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2026 Isle of Wight Seniors

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Ryde, England. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 409, and top seed was Piotr Cap (🇵🇱 POL, 2119).

Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 0) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Philip J Crocker (6.0) and Richard Jennings (4.5). Arkell won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Anthony Spillane (1974) beat Piotr Cap (2119), a +145-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Ryde, England
Dates
16 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱Piotr Cap2119
Avg top 10
409
Participants
21
Titled players · 3
GM×1
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Keith C Arkell led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Arkell7Crocker6Jennings4.5Costello4.5Jackson4Punnett4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Keith C Arkell never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Keith C Arkell beat Philip J Crocker (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Keith C Arkell 7 wins (R1–R7)Philip J Crocker 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKeith C Arkell*
1
1
—
2Philip J Crocker
0
*
1
—
3Richard Jennings
0
0
*
1
4Colin A Costello——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arkell, Keith CGM0ENG+8N+3B+2N+13B+7N+5N+6B7.026.029.029.002832+9.2
2Crocker, Philip J0ENG+10N+5B−1B+17N+3N+8B+9N6.026.028.021.002292+31.2
3Jennings, Richard0SCO+20B−1N+8B+4N−2B+12N=5B4.528.028.513.502047+16.8
4Costello, Colin A0ENG+18N=6B=12N−3B=15N+11B+14N4.520.522.513.001864-0.2
5Johnson, Richard J0ENG+21B−2N=18B+11N+9N−1B=3N4.026.026.09.751956+13.4
6Punnett, Alan K0ENG=14B=4N=11B+18N=13N+7B−1N4.024.526.512.751978+6.6
7Jackson, Oliver AFM0ENG+19N=13B=9N+12B−1B−6N+16B4.023.024.510.252031-2.2
8Fleming, Andrew S J0ENG−1B+20N−3N+19B+14B−2N=12B3.525.025.56.501893+4.0
9Cap, Piotr2119POL+11B−17N=7B+10N−5B+15N−2B3.523.525.511.501891-36.6
10Williams, Peter0ENG−2B+21N=16B−9B−11N+20N+19B3.517.017.03.251813+12.0
11Waldock, Adrian D P0ENG−9N+15B=6N−5B+10B−4N=20B3.022.523.08.751808+2.6
12Clancy, Martin J0ENGF+14N=4B−7N+17B−3B=8N3.021.521.59.001899+17.0
13Dunnington, Angus JIM0SCO+16B=7N+17B−1N=6BFF3.019.519.58.502104-5.2
14Williams, Ad (tony)0ENG=6N−12B=19N+20B−8N+17N−4B3.018.519.05.251799+42.4
15Bloom, Paul0ENG−17B−11N+21B+16N=4B−9B=18N3.017.517.55.751703+3.8
16Gore, Bob R0ENG−13N=19B=10N−15B+21N=18B−7N2.517.017.03.501614-44.4
17Spillane, Anthony1974FRA+15N+9B−13N−2B−12N−14BF2.021.521.56.501797-26.6
18Collins, Nigel0ENG−4BF=5N−6B=19N=16N=15B2.019.519.55.501670+16.4
19Warner, Nicholas0ENG−7B=16N=14B−8N=18BF−10N1.518.518.53.751576-20.6
20Cook, Chris0ENG−3N−8BF−14NF−10B=11N0.517.517.51.501436-77.2
21FIDE 3434767160—−5N−10B−15NF−16BFF0.013.013.00.009510.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets