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
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAlan 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
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alan Hayward | * | — | ½ | ½ |
| 2George Calvert | — | * | — | — |
| 3Brendan OGorman | ½ | — | * | 1 |
| 4Torrey Horwood | ½ | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayward, Alan | 1812 | ENG | +11B | +13N | =3B | +9N | +4B | =7N | 5.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 18.00 | 1951 | +19.0 |
| 2 | Calvert, George | 1747 | ENG | −27N | +18B | +15N | =5B | +21B | +6N | 4.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 13.50 | 2068 | +48.4 |
| 3 | Horwood, Torrey | 1630 | ENG | +24N | +6B | =1N | +4B | −7B | =5N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 14.00 | 1899 | +86.8 |
| 4 | McLean, Rory | 1754 | ENG | +14N | +27B | +8B | −3N | −1N | +20B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1680 | -7.4 |
| 5 | Czarnuch, Dominic | 1773 | ENG | =21B | =17N | +13B | =2N | +9B | =3B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 13.00 | 1855 | +16.4 |
| 6 | Ding, Yicheng | 1752 | ENG | +28B | −3N | +27B | +8N | +12B | −2B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1589 | -26.4 |
| 7 | OGorman, Brendan | 1777 | ENG | =26N | +22B | F | +10B | +3N | =1B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 12.75 | 1929 | +18.2 |
| 8 | Kirkwood, Ross W | 0 | ENG | +23N | +25B | −4N | −6B | +17B | +16N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Oliveri, Omar | 1588 | ENG | +20N | +29B | =10N | −1B | −5N | +18B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 1791 | +51.6 |
| 10 | Dean, Robert A | 1743 | ENG | =17B | +19N | =9B | −7N | =11B | +13N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 10.25 | 1672 | -7.6 |
| 11 | Sengupta, Sohana | 1638 | ENG | −1N | =24B | =18N | +29B | =10N | +17B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.25 | 1711 | +13.6 |
| 12 | Llewellyn, Julian D | 1768 | ENG | −25N | +23B | =26N | +22B | −6N | +21B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1654 | -15.2 |
| 13 | Sood, Vineet | 1685 | ENG | +18N | −1B | −5N | +15B | +14N | −10B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 1667 | -2.6 |
| 14 | Rozmus, Oliver | 1509 | ENG | −4B | =15B | +24N | =16N | −13B | +23B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 6.50 | 1731 | +55.2 |
| 15 | Bryant, Luke | 0 | ENG | =19B | =14N | −2B | −13N | +27B | +22B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 5.75 | 1555 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Colter, Nigel | 1773 | ENG | =22N | =26B | =21N | =14B | +23N | −8B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1704 | -6.8 |
| 17 | Bartholomee VII, Julian Prakash | 0 | USA | =10N | =5B | +29N | =20B | −8N | −11N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Bush, Jason | 1862 | ENG | −13B | −2N | =11B | +19N | +24B | −9N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 5.75 | 1537 | -42.4 |
| 19 | Nedellec, Pierre | 0 | ENG | =15N | −10B | −22N | −18B | +28N | +24N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Scott, Jane | 1768 | ENG | −9B | +28N | +25B | =17N | F | −4N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1519 | -39.2 |
| 21 | Owladi, Peyman | 0 | ENG | =5N | F | =16B | +26B | −2N | −12N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1666 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Kasprowicz, Peter | 1628 | ENG | =16B | −7N | +19B | −12N | =25B | −15N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 4.75 | 1534 | -9.4 |
| 23 | De Block, Gert | 1668 | BEL | −8B | −12N | +28B | +25N | −16B | −14N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1467 | -20.8 |
| 24 | Drennan, William B | 1776 | ENG | −3B | =11N | −14B | +27N | −18N | −19B | 1.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 2.75 | 1338 | -41.8 |
| 25 | Horwood, Alexander | 1591 | ENG | +12B | −8N | −20N | −23B | =22N | F | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1621 | +4.8 |
| 26 | Pepe, Salvatore | 1632 | ENG | =7B | =16N | =12B | −21N | F | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1772 | +11.2 |
| 27 | Turnbull, Luc | 0 | ENG | +2B | −4N | −6N | −24B | −15N | −28B | 1.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1564 | 0.0 |
| 28 | So, Mason | 0 | ENG | −6N | −20B | −23N | F | −19B | +27N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 929 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Nobleza, Dwayne | 0 | ENG | F | −9N | −17B | −11N | F | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 813 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Horwood, TorreyENG+86.84.0 pts · #3
- 2Rozmus, OliverENG+55.23.0 pts · #10
- 3Oliveri, OmarENG+51.63.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Bush, JasonENG-42.42.5 pts · #17
- 2Drennan, William BENG-41.81.5 pts · #27
- 3Scott, JaneENG-39.22.5 pts · #23
Biggest upsets
- R6+274 Elo gap
- R3+267 Elo gap
- R1+180 Elo gap