2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8

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100 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Daventry, England. 43 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2328, and top seed was A Jonathan Mestel (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2442).

Liam D Varnam (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2168) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Abigail Riis Weersing (2.0) and Steven A Jones (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nakara Husain (1809) beat Callum D Brewer (2138), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Daventry, England

Dates

21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMA Jonathan Mestel2442

Avg top 10

2,328

Participants

100

Titled players · 43

GM×1

IM×2

FM×16

CM×15

WGM×1

WIM×1

WFM×6

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×67

🇬🇧Scotland×8

🇬🇧Wales×6

🇮🇳India×3

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇳🇱Netherlands×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
FMLiam D Varnam
🇬🇧ENG·2168
2.0pts·2859perf+14.0
🥈
WFMAbigail Riis Weersing
🇬🇧ENG·2061
2.0pts·2814perf+17.2
🥉
Steven A Jones
🇬🇧ENG·2219
2.0pts·2940perf+15.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	FMVarnam, Liam D	🇬🇧ENG	2168	2.0	2059	2859	+14.0
11	WFMWeersing, Abigail Riis	🇬🇧ENG	2061	2.0	2014	2814	+17.2
12	Jones, Steven A	🇬🇧ENG	2219	2.0	2140	2940	+15.6
4	FMOlson, Hamish	🇬🇧SCO	2272	2.0	2183	2983	+15.0
6	CMRathbone-Jones, Ifan	🇬🇧WLS	2162	2.0	2259	3059	+25.4
8	Swanson, Stephen	🇬🇧SCO	2143	2.0	2118	2918	+18.6
10	Verbytski, Oleg	🇬🇧ENG	2159	2.0	2173	2973	+41.2
13	Birtwistle, Nigel	🇬🇧ENG	2041	2.0	1950	2750	+15.2
9	WGMNavrotescu, Andreea	🇫🇷FRA	2238	2.0	2148	2948	+15.2
2	CMDunn, Andrew	🇬🇧ENG	2014	2.0	2062	2862	+22.6
3	Gallagher, Daniel GH	🇬🇧ENG	2281	2.0	2293	3093	+20.6
5	Mikalajunas, Kajus	🇬🇧ENG	2073	2.0	2074	2874	+40.0
7	Sanada, Tetsuaki	🇯🇵JPN	1993	2.0	2022	2822	+21.6
14	FMKacprzak, Kacper	🇵🇱POL	2319	1.5	2218	2411	+4.6
26	FMBerry, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	2232	1.5	2204	2397	+8.4
16	CMJosse, Mark	🇬🇧ENG	2092	1.5	1980	2173	+4.0
21	Barwick, Carmel	🇬🇧ENG	1921	1.5	2111	2304	+19.8
34	Rughani, Mahin	🇬🇧ENG	2073	1.5	2141	2334	+27.6
15	Clarke, Connor	🇬🇧ENG	2043	1.5	2060	2253	+11.0
20	Roe, Simon J	🇬🇧ENG	2195	1.5	2078	2271	+3.6
23	FMVan Foreest, Machteld	🇳🇱NED	2307	1.5	2237	2430	+6.4
28	CMGraham, David B	🇬🇧ENG	2106	1.5	1957	2150	+2.2
30	CMManmay Chopra	🇮🇳IND	2174	1.5	2141	2334	+8.2
17	Adams, Henry	🇬🇧ENG	2181	1.5	2150	2343	+8.4
48	Ethelontis, Alexandros N	🇬🇧ENG	1991	1.5	1934	2734	+8.4
24	Gray, Euan	🇬🇧SCO	2102	1.5	2140	2333	+12.0
33	Nakara Husain	🇮🇳IND	1809	1.5	2121	2314	+24.6
22	White, Stuart A	🇬🇧SCO	2031	1.5	2187	2380	+18.0
29	IMKanyamarala, Tarun	🇮🇪IRL	2399	1.5	2414	2607	+5.4
18	CMBabu, Rahul	🇬🇧ENG	2141	1.5	2111	2304	+8.4
19	Vyas, Alisha	🇬🇧ENG	1905	1.5	1940	2133	+11.8
25	Onslow, Alfie	🇬🇧ENG	2176	1.5	2154	2347	+8.8
27	FMWebb, Richard M	🇬🇧ENG	2173	1.5	2106	2299	+6.2
31	Crawford, Owen	🇬🇧ENG	2155	1.5	2200	2393	+12.4
32	Saunders, Aron	🇬🇧ENG	2263	1.5	2096	2289	+1.4
35	CMZhang, Junyi	🇬🇧ENG	2188	1.0	2084	2084	-9.2
50	FMThompson, Ian D	🇬🇧ENG	2064	1.0	2098	2098	+1.8
60	FMGourlay, Iain	🇬🇧SCO	2287	1.0	2190	2190	-2.6
39	FMMerriman, John	🇬🇧ENG	2247	1.0	2158	2158	-5.0
40	Nicholas, Koichi B	🇬🇧ENG	2091	1.0	2068	2068	-1.2
43	Duckers, Harvey L	🇬🇧ENG	1882	1.0	2029	2029	+7.8
47	Kolani, Arjun	🇬🇧ENG	2117	1.0	2139	2139	+1.2
51	Zhu, Yaoyao	🇬🇧ENG	2006	1.0	2069	2069	+3.6
57	Wilks, Simon	🇬🇧ENG	2103	1.0	1920	1920	-9.0
61	IMRoebers, Eline	🇳🇱NED	2386	1.0	2357	2357	-0.8
54	WFMHryshchenko, Kamila	🇬🇧ENG	2128	1.0	2196	2196	+3.4
58	WCMCamp, Imogen A L	🇬🇧WLS	1934	1.0	1913	1913	-1.2
55	Oswald, Graeme	🇬🇧ENG	2068	1.0	2165	2165	+5.2
59	CMWillmoth, Robert F	🇬🇧ENG	2131	1.0	2100	2100	-1.8
41	FMBlackburn, Jonathan L B	🇬🇧WLS	2231	1.0	2154	2154	-4.2
52	Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa	🇮🇹ITA	2232	1.0	2228	2228	-0.2
36	WFMRida, Ruqayyah	🇬🇧ENG	2027	1.0	2017	2017	-1.2
44	FMKacprzak, Karol	🇵🇱POL	2314	1.0	2275	2275	-2.0
38	Wong, Chun Hei	🇭🇰HKG	1970	1.0	2125	2125	+7.8
42	Shankar, Yashwardhan	🇬🇧SCO	1834	1.0	1954	1954	+13.2
45	Freeland, Alex	🇬🇧WLS	2072	1.0	2105	2105	+1.8
53	FMPang, Ethan	🇬🇧ENG	2221	1.0	2214	2214	-0.4
56	Sullivan, Daniel	🇬🇧ENG	1895	1.0	2144	2144	+12.2
37	CMGurner, Jem	🇯🇪JCI	2072	1.0	2076	2876	+10.2
46	Payne, Matthew J	🇬🇧ENG	2086	1.0	2018	2818	+8.2
49	McCarthy, Kevin C	🇬🇧ENG	1905	1.0	1906	2706	+10.0
62	Kirton, Evie	🇬🇧ENG	0	1.0	1986	1986	0.0
63	Rawlinson, Aidan M	🇬🇧ENG	2081	0.5	2190	1997	-4.2
74	FMCooksey, Paul S	🇬🇧ENG	2215	0.5	2207	2014	-10.4
72	Kovalskyi, Roman	🇺🇦UKR	2163	0.5	2267	2074	-4.4
64	Terler, Bohdan	🇬🇧ENG	2020	0.5	2089	1896	-12.4
70	Waller, Dan	🇬🇧ENG	2107	0.5	1965	1772	-17.6
75	WFMHng, Mei-Xian Eunice	🇸🇬SGP	2054	0.5	2153	1960	-4.4
78	WFMSubramanian, Anusha	🇬🇧ENG	2086	0.5	2123	1930	-16.0
68	FMRichardson, John R	🇬🇧ENG	2221	0.5	2063	1870	-18.0
69	Ackley, Peter J E	🇬🇧ENG	1973	0.5	1870	1677	-15.6
77	Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	🇬🇧ENG	2148	0.5	2085	1892	-26.8
67	WFMRoy, Ali	🇬🇧SCO	1916	0.5	2100	1907	-0.4
71	Brewer, Callum D	🇬🇧ENG	2138	0.5	1932	1739	-20.0
73	WIMFoisor, Mihaela-Veronica	🇷🇴ROU	2116	0.5	1971	1778	-17.6
65	Price, Gwilym	🇬🇧ENG	2175	0.5	2263	2263	+2.4
66	James, Russell A	🇬🇧ENG	2098	0.5	2131	2131	+1.0
76	FIDE 343493777	—	0	0.5	1991	1991	0.0
81	Pollack, Oscar	🇬🇧ENG	2144	0.0	2212	1412	-16.4
80	CMBullen, Alex	🇬🇧WLS	2093	0.0	2125	1325	-18.4
86	FMBadacsonyi, Frankie	🇬🇧ENG	2270	0.0	2097	1297	-29.0
88	CMRocco, Federico	🇬🇧ENG	2178	0.0	2214	1414	-18.0
95	GMMestel, A Jonathan	🇬🇧ENG	2442	0.0	2340	1540	-12.7
96	Shaw, Dashiell L	🇬🇧ENG	2017	0.0	2139	1339	-13.8
98	Duggan, John E	🇬🇧ENG	2028	0.0	2018	1218	-20.6
89	Maton, Emily	🇬🇧ENG	2016	0.0	1938	1138	-24.2
94	Evans, Ruben	🇬🇧ENG	2018	0.0	2064	1264	-35.2
97	Vashisht-Pigem, Raman	🇬🇧ENG	2058	0.0	2138	1338	-31.2
92	FMGayson, Peter M	🇬🇧ENG	2055	0.0	2073	1273	-9.4
82	CMLentzos, Ioanis	🇬🇷GRE	2126	0.0	2202	1402	-15.8
84	CMJackson, Edward	🇬🇧ENG	2154	0.0	2277	1477	-13.4
90	Burnett, Jim	🇬🇧ENG	1993	0.0	2099	1299	-14.4
93	Cave, Iwan	🇬🇧WLS	2140	0.0	2182	1382	-17.8
100	Coates, Kenneth G	🇬🇧ENG	1906	0.0	1905	1105	-20.0
99	Larkin, Benjamin	🇬🇧ENG	2049	0.0	2174	1374	-6.6
91	Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay	🇬🇧ENG	2076	0.0	2040	1240	-44.4
85	CMGrant, David J	🇬🇧ENG	2099	0.0	1895	1095	-15.2
87	Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard	🇲🇾MAS	2083	0.0	2195	1395	-7.0
79	CMWillson, Ollie	🇬🇧ENG	2082	0.0	2072	1272	-10.2
83	Avadhoot Lokesh Bhakti Brahme	🇮🇳IND	2223	0.0	2233	1433	-19.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Verbytski, OlegENG
+41.2
2.0 pts · #10
2Mikalajunas, KajusENG
+40.0
2.0 pts · #5
3Rughani, MahinENG
+27.6
1.5 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Kilambi, Venkata Ananth AkshayENG
-44.4
0.0 pts · #91
2Evans, RubenENG
-35.2
0.0 pts · #94
3Vashisht-Pigem, RamanENG
-31.2
0.0 pts · #97

Biggest upsets

R2+329 Elo gap
Nakara Husain1809 beat Brewer, Callum D2138
R2+251 Elo gap
Wong, Chun Hei1970 beat FMRichardson, John R2221
R1+239 Elo gap
White, Stuart A2031 beat FMBadacsonyi, Frankie2270