2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 1-2

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98 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Dudley, England. 38 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2279, and top seed was Hamish Olson (🇬🇧 SCO, FM, 2309).

Stuart A White (🇬🇧 SCO, 2059) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Steven A Jones (2.0) and Kamila Hryshchenko (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dashiell L Shaw (1972) beat Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl (2222), a +250-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Dudley, England

Dates

01 Nov 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧FMHamish Olson2309

Avg top 10

2,279

Participants

Titled players · 38

IM×1

FM×16

CM×13

WGM×1

WIM×1

WFM×4

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×72

🇬🇧Scotland×8

🇬🇧Wales×5

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇯🇵Japan×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
Stuart A White
🇬🇧SCO·2059
2.0pts·2730perf+13.2
🥈
Steven A Jones
🇬🇧ENG·2230
2.0pts·2948perf+15.4
🥉
WFMKamila Hryshchenko
🇬🇧ENG·2066
2.0pts·2908perf+22.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
5	White, Stuart A	🇬🇧SCO	2059	2.0	1930	2730	+13.2
6	Jones, Steven A	🇬🇧ENG	2230	2.0	2148	2948	+15.4
7	WFMHryshchenko, Kamila	🇬🇧ENG	2066	2.0	2108	2908	+22.4
2	Terler, Bohdan	🇬🇧ENG	2082	2.0	2020	2820	+33.2
1	Waller, Dan	🇬🇧ENG	2095	2.0	2032	2832	+16.8
3	Maton, Emily	🇬🇧ENG	1962	2.0	2115	2915	+56.0
4	Wilks, Simon	🇬🇧ENG	2081	2.0	2114	2914	+21.8
8	Gagan B R	🇮🇳IND	1884	2.0	1956	2756	+23.8
9	FMRichardson, John R	🇬🇧ENG	2224	2.0	2161	2961	+16.8
10	CMGrant, David J	🇬🇧ENG	2114	1.5	2001	2194	+4.8
28	FMMerriman, John	🇬🇧ENG	2234	1.5	2241	2434	+10.4
18	FMKacprzak, Kacper	🇵🇱POL	2303	1.5	2111	2304	0.0
27	FMWall, Tim P	🇬🇧ENG	2191	1.5	2190	2383	+8.8
30	Cave, Iwan	🇬🇧WLS	2136	1.5	2271	2464	+17.2
23	FMGallagher, Daniel GH	🇬🇧ENG	2265	1.5	2297	2490	+11.8
25	FMKacprzak, Karol	🇵🇱POL	2308	1.5	2219	2412	+5.2
31	CMLishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	🇬🇧ENG	2017	1.5	2066	2259	+25.6
19	Saunders, Aron	🇬🇧ENG	2192	1.5	2177	2370	+9.0
33	WGMNavrotescu, Andreea	🇫🇷FRA	2257	1.5	2237	2430	+8.4
13	Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay	🇬🇧ENG	1972	1.5	1867	2060	+6.8
17	FMVijayakumar, Rishi	🇬🇧SCO	2300	1.5	2152	2345	+2.4
24	Shaw, Dashiell L	🇬🇧ENG	1972	1.5	2142	2335	+18.6
32	WCMCamp, Imogen A L	🇬🇧WLS	1936	1.5	1912	2105	+8.6
21	Honey, Luke Anthony	🇬🇧ENG	2028	1.5	1928	2121	+4.8
12	FMWebb, Richard M	🇬🇧ENG	2179	1.5	2126	2319	+7.0
14	Larkin, Benjamin	🇬🇧ENG	2045	1.5	1973	2166	+6.2
20	Baltrunas, Evaldas	🇬🇧ENG	1980	1.5	2002	2195	+10.4
22	Ackley, Peter J E	🇬🇧ENG	1968	1.5	2017	2210	+12.4
11	Jain, Gautam	🇬🇧ENG	1988	1.5	1972	2165	+9.4
15	Wong, Chun Hei	🇭🇰HKG	1947	1.5	1874	2067	+6.2
16	Rasalingam, Haran	🇬🇧ENG	2044	1.5	1863	2056	+0.6
26	CMBabu, Rahul	🇬🇧ENG	2176	1.5	2126	2319	+7.6
29	CMWillmoth, Robert F	🇬🇧ENG	2127	1.5	1987	2180	+2.4
43	Merriman, James	🇬🇧ENG	2174	1.0	2016	2016	-12.8
57	Vyas, Alisha	🇬🇧ENG	1881	1.0	2009	2009	+6.8
35	Pollack, Oscar	🇬🇧ENG	2110	1.0	2051	2051	-2.8
50	Sanada, Tetsuaki	🇯🇵JPN	1967	1.0	2124	2124	+8.4
55	Zhu, Yaoyao	🇬🇧ENG	1989	1.0	1963	1963	-0.8
54	Turner, Lewis A	🇬🇧ENG	1935	1.0	1964	1964	+1.6
53	WFMRida, Ruqayyah	🇬🇧ENG	2062	1.0	2119	2119	+5.6
62	Taylor, William J	🇬🇧ENG	1990	1.0	1977	1977	-0.8
59	Roe, Simon J	🇬🇧ENG	2138	1.0	2101	2101	-3.6
40	FMSivanandan, Bodhana	🇬🇧ENG	2205	1.0	2193	2193	-4.4
36	WCMAshton, Alannah	🇬🇧ENG	1928	1.0	2125	2125	+15.2
39	Brewer, Callum D	🇬🇧ENG	2140	1.0	2179	2179	+0.2
45	FMSouthcott-Moyers, Indy	🇬🇧ENG	2256	1.0	2154	2154	-6.2
48	Shafi, Declan	🇬🇧SCO	2157	1.0	2043	2043	-6.6
52	Howell, Susan C	🇬🇧ENG	1860	1.0	1928	1928	+6.4
56	Nicholas, Koichi B	🇬🇧ENG	2100	1.0	1996	1996	-5.2
58	Vashisht-Pigem, Raman	🇬🇧ENG	1984	1.0	2079	2079	+7.2
60	Rughani, Mahin	🇬🇧ENG	2020	1.0	2103	2103	+9.6
34	FMThompson, Ian D	🇬🇧ENG	2043	1.0	2069	2069	+1.4
37	FMBerry, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	2266	1.0	2074	2074	-10.0
47	WFMSubramanian, Anusha	🇬🇧ENG	2056	1.0	2149	2149	+8.8
49	Moore, Eoin	🇬🇧ENG	1925	1.0	1991	1991	+7.2
44	Ethelontis, Alexandros N	🇬🇧ENG	1985	1.0	2045	2045	+3.2
42	FMVarnam, Liam D	🇬🇧ENG	2097	1.0	2100	2900	+9.2
41	Keen, Maya	🇬🇧ENG	1754	1.0	1860	1860	+11.2
51	Brozel, Sacha	🇬🇧ENG	2082	1.0	2111	2111	+1.6
38	Price, Gwilym	🇬🇧ENG	2170	1.0	2184	2184	+0.8
46	Kovalskyi, Roman	🇺🇦UKR	2208	1.0	2082	2882	+13.2
61	Handley, Michael R	🇬🇧ENG	1995	1.0	1920	2720	+8.0
64	Crawford, Owen	🇬🇧ENG	2122	0.5	2137	1944	-9.2
66	Wills, Tom	🇬🇧ENG	1991	0.5	1905	1712	-14.6
77	CMGraham, David B	🇬🇧ENG	2114	0.5	2083	1890	-13.0
81	CMWillson, Ollie	🇬🇧ENG	2070	0.5	2157	1964	-6.2
72	CMBlake, J Morgan	🇬🇧ENG	2058	0.5	1969	1776	-15.2
74	CMZhang, Junyi	🇬🇧ENG	2058	0.5	2013	1820	-31.2
63	Rawlinson, Aidan M	🇬🇧ENG	2071	0.5	2240	2047	-1.2
65	FMBlackburn, Jonathan L B	🇬🇧WLS	2238	0.5	2156	1963	-14.6
67	Sullivan, Daniel	🇬🇧ENG	1936	0.5	2061	1868	-3.4
70	WFMHng, Mei-Xian Eunice	🇸🇬SGP	2067	0.5	2018	1825	-12.6
75	Duckers, Harvey L	🇬🇧ENG	1878	0.5	2007	1814	-3.2
76	Woozeer, Seth	🇬🇧ENG	1762	0.5	2018	1825	+2.4
79	CMRathbone-Jones, Ifan	🇬🇧WLS	2181	0.5	2186	1993	-9.6
83	Tart, Peter K	🇬🇧ENG	1888	0.5	1940	1747	-7.0
68	Nakara Husain	🇮🇳IND	1801	0.5	2081	1888	+2.8
78	Swanson, Stephen	🇬🇧SCO	2156	0.5	1976	1783	-19.4
73	CMDasgupta, Avyukt	🇬🇧ENG	2145	0.5	2190	1997	-15.2
82	Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa	🇮🇹ITA	2222	0.5	2071	1878	-17.6
85	Soares, Danilo V.	🇧🇷BRA	2085	0.5	2285	2092	+0.8
71	Verbytski, Oleg	🇬🇧ENG	2092	0.5	2128	1935	-16.4
80	Milson, Samuel A	🇬🇧ENG	2096	0.5	2039	1846	-12.2
86	Higgs, Anthony R J	🇬🇧ENG	1959	0.5	1999	1806	-8.0
84	FMOlson, Hamish	🇬🇧SCO	2309	0.5	2266	2266	-0.8
69	Alizada, Eldar	🇬🇧ENG	1976	0.5	2065	2065	+2.4
87	McCarthy, Kevin C	🇬🇧ENG	1942	0.0	2070	1270	-12.4
92	FMRees, Ioan	🇬🇧WLS	2285	0.0	2245	1445	-22.2
95	WIMFoisor, Mihaela-Veronica	🇷🇴ROU	2142	0.0	2035	1235	-25.8
88	Morea, Georgiana-Steluta	🇷🇴ROU	1920	0.0	1940	1140	-19.0
93	CMArnott, Jonathan W	🇬🇧ENG	2050	0.0	2162	1362	-13.4
96	Clarke, Connor	🇬🇧ENG	2088	0.0	2177	1377	-14.6
98	IMMcKay, Roderick M	🇬🇧SCO	2165	0.0	1965	1165	-15.2
91	Birtwistle, Nigel	🇬🇧ENG	2053	0.0	2074	1274	-18.0
89	Shek, Daniel	🇬🇧ENG	1866	0.0	2004	1204	-25.6
94	Lampard, Alice	🇬🇧SCO	1860	0.0	1849	1049	-20.6
97	CMBurke, Alex	🇬🇧ENG	2002	0.0	2129	1329	-28.0
90	CMJackson, Edward	🇬🇧ENG	2173	0.0	2308	1508	-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Maton, EmilyENG
+56.0
2.0 pts · #3
2Terler, BohdanENG
+33.2
2.0 pts · #2
3Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, DildaravCMENG
+25.6
1.5 pts · #31

Top rating losers

1Zhang, JunyiCMENG
-31.2
0.5 pts · #74
2Burke, AlexCMENG
-28.0
0.0 pts · #97
3Foisor, Mihaela-VeronicaWIMROU
-25.8
0.0 pts · #95

Biggest upsets

R1+250 Elo gap
Shaw, Dashiell L1972 beat Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa2222
R1+228 Elo gap
WCMAshton, Alannah1928 beat Swanson, Stephen2156
R1+203 Elo gap
Maton, Emily1962 beat IMMcKay, Roderick M2165