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

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77 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Coventry, England. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2138, and top seed was Arno Sterck (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2266).

James Fawcett (🇬🇧 ENG, 1925) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Clive A Frostick (2.0) and James Thomas (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Adam Cranston (1808) beat William M Graham (1946), a +138-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Coventry, England

Dates

10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪FMArno Sterck2266

Avg top 10

2,138

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×3

CM×3

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×61

🇬🇧Wales×8

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇫🇷France×2

🇩🇰Denmark×1

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇱🇺Luxembourg×1

Top 3

🥇
James Fawcett
🇬🇧ENG·1925
2.0pts·2556perf+23.2
🥈
Clive A Frostick
🇬🇧ENG·2073
2.0pts·2711perf+11.4
🥉
James Thomas
🇬🇧ENG·1986
2.0pts·2751perf+36.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Fawcett, James	🇬🇧ENG	1925	2.0	1756	2556	+23.2
3	Frostick, Clive A	🇬🇧ENG	2073	2.0	1911	2711	+11.4
2	Thomas, James	🇬🇧ENG	1986	2.0	1951	2751	+36.0
4	Nasiri, Fahim	🇬🇧ENG	2007	2.0	2033	2833	+42.8
6	Bevis, Noah	🇬🇧ENG	1954	2.0	1945	2745	+39.2
5	CMFinn, Peter	🇬🇧ENG	2200	2.0	2109	2909	+15.0
7	CMStubbs, Oliver	🇬🇧ENG	2203	1.5	2021	2214	+0.6
22	Sahoo, Shivam	🇬🇧ENG	1872	1.5	1925	2118	+25.6
11	Hazlehurst, Cory S	🇬🇧ENG	1966	1.5	2154	2347	+19.0
17	FMSterck, Arno	🇧🇪BEL	2266	1.5	2024	2217	-1.8
13	Gibbs, Dominic V	🇬🇧ENG	1953	1.5	1880	2073	+6.0
19	Shaw, Dashiell L	🇬🇧ENG	1991	1.5	2138	2331	+17.6
18	Duncan, Patrick C M	🇬🇧ENG	2060	1.5	1999	2192	+6.6
10	Eldridge, Albert	🇬🇧ENG	1781	1.5	1851	2044	+25.2
8	Howell, Oliver W	🇬🇧ENG	1980	1.5	1900	2093	+6.0
9	Cranston, Adam	🇬🇧ENG	1808	1.5	1939	2132	+17.2
20	Green, Michael	🇬🇧ENG	2069	1.5	1997	2190	+6.0
21	Patel, Zain	🇬🇧ENG	2049	1.5	1997	2190	+14.4
12	Alcock, Graham P	🇬🇧ENG	1804	1.5	1834	2027	+11.6
14	Erskine-Pereira, Jack	🇬🇧ENG	1967	1.5	1956	2149	+9.4
15	Garnett, John S	🇬🇧ENG	1843	1.5	1834	2027	+9.4
16	Hasson, Peter	🇬🇧ENG	1988	1.5	1952	2145	+8.0
24	Wallace, Adrian D	🇬🇧ENG	1968	1.5	1935	2128	+16.4
23	Hughes, Roy	🇬🇧ENG	2043	1.5	1945	2138	+4.6
25	Wilkinson, Daniel	🇬🇧ENG	1880	1.5	1874	2067	+9.6
41	Weatherlake, John P	🇬🇧WLS	1869	1.0	1886	1886	+1.0
29	Morrison, Joseph	🇬🇧ENG	2013	1.0	2060	2060	+5.2
35	Gomez, Daniel	🇬🇧ENG	2104	1.0	1857	1857	-12.0
45	Barnes, Jamie	🇬🇧ENG	1932	1.0	1956	1956	+2.4
39	Pozimski, Szymon	🇵🇱POL	2033	1.0	2032	2032	0.0
34	FMWaddington, Mike P	🇬🇧ENG	2045	1.0	1965	1965	-4.4
37	Norris, Ethan	🇬🇧ENG	2050	1.0	2138	2138	+4.6
46	Wilson, Edgar	🇬🇧ENG	1896	1.0	1880	1880	-0.8
36	Trevelyan, John	🇬🇧WLS	1820	1.0	1881	1881	+3.4
26	Sagues, Vincent	🇫🇷FRA	1950	1.0	1892	1892	-3.2
27	Hatchett, Paul	🇬🇧WLS	1926	1.0	1901	1901	-1.4
30	Majeed, Haroon	🇬🇧ENG	2139	1.0	2060	2060	-4.4
42	Mazek, Marek	🇵🇱POL	2031	1.0	2078	2078	+2.6
31	Gilmore, Simon N	🇬🇧ENG	1894	1.0	1781	1781	-6.0
44	Heaven, Pete	🇬🇧WLS	2003	1.0	1999	1999	-0.2
33	Potter, Steven	🇬🇧ENG	1847	1.0	1756	1756	-4.6
28	Brown, John	🇬🇧ENG	1821	1.0	1907	1907	+9.2
38	Sherwood, Gabriel	🇬🇧ENG	1876	1.0	1857	2657	+18.8
32	Waterfield, Mark	🇬🇧ENG	1868	1.0	1821	2621	+8.6
43	CMBlake, J Morgan	🇬🇧ENG	2050	1.0	2017	2817	+9.0
40	Mulleady, Peter J	🇬🇧ENG	1893	1.0	1754	2554	+6.2
47	Hurney, Kevin	🇬🇧ENG	1932	0.5	1999	1806	-6.4
50	Naylor-Eade, Michael A	🇬🇧ENG	2003	0.5	1988	1795	-10.8
63	Coates, David H	🇬🇧ENG	1932	0.5	2021	1828	-5.2
64	Davies, Neil	🇬🇧ENG	1889	0.5	1948	1755	-7.0
56	Furness, Robert M	🇬🇧ENG	1956	0.5	1792	1599	-17.2
51	Lee, Jordan	🇬🇧ENG	1795	0.5	1824	1631	-16.8
53	Voiculescu-Holvad, Stefan	🇫🇷FRA	1866	0.5	1924	1731	-6.8
59	Scott, David A	🇬🇧ENG	1979	0.5	1978	1785	-10.2
65	WFMFrostick, Helen M	🇬🇧ENG	1872	0.5	1824	1631	-12.6
55	Dunn, Maxim	🇬🇧ENG	1964	0.5	2032	1839	-6.4
54	Truman, Richard G	🇬🇧ENG	1924	0.5	1905	1712	-11.0
48	Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	🇲🇾MAS	2042	0.5	2024	1831	-10.8
52	Brown, Thomas	🇬🇧WLS	2082	0.5	2154	1961	-6.4
60	Hoong, Jonathan	🇬🇧ENG	1598	0.5	1869	1676	+5.6
57	Pedersen, Carsten	🇩🇰DEN	2017	0.5	2041	1848	-8.6
61	Vaidyanathan, Sathya	🇬🇧ENG	1857	0.5	1913	1720	-13.6
58	Mehmood, Muhammed	🇬🇧ENG	1741	0.5	1889	1696	-4.4
66	Payne, Matthew J	🇬🇧ENG	2088	0.5	2139	2139	+1.4
67	Moyse, Nigel John	🇬🇧WLS	1884	0.5	1741	1741	-3.8
49	Kay, Lee P	🇬🇧ENG	1950	0.5	2045	2045	+2.6
62	Hertog, Alexander	🇬🇧ENG	1852	0.5	1926	1926	+4.0
68	Seymour, Timothy P	🇬🇧ENG	2062	0.0	2104	1304	-17.8
70	Graham, William M	🇬🇧ENG	1946	0.0	1897	1097	-22.6
72	Hewitt, William	🇬🇧WLS	1958	0.0	1999	1199	-17.8
73	Rose, Peter	🇬🇧ENG	1642	0.0	1886	1086	-8.0
74	Cumbers, Paul	🇬🇧ENG	2156	0.0	2200	1400	-8.8
71	FMMossong, Hubert	🇱🇺LUX	1981	0.0	2060	1260	-15.8
75	Quinn, John M	🇬🇧ENG	2072	0.0	2021	1221	-22.8
76	MacNeil, Elliott	🇬🇧WLS	1888	0.0	1925	1125	-18.0
77	Sturt, Charles A	🇬🇧ENG	1754	0.0	1937	1137	-10.4
69	Richmond, Frank	🇬🇧ENG	1881	0.0	1880	1080	-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nasiri, FahimENG
+42.8
2.0 pts · #4
2Bevis, NoahENG
+39.2
2.0 pts · #6
3Thomas, JamesENG
+36.0
2.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Quinn, John MENG
-22.8
0.0 pts · #75
2Graham, William MENG
-22.6
0.0 pts · #70
3Richmond, FrankENG
-20.0
0.0 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R1+138 Elo gap
Cranston, Adam1808 beat Graham, William M1946