2025-26 4NCL Division 3 Bishops Rounds 3-4

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75 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Dudley, England. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2184, and top seed was Augustin Madan (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2259).

George Horan (🇬🇧 ENG, 1928) won with 2.0/2, ahead of John G Cooper (2.0) and Zack Norris (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Peter A N Webster (1927) beat Stephen Pickles (2227), a +300-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Dudley, England

Dates

17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴IMAugustin Madan2259

Avg top 10

2,184

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×2

FM×1

CM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×60

🇬🇧Wales×2

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
George Horan
🇬🇧ENG·1928
2.0pts·2631perf+14.6
🥈
IMJohn G Cooper
🇬🇧WLS·2169
2.0pts·2834perf+12.8
🥉
Zack Norris
🇬🇧ENG·2110
2.0pts·3059perf+28.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
3	Horan, George	🇬🇧ENG	1928	2.0	1831	2631	+14.6
4	IMCooper, John G	🇬🇧WLS	2169	2.0	2034	2834	+12.8
28	Norris, Zack	🇬🇧ENG	2110	2.0	2259	3059	+28.0
39	Welling, Zac	🇬🇧ENG	1975	2.0	2045	2845	+24.0
8	Sefton, Adam	🇬🇧ENG	1958	2.0	1945	2745	+38.8
2	Valentine, Brian J	🇬🇧ENG	1879	2.0	1824	2624	+17.0
1	Robson, Ian A	🇬🇧ENG	2131	2.0	1978	2778	+11.8
5	Gordon, Sean	🇬🇧ENG	1949	2.0	1798	2598	+12.0
6	Lappin, Benjamin	🇬🇧ENG	1780	2.0	1798	2598	+42.0
7	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	🇬🇧ENG	2044	2.0	1978	2778	+32.8
16	Omarov, Murat	🇰🇿KAZ	1850	1.5	1838	2031	+9.4
18	Fallowfield, Jeremy R	🇬🇧ENG	2060	1.5	1904	2097	+1.6
10	Mesesan, Mircea-Marius	🇬🇧ENG	1880	1.5	2023	2216	+17.6
13	Jennis, Alistair	🇬🇧ENG	1753	1.5	1762	1955	+20.8
15	Adaway, William	🇬🇧ENG	1882	1.5	1790	1983	+6.0
9	Mason, Donald J	🇬🇧ENG	2022	1.5	1926	2119	+4.8
11	Ogunshola, Ben	🇳🇬NGR	2081	1.5	1909	2102	+1.4
12	CMValdepenas Octavio, Javier	🇪🇸ESP	2207	1.5	2100	2293	+4.2
20	Jain, Gautam	🇬🇧ENG	2012	1.5	2088	2281	+14.0
17	Compton, Alistair	🇳🇿NZL	2049	1.5	1952	2145	+5.8
14	Talsma, Paul	🇳🇱NED	2027	1.5	1839	2032	+0.4
19	Sedykh, Stakhey	🇬🇧ENG	1759	1.5	1857	2050	+15.2
36	Rasalingam, Haran	🇬🇧ENG	2045	1.0	1999	1999	-2.6
43	CMEden, Tomer	🇮🇱ISR	2127	1.0	2038	2038	-4.6
23	Kerekesh, Yaroslav	🇺🇦UKR	0	1.0	2168	2168	0.0
27	Starley, Robert	🇬🇧ENG	2082	1.0	2159	2159	+4.2
22	Gibson, Christopher A	🇬🇧ENG	1887	1.0	1837	1837	-2.6
31	Faller, Gideon	🇬🇧ENG	1774	1.0	1837	1837	+6.8
38	Hill, Alistair	🇬🇧ENG	2112	1.0	2190	2190	+4.2
46	Bansal, Rohan	🇬🇧ENG	1999	1.0	2051	2051	+2.8
42	Webster, Peter A N	🇬🇧ENG	1927	1.0	2144	2144	+10.6
24	Pollack, Oscar	🇬🇧ENG	2141	1.0	2099	2099	-2.4
32	Cooper, David M	🇬🇧ENG	1991	1.0	1737	1737	-11.4
64	Jones, Christopher M	🇬🇧ENG	2141	1.0	2013	2013	-3.4
26	Saxena, Samidh	🇬🇧ENG	1586	1.0	1707	1707	+10.8
21	Borrowdale, Graham E	🇬🇧ENG	1911	1.0	2004	2004	+5.0
29	Jaszkiwskyj, Peter	🇬🇧ENG	1924	1.0	1762	1762	-8.2
33	Lim, Mark	🇬🇧ENG	1846	1.0	1896	1896	+2.6
40	Mize, Dylan	🇺🇸USA	1811	1.0	1878	1878	+3.8
45	Burrows, Martin P	🇬🇧ENG	2117	1.0	2035	2035	-4.4
37	Redmond, John P.	🇮🇪IRL	2173	1.0	2100	2100	-4.0
44	Ashworth, Michael	🇬🇧ENG	2019	1.0	1909	1909	-5.8
25	Byron, Alan M	🇬🇧ENG	2022	1.0	1984	1984	-2.2
30	Pickles, Stephen	🇦🇺AUS	2227	1.0	1934	1934	-13.8
35	Wong, Chun Hei	🇭🇰HKG	1943	1.0	2133	2133	+9.8
41	Baer, Bruce L	🇬🇧ENG	1981	1.0	1846	2646	+6.4
34	De Coverly, Roger D	🇬🇧ENG	1910	1.0	1938	1938	+1.4
58	Conterno, Dominique	🇬🇧ENG	1796	0.5	1820	1627	-8.8
62	Cameron, Josh	🇬🇧ENG	0	0.5	2058	1865	0.0
49	Pleasants, Allan J	🇬🇧WLS	1986	0.5	2159	1966	-0.8
55	IMMadan, Augustin	🇷🇴ROU	2259	0.5	2168	1975	-7.5
51	McDougall, William	🇬🇧SCO	1940	0.5	2125	1932	-1.0
47	Wilson, Jaimie	🇬🇧ENG	2088	0.5	2190	1997	-4.4
54	Obi, Okwose Marc	🇬🇧ENG	1818	0.5	2051	1858	+1.6
56	Ashworth, Robert	🇬🇧ENG	1917	0.5	1766	1573	-18.0
57	Matthews, Adrian M S	🇬🇧ENG	1772	0.5	1972	1779	0.0
59	Sachdeva, Ronit	🇬🇧ENG	2034	0.5	1968	1775	-13.6
53	Ding, Yiwen	🇬🇧ENG	1905	0.5	2027	2027	+6.8
48	Santosh Kumar, Darsh	🇬🇧ENG	1532	0.5	1761	1568	0.0
50	Kothari, Jai	🇬🇧ENG	2149	0.5	2042	1849	-30.8
52	FMLewis, Andrew P	🇬🇧ENG	2225	0.5	2259	2259	+1.0
61	WFMLongson, Sarah N	🇬🇧ENG	1923	0.5	2028	1835	-4.2
65	Pitcher, John	🇬🇧ENG	2149	0.5	2034	1841	-16.2
60	Maclannan, Richard	🇬🇧ENG	1779	0.5	1655	1655	-3.4
63	Ding, Yihua	🇬🇧ENG	1655	0.5	1779	1779	+6.8
67	Ding, Yicheng	🇬🇧ENG	1760	0.0	1865	1065	-28.8
69	Quillaud, Maxime	🇬🇧ENG	2001	0.0	2088	1288	-30.4
71	Lambourne, Dan M	🇬🇧ENG	1955	0.0	2088	1288	-13.0
75	Williamson, Kevin J	🇬🇧ENG	1835	0.0	1865	1065	-18.6
68	Maheshwari, Shlok	🇬🇧ENG	1762	0.0	2004	1204	-16.4
66	Moldovan, Alexandru-Mitica	🇬🇧ENG	1850	0.0	1879	1079	-9.2
72	Kee, Steve	🇬🇧ENG	1985	0.0	1896	1096	-24.8
73	Marsh, Aram	🇬🇧ENG	1674	0.0	1838	1038	-23.2
74	Coupe, Jon	🇬🇧ENG	1745	0.0	1831	1031	-30.8
70	Page, Mark E	🇬🇧ENG	2064	0.0	1910	1110	-14.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lappin, BenjaminENG
+42.0
2.0 pts · #6
2Sefton, AdamENG
+38.8
2.0 pts · #8
3Pereslavtsev, AlexandrENG
+32.8
2.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Coupe, JonENG
-30.8
0.0 pts · #74
2Kothari, JaiENG
-30.8
0.5 pts · #50
3Quillaud, MaximeENG
-30.4
0.0 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R1+300 Elo gap
Webster, Peter A N1927 beat Pickles, Stephen2227
R1+206 Elo gap
Wong, Chun Hei1943 beat Kothari, Jai2149
R2+169 Elo gap
Sefton, Adam1958 beat CMEden, Tomer2127