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2025 London Christmas Congress Major (U1940)

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Harrow, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1782, and top seed was Anixton Linton (🇬🇧 ENG, 1864).

Alan Hayward (🇬🇧 ENG, 1812) won with 5.0/6, ahead of George Calvert (4.5) and Torrey Horwood (4.0). Hayward shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Omar Oliveri (1588) beat Jason Bush (1862), a +274-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Harrow, England
Dates
28 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
1,782
Participants
29
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×27
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Alan Hayward led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
5
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Hayward takes lead
Hayward5Calvert4.5OGorman4Horwood4Kirkwood4Czarnuch4— ex-leaders:McLeanled R3, #11
R5 · LEADER CHANGE30 Dec

Alan Hayward takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Brendan OGorman won 3 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alan Hayward*
½
½
2George Calvert*
3Brendan OGorman
½
*
1
4Torrey Horwood
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hayward, Alan1812ENG+11B+13N=3B+9N+4B=7N5.019.022.018.001951+19.0
2Calvert, George1747ENG27N+18B+15N=5B+21B+6N4.515.516.513.502068+48.4
3Horwood, Torrey1630ENG+24N+6B=1N+4B7B=5N4.021.022.514.001899+86.8
4McLean, Rory1754ENG+14N+27B+8B3N1N+20B4.018.519.510.501680-7.4
5Czarnuch, Dominic1773ENG=21B=17N+13B=2N+9B=3B4.017.519.513.001855+16.4
6Ding, Yicheng1752ENG+28B3N+27B+8N+12B2B4.017.018.09.501589-26.4
7OGorman, Brendan1777ENG=26N+22BF+10B+3N=1B4.016.016.012.751929+18.2
8Kirkwood, Ross W0ENG+23N+25B4N6B+17B+16N4.015.517.09.0017280.0
9Oliveri, Omar1588ENG+20N+29B=10N1B5N+18B3.517.517.56.751791+51.6
10Dean, Robert A1743ENG=17B+19N=9B7N=11B+13N3.516.519.010.251672-7.6
11Sengupta, Sohana1638ENG1N=24B=18N+29B=10N+17B3.515.015.06.251711+13.6
12Llewellyn, Julian D1768ENG25N+23B=26N+22B6N+21B3.511.513.06.751654-15.2
13Sood, Vineet1685ENG+18N1B5N+15B+14N10B3.018.521.08.501667-2.6
14Rozmus, Oliver1509ENG4B=15B+24N=16N13B+23B3.015.016.56.501731+55.2
15Bryant, Luke0ENG=19B=14N2B13N+27B+22B3.015.016.05.7515550.0
16Colter, Nigel1773ENG=22N=26B=21N=14B+23N8B3.013.014.56.251704-6.8
17Bartholomee VII, Julian Prakash0USA=10N=5B+29N=20B8N11N2.517.517.55.0016430.0
18Bush, Jason1862ENG13B2N=11B+19N+24B9N2.517.018.55.751537-42.4
19Nedellec, Pierre0ENG=15N10B22N18B+28N+24N2.512.513.54.0015590.0
20Scott, Jane1768ENG9B+28N+25B=17NF4N2.512.512.53.751519-39.2
21Owladi, Peyman0ENG=5NF=16B+26B2N12N2.016.516.55.0016660.0
22Kasprowicz, Peter1628ENG=16B7N+19B12N=25B15N2.016.017.54.751534-9.4
23De Block, Gert1668BEL8B12N+28B+25N16B14N2.015.016.02.501467-20.8
24Drennan, William B1776ENG3B=11N14B+27N18N19B1.515.516.52.751338-41.8
25Horwood, Alexander1591ENG+12B8N20N23B=22NF1.514.014.04.501621+4.8
26Pepe, Salvatore1632ENG=7B=16N=12B21NFF1.512.512.55.251772+11.2
27Turnbull, Luc0ENG+2B4N6N24B15N28B1.017.018.04.5015640.0
28So, Mason0ENG6N20B23NF19B+27N1.012.012.01.009290.0
29Nobleza, Dwayne0ENGF9N17B11NFF0.09.59.50.008130.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets