B5N+18B2.05.55.51.001014-35.6
15Thoday, Francis1898IOMFFFF+18B17N+19B2.05.05.02.001573-14.6
16Watkinson, Colin1661IOMFFF11N4N+19B10N1.07.57.51.001543-25.2
17Jackson, Antony1648IOMFFFF6N+15B12B1.06.56.52.001853+10.4
18Furner, Simon Robert0ENGFFF6B15N+20B14N1.06.56.50.0010380.0
19Dunkley, David1467IOMFFF5N+20B16N15N1.05.55.50.00976-18.0
20FIDE 2350001470FFF14B19N18NF0.04.04.00.008220.0
21Dobson, Howard1818IOMFFFFFF13N0.02.02.00.001065-8.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets