2025 Birmingham Open
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Birmingham, England. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Finlay Bowcott-Terry (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Adithya Vaidyanathan (4.0) and Denis K Dupuis (4.0). Bowcott-Terry broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇬🇧Birmingham, England
Dates
15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
32
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×29
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇬🇭Ghana×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFinlay Bowcott-Terry led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
12
6
2
3
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Finlay Bowcott-Terry held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Finlay Bowcott-Terry won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Finlay Bowcott-Terry | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMAdithya Vaidyanathan | — | * | — | — |
| 3Denis K Dupuis | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Bruce L Baer | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowcott-Terry, Finlay | 0 | ENG | +6B | +17N | +3B | =4N | +5B | 4.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.75 | 2387 | +16.6 |
| 2 | Vaidyanathan, AdithyaFM | 0 | ENG | +9N | +10B | −4N | +7B | +8N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 11.50 | 2250 | +30.0 |
| 3 | Dupuis, Denis K | 0 | ENG | +16N | +22B | −1N | +10B | +4B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 2239 | +48.0 |
| 4 | Potter, John M | 0 | ENG | +25B | +11N | +2B | =1B | −3N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 2179 | +20.2 |
| 5 | Baer, Bruce L | 0 | ENG | +29N | +8B | =7N | +17B | −1N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 2227 | +34.6 |
| 6 | Vaddhireddy, Sai | 0 | ENG | −1N | =16B | +29N | +26B | +20N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 2092 | +14.8 |
| 7 | Pilley, Jack | 0 | ENG | +13B | +12N | =5B | −2N | =11B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 1977 | -6.8 |
| 8 | Murawski, JanCM | 0 | ENG | +14B | −5N | +24B | +12N | −2B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 2002 | -44.0 |
| 9 | Hu, Junyan | 0 | ENG | −2B | +30N | =23N | =16B | +17N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 2080 | +47.6 |
| 10 | Bevis, Noah | 0 | ENG | +31B | −2N | +13B | −3N | =14N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.75 | 1934 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Turner, Lewis A | 0 | ENG | +23B | −4B | F | +18N | =7N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 2014 | +8.2 |
| 12 | Lynch, Ethan | 0 | ENG | +27N | −7B | +25N | −8B | =19N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1964 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Fearnhead, Benjamin | 0 | ENG | −7N | +31B | −10N | =22B | +16N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1845 | -9.2 |
| 14 | Hopkins, Kit W | 0 | ENG | −8N | +29B | F | +23N | =10B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 2023 | +9.8 |
| 15 | Cont, Arya | 0 | ENG | =28N | =18B | +19N | =20B | F | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.25 | 1979 | -10.6 |
| 16 | Okorafor, Daniel | 0 | ENG | −3B | =6N | +32B | =9N | −13B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1836 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Briggs, Philip J | 0 | ENG | +30B | −1B | +22N | −5N | −9B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1904 | -32.4 |
| 18 | Pyda, Arjun | 0 | ENG | =24B | =15N | F | −11B | +26N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1947 | +14.6 |
| 19 | Amoako Philip Selikem Yao | 0 | GHA | F | =26N | −15B | +25N | =12B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1912 | -3.6 |
| 20 | Shivakumar, Akshath | 0 | ENG | =26B | +32N | F | =15N | −6B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1919 | +10.8 |
| 21 | Modi, Shyam Jagdish | 0 | ENG | −22N | −25B | +31N | +30B | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1872 | -19.8 |
| 22 | Berger, Justin | 0 | FRA | +21B | −3N | −17B | =13N | −23B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1837 | -25.4 |
| 23 | Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika | 0 | SRI | −11N | F | =9B | −14B | +22N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1843 | +6.4 |
| 24 | Modi, Kishan Jagdish | 0 | ENG | =18N | +28B | −8N | F | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1988 | -0.8 |
| 25 | Ali, Golam S | 0 | ENG | −4N | +21N | −12B | −19B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1888 | +0.8 |
| 26 | Dhingra, Kanvansh | 0 | ENG | =20N | =19B | F | −6N | −18B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1693 | -15.2 |
| 27 | Saxena, Advik | 0 | ENG | −12B | F | F | F | +30N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 2644 | +25.6 |
| 28 | Sullivan, Daniel | 0 | ENG | =15B | −24N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1848 | -4.4 |
| 29 | Whitmore, Darren H | 0 | ENG | −5B | −14N | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1143 | -31.6 |
| 30 | Ronald, Ted | 0 | ENG | −17N | −9B | F | −21N | −27B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1154 | -59.6 |
| 31 | Saxena, Reyansh | 0 | ENG | −10N | −13N | −21B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1159 | -27.2 |
| 32 | Beattie, Conor | 0 | ENG | F | −20B | −16N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1063 | -20.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dupuis, Denis KENG+48.04.0 pts · #5
- 2Hu, JunyanENG+47.63.0 pts · #10
- 3Baer, Bruce LENG+34.63.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Ronald, TedENG-59.60.0 pts · #30
- 2Murawski, JanCMENG-44.03.0 pts · #13
- 3Briggs, Philip JENG-32.42.0 pts · #15