9th Crewe Chess Congress 2026

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60 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Jun 2026 to 28 Jun 2026 in Crewe, England. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2186, and top seed was Stanley Badacsonyi (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2325).

Jacob Connor Boswell (🇬🇧 ENG, 2270) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Alex Bullen (4.0) and Junhao Xian (4.0). Boswell won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Yavuz Aydin Kocak (1554) beat Oliver Harrison (1855), a +301-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Crewe, England

Dates

26 Jun 2026 → 28 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧FMStanley Badacsonyi2325

Avg top 10

2,186

Participants

Titled players · 9

FM×2

CM×6

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×46

🇬🇧Wales×7

🇨🇳China×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

🇨🇾Cyprus×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

Top 3

🥇
Jacob Connor Boswell
🇬🇧ENG·2270
5.0pts·2881perf+27.0
🥈
CMAlex Bullen
🇬🇧WLS·2078
4.0pts·2225perf+19.0
🥉
Junhao Xian
🇨🇳CHN·2212
4.0pts·2807perf+14.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Jacob Connor Boswell led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Boswell5Bullen4Xian4Blackburn3.5Potter3.5Arnott3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jacob Connor Boswell never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Jacob Connor Boswell 5 wins (R1–R5)Junhao Xian 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jacob Connor Boswell	*	—	—	1
2CMAlex Bullen	—	*	—	½
3Junhao Xian	—	—	*	—
4FMJonathan L B Blackburn	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Boswell, Jacob Connor	2270	ENG	+12B	+9N	+10B	+4N	+5B	5.0	13.0	16.0	16.00	2881	+27.0
2	Bullen, AlexCM	2078	WLS	+29B	+15N	=21B	+14N	=4B	4.0	12.0	14.0	11.00	2225	+19.0
3	Xian, Junhao	2212	CHN	F	+43N	+22B	+38N	+6B	4.0	9.5	9.5	9.50	2807	+14.8
4	Blackburn, Jonathan L BFM	2221	WLS	+32N	+28B	+11N	−1B	=2N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.00	2202	-0.6
5	Larchikov, MaksymCM	2216	UKR	+17B	=22N	+24B	+26N	−1N	3.5	13.0	15.5	9.25	2247	+9.2
6	Potter, John M	2094	ENG	=56N	+47B	+33B	+21N	−3N	3.5	10.0	10.5	6.25	2063	-1.6
7	Gardiner, Harry	1983	ENG	F	+49N	+23B	=16N	+10B	3.5	10.0	10.0	8.50	2347	+33.2
8	Arnott, Jonathan WCM	2004	ENG	=34B	+42N	−14B	+29N	+33B	3.5	9.0	10.5	6.50	2035	+5.0
9	Zhao, GeorgeCM	1998	ENG	+52N	−1B	+17N	+11B	−13N	3.0	14.0	14.5	6.50	2086	+23.2
10	Surtees, Mike J	2057	ENG	+41N	+46B	−1N	+31B	−7N	3.0	12.0	13.5	5.00	2084	+3.6
11	Rich, AaronCM	2046	ENG	+18B	+50N	−4B	−9N	+43B	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	2010	-3.4
12	Davis, Cameron	1911	ENG	−1N	=41B	+51N	+30B	=26B	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.00	2016	+13.0
13	Honey, Luke Anthony	2044	ENG	F	−21B	+32N	+15N	+9B	3.0	10.5	10.5	8.00	2087	+4.8
14	Rathbone-Jones, IfanCM	2156	WLS	F	+58B	+8N	−2B	+22N	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.50	2118	-2.6
15	Van Kemenade, Rudy	1921	WLS	+54N	−2B	+44N	−13B	+45N	3.0	10.0	10.5	3.50	1934	+1.6
16	Cheng, Louis	2118	SCO	F	+35B	=31N	=7B	+25N	3.0	10.0	10.0	7.25	2140	+4.4
17	Gibson, Colin	1893	ENG	−5N	+52B	−9B	+50N	+36B	3.0	9.5	10.0	3.50	2019	+31.6
18	Woozeer, Seth	1833	ENG	−11N	+36B	=46N	=28B	+31N	3.0	9.0	10.5	5.75	2059	+60.8
19	Ratcliffe, James	1887	ENG	−23N	−30B	+59N	+44B	+28N	3.0	8.0	8.0	3.50	1900	+4.8
20	Sasikumar, Srivathsan	2015	ENG	F	+55B	=37N	=25B	+21N	3.0	7.5	7.5	5.25	2150	+26.8
21	Lambton, David	1758	ENG	+60B	+13N	=2N	−6B	−20B	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.00	1971	+36.4
22	Bloznelyte, Gintare	0	LTU	+30N	=5B	−3N	+34B	−14B	2.5	12.5	14.5	5.75	2003	0.0
23	Norris, Ethan	2101	ENG	+19B	F	−7N	+35N	=24B	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.25	2029	-7.6
24	Bolt, Graham	1971	ENG	F	+39B	−5N	+47B	=23N	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.75	2038	+8.8
25	De Coverly, Roger D	1919	ENG	−37B	+53N	+50B	=20N	−16B	2.5	9.0	9.5	3.00	1997	+8.0
26	Patel, Zain	2082	ENG	F	+56B	+45N	−5B	=12N	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.50	2071	-2.0
27	Armstrong, Malcolm J	1982	ENG	F	=44B	=30N	=45B	+32N	2.5	7.0	7.0	4.50	1893	-8.2
28	Ashton, AlannahWCM	1973	ENG	+48B	−4N	=29B	=18N	−19B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.00	1841	-36.8
29	Boganadham, Ved Sudeep	1870	ENG	−2N	+54B	=28N	−8B	=30N	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.50	1741	-26.4
30	Maheshwari, Shlok	1680	ENG	−22B	+19N	=27B	−12N	=29B	2.0	11.0	13.0	5.25	1913	+46.4
31	Cook, Michael-Antony	1992	GRE	+53B	=37N	=16B	−10N	−18B	2.0	11.0	11.5	3.00	1953	-6.6
32	Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian	1900	ENG	−4B	+48N	−13B	+42N	−27B	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.00	1893	-5.2
33	Cheung, Leo	1829	ENG	F	+40B	−6N	+46B	−8N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	2018	+38.4
34	Di-Vetta, Andrew	1750	WLS	=8N	+59B	−38B	−22N	=35B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.75	1898	+14.2
35	Obi, Okwose Marc	1893	ENG	=57B	−16N	+39N	−23B	=34N	2.0	9.5	10.0	3.25	1862	-4.2
36	Zhu, Yaoyao	1966	ENG	−50B	−18N	+41N	+55B	−17N	2.0	8.5	9.0	2.00	1757	-28.2
37	Badacsonyi, StanleyFM	2325	ENG	+25N	=31B	=20B	F	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	5.00	2102	-13.2
38	Pilley, Jack	2028	ENG	F	+51B	+34N	−3B	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	2056	+3.2
39	Kocak, Yavuz Aydin	1554	ENG	F	−24N	−35B	+52B	+41N	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.00	1879	+58.8
40	Gunarathne, Senith Thenula	2016	ENG	F	−33N	−42B	+53N	+51B	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	1821	-40.4
41	Harrison, Oliver	1855	ENG	−10B	=12N	−36B	+48N	−39B	1.5	10.0	11.5	3.00	1699	-20.0
42	Vaidyanathan, Sathya	1827	ENG	F	−8B	+40N	−32B	=47N	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.75	1864	+6.4
43	Riley, Chris	1899	ENG	F	−3B	=55N	+49B	−11N	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1876	-8.8
44	Yeung, Jia-Arn	1722	ENG	F	=27N	−15B	−19N	+53B	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1809	+16.0
45	Dissanayake, Sathsara	1890	ENG	F	+57N	−26B	=27N	−15B	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	1946	+9.2
46	Ackley, Peter J E	1958	ENG	+59B	−10N	=18B	−33N	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	1759	-21.0
47	Vassiliou, Chris	1884	CYP	F	−6N	+57B	−24N	=42B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.25	1923	+2.6
48	Van Kemenade, Julie	1752	WLS	−28N	−32B	=52N	−41B	+54N	1.5	6.0	6.5	0.75	1564	-15.8
49	Sandbrink, Kai	1767	SUI	F	−7B	=58N	−43N	+59B	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	1774	0.0
50	Shi, Kevin	1739	ENG	+36N	−11B	−25N	−17B	F	1.0	10.5	11.0	2.00	1763	+4.0
51	Marlow, Ben	1832	ENG	F	−38N	−12B	+54B	−40N	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.50	1185	-18.0
52	Mortazavi, Sami	1815	ENG	−9B	−17N	=48B	−39N	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1477	-62.4
53	Camp, Syringa Lyn	1794	WLS	−31N	−25B	=54N	−40B	−44N	0.5	8.0	8.5	0.25	1112	-27.8
54	Crosby, Andrew	0	ENG	−15B	−29N	=53B	−51N	−48B	0.5	7.5	8.0	0.25	1468	0.0
55	Revell, Jeremy	1827	ENG	F	−20N	=43B	−36N	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1687	-9.4
56	Rothwell, James P	1885	ENG	=6B	−26N	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.75	1895	+0.4
57	Caldwell, Susan L	2146	ENG	=35N	−45B	−47N	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	1.00	1616	-38.8
58	Attwell, Ben	1897	ENG	F	−14N	=49B	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1769	-7.2
59	Marsh, Aram	1665	ENG	−46N	−34N	−19B	F	−49N	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1041	-44.4
60	Evans, Paul R	0	ENG	−21N	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	958	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Woozeer, SethENG
+60.8
3.0 pts · #9
2Kocak, Yavuz AydinENG
+58.8
2.0 pts · #25
3Maheshwari, ShlokENG
+46.4
2.0 pts · #35

Top rating losers

1Mortazavi, SamiENG
-62.4
0.5 pts · #56
2Marsh, AramENG
-44.4
0.0 pts · #57
3Gunarathne, Senith ThenulaENG
-40.4
2.0 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R5+301 Elo gap
Kocak, Yavuz Aydin1554 beat Harrison, Oliver1855
R2+286 Elo gap
Lambton, David1758 beat Honey, Luke Anthony2044
R3+262 Elo gap
Vassiliou, Chris1884 beat Caldwell, Susan L2146