CICF AUTUMN CONGRESS 2025 OPEN

Open SwissStandard

23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in George Town, Cayman Islands. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1665, and top seed was Ryan Blackwood (🇰🇾 CAY, 1925).

Ryan Blackwood (🇰🇾 CAY, 1925) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Mike McDonald (4.5) and Clifford Shaw (3.5). Blackwood shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇰🇾George Town, Cayman Islands

Dates

20 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇾Ryan Blackwood1925

Avg top 10

1,665

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇰🇾Cayman Islands×22

Top 3

🥇
Ryan Blackwood
🇰🇾CAY·1925
4.5pts·2004perf+7.8
🥈
Mike McDonald
🇰🇾CAY·1846
4.5pts·1942perf+9.4
🥉
CMClifford Shaw
🇰🇾CAY·1777
3.5pts·1770perf+6.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

McDonald4.5Blackwood4.5CLARK3.5Shaw3.5Young3.5Hanafin3

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Blackwood takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Ryan Blackwood won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mike McDonald	*	—	—	½
2Ryan Blackwood	—	*	—	1
3ARTY CLARK	—	—	*	—
4CMClifford Shaw	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Blackwood, Ryan	1925	CAY	+12N	=9B	+6N	+4B	+3N	4.5	12.5	14.5	13.25	2004	+7.8
2	McDonald, Mike	1846	CAY	+13B	+19N	=3B	+9N	+7B	4.5	11.0	12.5	10.75	1942	+9.4
3	Shaw, CliffordCM	1777	CAY	+18B	+7N	=2N	+6B	−1B	3.5	15.0	16.5	9.75	1770	+6.4
4	Young, ChristopherCM	1811	CAY	+10N	=11B	+14N	−1N	+9B	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.25	1739	-7.4
5	CLARK, ARTY	1594	CAY	+16N	−6B	=10N	+18B	+13N	3.5	9.5	11.0	6.75	1612	+13.2
6	McClenaghan, Abbie	1518	CAY	+15B	+5N	−1B	−3N	+16B	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.50	1659	+36.4
7	Mclean, Kylen	1503	CAY	+23N	−3B	+8N	+12B	−2N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1554	+8.0
8	Hanafin, Ruairi	0	CAY	+17N	−14B	−7B	+20N	+12N	3.0	9.0	10.0	5.00	1508	0.0
9	Sinton, Luc	1565	CAY	+20B	=1N	+11N	−2B	−4N	2.5	15.0	16.0	5.75	1707	+22.8
10	WILSON, ALEJANDRO	1458	CAY	−4B	+22N	=5B	+11N	−17B	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.25	1541	+4.0
11	Franklin, Owen	1522	CAY	+22N	=4N	−9B	−10B	+18N	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.25	1491	-21.6
12	Rasch, Julian	1474	CAY	−1B	+20N	+15B	−7N	−8B	2.0	12.5	13.5	3.00	863	-22.0
13	Patil, Anvita Niranjan	1468	CAY	−2N	+21B	F	+14N	−5B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	901	-19.2
14	Reis, Ricardo	0	CAY	F	+8N	−4B	−13B	+20N	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	852	0.0
15	Mclean, Kevon	0	CAY	−6N	+16B	−12N	−17B	+22B	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1288	0.0
16	Barrett, Jaevion	0	CAY	−5B	−15N	+22B	+23N	−6N	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	711	-35.6
17	Powell, Malcolm	1541	CAY	−8B	F	F	+15N	+10N	2.0	7.5	7.5	4.50	2306	+9.0
18	Barrett, Daijon	0	CAY	−3N	+23B	=19B	−5N	−11B	1.5	11.0	11.0	0.75	1305	-16.0
19	Graham, Dez	1548	CAY	+21N	−2B	=18N	F	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.75	1431	-20.4
20	Bhuyan, Shreeyansh	0	CAY	−9N	−12B	+21N	−8B	−14B	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.00	709	0.0
21	Blackwood, Ross	0	CAY	−19B	−13N	−20B	+22N	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	750	0.0
22	Koenig, Henry	0	CAY	−11B	−10B	−16N	−21B	−15N	0.0	9.0	10.0	0.00	718	0.0
23	FIDE 33101035	0	—	−7B	−18N	F	−16B	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	650	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1McClenaghan, AbbieCAY
+36.4
3.0 pts · #7
2Sinton, LucCAY
+22.8
2.5 pts · #8
3CLARK, ARTYCAY
+13.2
3.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Barrett, JaevionCAY
-35.6
2.0 pts · #18
2Rasch, JulianCAY
-22.0
2.0 pts · #20
3Franklin, OwenCAY
-21.6
2.5 pts · #9