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2025 Birmingham Open

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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

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Finlay 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
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
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
Player1234
1Finlay Bowcott-Terry*
1
1
2FMAdithya Vaidyanathan*
3Denis K Dupuis
0
*
4Bruce L Baer
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bowcott-Terry, Finlay0ENG+6B+17N+3B=4N+5B4.514.516.514.752387+16.6
2Vaidyanathan, AdithyaFM0ENG+9N+10B4N+7B+8N4.012.515.011.502250+30.0
3Dupuis, Denis K0ENG+16N+22B1N+10B+4B4.012.514.09.502239+48.0
4Potter, John M0ENG+25B+11N+2B=1B3N3.515.016.09.752179+20.2
5Baer, Bruce L0ENG+29N+8B=7N+17B1N3.512.512.56.502227+34.6
6Vaddhireddy, Sai0ENG1N=16B+29N+26B+20N3.59.59.54.002092+14.8
7Pilley, Jack0ENG+13B+12N=5B2N=11B3.012.515.08.001977-6.8
8Murawski, JanCM0ENG+14B5N+24B+12N2B3.012.514.06.502002-44.0
9Hu, Junyan0ENG2B+30N=23N=16B+17N3.09.59.53.752080+47.6
10Bevis, Noah0ENG+31B2N+13B3N=14N2.513.013.03.751934+3.6
11Turner, Lewis A0ENG+23B4BF+18N=7N2.510.010.05.002014+8.2
12Lynch, Ethan0ENG+27N7B+25N8B=19N2.59.010.03.0019640.0
13Fearnhead, Benjamin0ENG7N+31B10N=22B+16N2.59.09.02.751845-9.2
14Hopkins, Kit W0ENG8N+29BF+23N=10B2.57.07.02.752023+9.8
15Cont, Arya0ENG=28N=18B+19N=20BF2.56.56.54.251979-10.6
16Okorafor, Daniel0ENG3B=6N+32B=9N13B2.013.013.03.2518360.0
17Briggs, Philip J0ENG+30B1B+22N5N9B2.012.512.51.501904-32.4
18Pyda, Arjun0ENG=24B=15NF11B+26N2.07.57.53.001947+14.6
19Amoako Philip Selikem Yao0GHAF=26N15B+25N=12B2.07.07.02.751912-3.6
20Shivakumar, Akshath0ENG=26B+32NF=15N6B2.07.07.01.751919+10.8
21Modi, Shyam Jagdish0ENG22N25B+31N+30BF2.02.52.50.001872-19.8
22Berger, Justin0FRA+21B3N17B=13N23B1.510.512.03.251837-25.4
23Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika0SRI11NF=9B14B+22N1.59.59.53.001843+6.4
24Modi, Kishan Jagdish0ENG=18N+28B8NFF1.55.55.51.501988-0.8
25Ali, Golam S0ENG4N+21N12B19BF1.010.010.02.001888+0.8
26Dhingra, Kanvansh0ENG=20N=19BF6N18B1.09.59.52.001693-15.2
27Saxena, Advik0ENG12BFFF+30N1.02.52.50.002644+25.6
28Sullivan, Daniel0ENG=15B24NFFF0.54.04.01.251848-4.4
29Whitmore, Darren H0ENG5B14N6BFF0.09.59.50.001143-31.6
30Ronald, Ted0ENG17N9BF21N27B0.08.08.00.001154-59.6
31Saxena, Reyansh0ENG10N13N21BFF0.07.07.00.001159-27.2
32Beattie, Conor0ENGF20B16NFF0.04.04.00.001063-20.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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