Sheffield Christmas FIDE U2000
Open SwissStandard
26 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Sheffield, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1852, and top seed was Tom Wills (🇬🇧 ENG, 1976).
Daniel Sullivan (🇬🇧 ENG, 1928) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Tom Wills (4.5) and Seth Woozeer (4.5). Sullivan broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Henry Burton (1511) beat Oliver Graham (1784), a +273-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Sheffield, England
Dates
28 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇸🇩Sudan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsDaniel Sullivan led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
12
4
3
7
2
1
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD
Daniel Sullivan held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.
R4–R6 · WIN STREAK
Seth Woozeer won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Sullivan | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Seth Woozeer | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Tom Wills | ½ | 1 | * | — |
| 4Samidh Saxena | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sullivan, Daniel | 1928 | ENG | +20N | +21B | =7N | =2B | +6N | +8B | 5.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 14.50 | 2065 | +20.0 |
| 2 | Wills, Tom | 1976 | ENG | F | +3B | +10N | =1N | +4B | +5N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 18.00 | 2196 | +17.4 |
| 3 | Woozeer, Seth | 1800 | ENG | +23B | −2N | =5B | +9N | +11B | +7N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 13.00 | 1958 | +50.0 |
| 4 | Siu, Kam Wa | 1899 | HKG | +24N | +6B | =8N | =7B | −2N | +10B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 11.50 | 1871 | -2.0 |
| 5 | Mize, Dylan | 1811 | USA | +22N | =8B | =3N | +15B | +10N | −2B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 11.00 | 1901 | +12.2 |
| 6 | Saxena, Samidh | 1589 | ENG | +11B | −4N | +18B | +24N | −1B | +19N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1909 | +97.2 |
| 7 | Obi, Okwose Marc | 1819 | ENG | +13B | +9N | =1B | =4N | =8N | −3B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 12.75 | 1853 | +7.0 |
| 8 | McDonagh, Michael | 1931 | ENG | +17B | =5N | =4B | +12N | =7B | −1N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 11.25 | 1882 | -6.6 |
| 9 | Singh, Amandeep | 1555 | ENG | +15N | −7B | =21N | −3B | +20N | +16B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 7.25 | 1779 | +68.8 |
| 10 | Alderton, Julian | 0 | ENG | +19B | +12N | −2B | +11N | −5B | −4N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 8.00 | 1823 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Brown, Geoffrey D | 1790 | ENG | −6N | +16B | +26N | −10B | −3N | +23B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1630 | -16.2 |
| 12 | Crow, Steve | 1782 | ENG | +25N | −10B | +16N | −8B | =17N | =15B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1766 | -0.6 |
| 13 | Leonard, Paul | 1659 | ENG | −7N | −15B | F | +22N | +25B | +14N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1736 | +21.2 |
| 14 | Burton, Henry | 1511 | WLS | −21N | +20B | −19N | +26B | +15N | −13B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1639 | +31.2 |
| 15 | Graham, Oliver | 1784 | ENG | −9B | +13N | +17B | −5N | −14B | =12N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1615 | -26.8 |
| 16 | Mari, Peter | 1495 | ENG | +18B | −11N | −12B | =23N | +24B | −9N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1639 | +20.0 |
| 17 | Cuaresma, Bien | 1711 | ENG | −8N | +23B | −15N | +20B | =12B | F | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1766 | +14.4 |
| 18 | Howells, S Wyn | 1724 | WLS | −16N | +22B | −6N | =19B | =23N | =26B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1539 | -24.8 |
| 19 | Singh, Adamjeet | 1686 | ENG | −10N | =25B | +14B | =18N | F | −6B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.75 | 1594 | -18.0 |
| 20 | Holroyd-Doveton, Nathaniel | 1697 | ENG | −1B | −14N | =22B | −17N | −9B | +24N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 1.75 | 1482 | -33.8 |
| 21 | Greatorex, Roger | 1739 | ENG | +14B | −1N | =9B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 1666 | -5.4 |
| 22 | Roychowdhury, Aashita | 1657 | ENG | −5B | −18N | =20N | −13B | =26N | =25B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.75 | 1448 | -51.2 |
| 23 | Fraser, Chris | 1636 | ENG | −3N | −17N | F | =16B | =18B | −11N | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.50 | 1464 | -20.8 |
| 24 | Holi, Sief Al Din | 1683 | SUD | −4B | F | +25N | −6B | −16N | −20B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 1406 | -35.0 |
| 25 | Findlay, Ben | 1551 | ENG | −12B | =19N | −24B | F | −13N | =22N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1452 | -22.8 |
| 26 | Krajci, Marek | 0 | ENG | F | F | −11B | −14N | =22B | =18N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1477 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Saxena, SamidhENG+97.24.0 pts · #3
- 2Singh, AmandeepENG+68.83.5 pts · #7
- 3Woozeer, SethENG+50.04.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Roychowdhury, AashitaENG-51.21.5 pts · #26
- 2Holi, Sief Al DinSUD-35.01.0 pts · #22
- 3Holroyd-Doveton, NathanielENG-33.81.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R5+273 Elo gap
- R1+229 Elo gap
- R1+229 Elo gap