2025-26 4NCL Division 3 Bishops Rouinds 1-2

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81 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Dudley, England. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2178, and top seed was Andrew P Lewis (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2268).

Gideon Faller (🇬🇧 ENG, 1720) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Mircea-Marius Mesesan (2.0) and Alistair Compton (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Murat Omarov (1823) beat M D Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake (CM, 2032), a +209-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

🇬🇧FMAndrew P Lewis2268

Avg top 10

2,178

Participants

Titled players · 7

IM×2

FM×2

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×67

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

Top 3

🥇
Gideon Faller
🇬🇧ENG·1720
2.0pts·2651perf+53.6
🥈
Mircea-Marius Mesesan
🇬🇧ENG·1866
2.0pts·2548perf+13.6
🥉
Alistair Compton
🇳🇿NZL·2033
2.0pts·2757perf+15.8

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
4	Faller, Gideon	🇬🇧ENG	1720	2.0	1851	2651	+53.6
1	Mesesan, Mircea-Marius	🇬🇧ENG	1866	2.0	1748	2548	+13.6
3	Compton, Alistair	🇳🇿NZL	2033	2.0	1957	2757	+15.8
7	Starley, Robert	🇬🇧ENG	2068	2.0	2020	2820	+17.2
8	Mason, Donald J	🇬🇧ENG	2012	2.0	1810	2610	+9.6
36	Redmond, John P.	🇮🇪IRL	2169	2.0	1934	2734	+4.2
2	CMNorris, Zack	🇬🇧ENG	2076	2.0	2023	2823	+34.0
5	Fallowfield, Jeremy R	🇬🇧ENG	2055	2.0	1715	2515	+4.6
6	Melia, Alfie	🇬🇧ENG	1862	2.0	1816	2616	+30.4
9	De Coverly, Roger D	🇬🇧ENG	1926	2.0	1839	2639	+15.2
39	Burrows, Martin P	🇬🇧ENG	2088	2.0	1840	2640	+3.6
11	Robson, Ian A	🇬🇧ENG	2117	1.5	2201	2394	+14.4
18	Kothari, Jai	🇬🇧ENG	2159	1.5	2102	2295	+16.8
12	Omarov, Murat	🇰🇿KAZ	1823	1.5	2116	2309	+23.2
21	Stepanyan, Henrik	🇬🇧ENG	2200	1.5	1855	2048	-5.4
16	Jennis, Alistair	🇬🇧ENG	1715	1.5	1887	2080	+38.0
15	IMCooper, John G	🇬🇧WLS	2168	1.5	1991	2184	+0.8
17	Pitcher, John	🇬🇧ENG	2149	1.5	1943	2136	-0.2
19	Jaszkiwskyj, Peter	🇬🇧ENG	1921	1.5	1798	1991	+3.8
43	Welling, Zac	🇬🇧ENG	1970	1.5	2065	2065	+5.2
20	Horan, George	🇬🇧ENG	1907	1.5	2120	2313	+20.8
10	Kee, Steve	🇬🇧ENG	1978	1.5	1925	2118	+7.0
13	Pal, Rohan	🇬🇧ENG	2101	1.5	1928	2121	+1.6
14	Wilson, Jaimie	🇬🇧ENG	2085	1.5	1963	2156	+3.4
22	IMMadan, Augustin	🇷🇴ROU	2259	1.5	2060	2253	-0.2
52	McDougall, William	🇬🇧SCO	1942	1.5	1861	1861	-2.2
34	Maclannan, Richard	🇬🇧ENG	1787	1.0	1712	1712	-8.0
32	Latham, David	🇬🇧ENG	2024	1.0	2159	2159	+7.2
33	Freeman, Richard C P	🇬🇧ENG	1898	1.0	1864	1864	-1.8
37	Ashworth, Michael	🇬🇧ENG	2065	1.0	2027	2027	-2.0
29	Borrowdale, Graham E	🇬🇧ENG	1918	1.0	1783	1783	-7.0
41	Moldovan, Alexandru-Mitica	🇬🇧ENG	1855	1.0	1777	1777	-4.2
31	Ogunshola, Ben	🇳🇬NGR	2083	1.0	2044	2044	-2.2
25	Byron, Alan M	🇬🇧ENG	2022	1.0	2021	2021	-0.2
35	Korsinskij, Marek	🇨🇿CZE	1808	1.0	1878	1878	+7.6
40	Habershon, Paul F	🇬🇧ENG	1940	1.0	1663	1663	-13.0
24	Bansal, Saahil	🇬🇧ENG	2016	1.0	2014	2014	-0.2
26	Talsma, Paul	🇳🇱NED	2033	1.0	1916	1916	-5.6
38	Twisk, Sebastian	🇬🇧ENG	1861	1.0	1919	1919	+6.4
28	Cooper, David M	🇬🇧ENG	1987	1.0	1720	2520	+3.6
23	Pyun, Lindsay	🇬🇧ENG	1738	1.0	1940	2740	+30.4
27	Chan, Nevil	🇬🇧ENG	1953	1.0	1914	2714	+9.0
30	Gibson, Christopher A	🇬🇧ENG	1871	1.0	1939	2739	+11.8
44	Lee, Daniel T	🇬🇧ENG	1934	0.5	2135	1942	+0.4
46	Bansal, Rohan	🇬🇧ENG	2005	0.5	2077	1884	-6.0
58	Elwin, Adrian G	🇬🇧ENG	1966	0.5	2006	1813	-7.8
48	Gawne, Martin	🇬🇧ENG	1857	0.5	1910	1717	-7.2
51	Ding, Yicheng	🇬🇧ENG	1759	0.5	1891	1698	-5.6
54	Gooding, Ian	🇬🇧ENG	1915	0.5	1739	1546	-19.2
50	Robinson, James	🇬🇧ENG	1861	0.5	2046	1853	-1.0
64	Hill, Alistair	🇬🇧ENG	2097	0.5	2196	2003	-4.2
45	Gill, Oliver	🇬🇧ENG	2111	0.5	1962	1769	-17.8
49	Lambourne, Dan M	🇬🇧ENG	1958	0.5	2095	1902	-2.8
61	FMLewis, Andrew P	🇬🇧ENG	2268	0.5	2127	1934	-17.6
59	Boganadham, Ved Sudeep	🇬🇧ENG	1720	0.5	1787	1594	-14.4
63	Saxena, Samidh	🇬🇧ENG	1580	0.5	1830	1637	+2.8
53	Ashworth, Robert	🇬🇧ENG	1909	0.5	1861	1861	-1.4
55	Agnew, Alan	🇬🇧ENG	2065	0.5	2033	2033	-0.8
56	Quillaud, Maxime	🇬🇧ENG	1852	0.5	1918	1918	+3.6
60	Alldritt, Nigel R E	🇬🇧ENG	1917	0.5	2016	2016	+2.8
62	Jones, Christopher M	🇬🇧ENG	2137	0.5	2268	2268	+3.6
57	FMVaidyanathan, Adithya	🇬🇧ENG	2129	0.5	1907	1907	-11.2
42	Webster, Peter A N	🇬🇧ENG	1929	0.5	1861	1861	-1.8
47	Lappin, Benjamin	🇬🇧ENG	1767	0.5	2033	2033	+12.8
65	Ivanov, Elizabeth	🇯🇵JPN	1738	0.0	1961	1161	-9.2
68	Kerekesh, Yaroslav	🇺🇦UKR	0	0.0	2134	1334	0.0
71	McLean, Rory	🇬🇧ENG	1764	0.0	1969	1169	-9.4
76	Sefton, Adam	🇬🇧ENG	2146	0.0	2072	1272	-35.6
81	Marsh, Aram	🇬🇧ENG	1692	0.0	1984	1184	-12.8
69	Brown, Alan M	🇬🇧ENG	1939	0.0	1892	1092	-22.6
77	Conterno, Dominique	🇬🇧ENG	1840	0.0	1977	1177	-13.2
80	Ding, Yiwen	🇬🇧ENG	1914	0.0	1940	1140	-37.2
72	Parker, Francis	🇿🇦RSA	1947	0.0	2033	1233	-7.6
66	Rubeck, Jonathan	🇬🇧ENG	1878	0.0	2093	1293	-10.8
70	Scoular, Adam	🇬🇧ENG	1883	0.0	2089	1289	-20.0
73	CMGunathilake, M D Vinuda Shenal	🇱🇰SRI	2032	0.0	2043	1243	-38.8
74	Fernando, Manel	🇬🇧ENG	1697	0.0	1920	1120	-4.4
79	CMHeadlong, Timothy	🇬🇧ENG	2010	0.0	2076	1276	-8.2
75	Ding, Jie	🇬🇧ENG	0	0.0	1942	1142	0.0
78	FIDE 439169	—	0	0.0	1970	1170	0.0
67	Headlong, Fenella	🇬🇧ENG	1704	0.0	1787	987	-15.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Faller, GideonENG
+53.6
2.0 pts · #4
2Jennis, AlistairENG
+38.0
1.5 pts · #16
3Norris, ZackCMENG
+34.0
2.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Gunathilake, M D Vinuda ShenalCMSRI
-38.8
0.0 pts · #73
2Ding, YiwenENG
-37.2
0.0 pts · #80
3Sefton, AdamENG
-35.6
0.0 pts · #76

Biggest upsets

R2+209 Elo gap
Omarov, Murat1823 beat CMGunathilake, M D Vinuda Shenal2032
R2+204 Elo gap
Horan, George1907 beat Gill, Oliver2111
R1+202 Elo gap
Pyun, Lindsay1738 beat Habershon, Paul F1940