2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Round 1-2
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49 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 02 Nov 2025 in Dunfermline, Scotland. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2195, and top seed was Douglas M Bryson (🇬🇧 SCO, IM, 2299).
Nurlykhan Kudaibergen (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2127) won with 2.0/2, ahead of William Rutherford (2.0) and Andrew McCusker (2.0). Kudaibergen won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Neil Fleming (1856) beat Edwin A Spencer (2110), a +254-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Dunfermline, Scotland
Dates
02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 7
IM×3
FM×1
CM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×35
🇬🇷Greece×3
🇿🇦South Africa×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇬🇧England×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇨🇾Cyprus×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan | 🇰🇿KAZ | 2127 | 2.0 | 1966 | 2766 | +11.6 |
| 6 | Rutherford, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 1957 | 2.0 | 1903 | 2703 | +17.0 |
| 7 | McCusker, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 2010 | 2.0 | 1990 | 2790 | +18.8 |
| 2 | Madhavan, Sanjith | 🇬🇧SCO | 2110 | 2.0 | 2035 | 2835 | +31.6 |
| 24 | McKay, Jonathan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1990 | 2.0 | 2007 | 2807 | +10.4 |
| 1 | Irving, Neil | 🇬🇧SCO | 1886 | 2.0 | 1982 | 2782 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Vayanos,George Marwan | 🇬🇷GRE | 2095 | 2.0 | 1943 | 2743 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Palaniswamy, Raja S. | 🇮🇳IND | 1980 | 2.0 | 1917 | 2717 | +33.2 |
| 25 | Vadalia, Jainill | 🇬🇧SCO | 1978 | 2.0 | 1955 | 2755 | +18.8 |
| 13 | CMDeepak Ambattu, Rithvik | 🇬🇧SCO | 2168 | 1.5 | 2282 | 2475 | +32.4 |
| 8 | Fleming, Neil | 🇬🇧SCO | 1856 | 1.5 | 2004 | 2197 | +34.8 |
| 12 | IMBryson, Douglas M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2299 | 1.5 | 2102 | 2295 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Semenov, Igor | 🇬🇧SCO | 1897 | 1.5 | 1856 | 1856 | -2.4 |
| 9 | IMMuir, Andrew J | 🇬🇧SCO | 2144 | 1.5 | 2092 | 2285 | +3.6 |
| 10 | Burnett, Walter | 🇬🇧SCO | 1900 | 1.5 | 2010 | 2203 | +15.6 |
| 11 | IMPritchett, Craig W | 🇬🇧SCO | 2181 | 1.5 | 2147 | 2340 | +4.0 |
| 14 | FMThomson, Craig S M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2213 | 1.5 | 2031 | 2224 | +0.6 |
| 18 | Leah, Tom | 🇬🇧ENG | 2054 | 1.0 | 2187 | 2187 | +7.0 |
| 15 | McGeoch, Kenny R | 🇬🇧SCO | 1966 | 1.0 | 2147 | 2147 | +9.4 |
| 17 | Vasiliadis, Theodoros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1966 | 1.0 | 2126 | 2126 | +8.4 |
| 22 | Babin, Andre | 🇬🇧SCO | 1937 | 1.0 | 2069 | 2069 | +7.0 |
| 27 | Spiers, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 1882 | 1.0 | 1927 | 1927 | +4.8 |
| 29 | Sharma, Devesh | 🇬🇧SCO | 2007 | 1.0 | 1953 | 1953 | -6.0 |
| 16 | Allor, Chukwuka | 🇳🇬NGR | 2079 | 1.0 | 2044 | 2044 | -1.8 |
| 28 | Findlay, David John | 🇬🇧SCO | 2110 | 1.0 | 1920 | 1920 | -9.8 |
| 19 | Bozinakis, Pavlos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2265 | 1.0 | 2092 | 2092 | -8.8 |
| 49 | Tushynskyi, Volodymyr | 🇺🇦UKR | 2105 | 1.0 | 2144 | 1344 | -18.0 |
| 21 | WFMCooke, Suzie G. | 🇬🇧SCO | 1943 | 1.0 | 2086 | 2086 | +7.6 |
| 20 | Blackford, Ross | 🇬🇧SCO | 2092 | 1.0 | 1937 | 1937 | -8.2 |
| 23 | Jennings, Richard | 🇬🇧SCO | 1940 | 1.0 | 2080 | 2080 | +7.4 |
| 26 | CMOphoff, Ja | 🇿🇦RSA | 2264 | 1.0 | 2040 | 2040 | -11.4 |
| 31 | Bhopal, Raj | 🇬🇧SCO | 2049 | 0.5 | 1913 | 1720 | -17.4 |
| 37 | Berg, Jan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1931 | 0.5 | 2094 | 1901 | -1.4 |
| 32 | MacDonald, Duncan | 🇬🇧WLS | 1923 | 0.5 | 2034 | 1841 | -4.2 |
| 38 | Minnican, Alan | 🇬🇧SCO | 2042 | 0.5 | 2067 | 1874 | -8.6 |
| 36 | Browning, Isaac | 🇬🇧SCO | 2036 | 0.5 | 2256 | 2063 | +1.0 |
| 33 | Henderson, John B. | 🇬🇧SCO | 2166 | 0.5 | 2074 | 1881 | -14.8 |
| 35 | Spencer, Edwin A | 🇬🇧SCO | 2110 | 0.5 | 1890 | 1697 | -21.0 |
| 34 | Wright, Andrew G | 🇬🇧SCO | 2124 | 0.5 | 2004 | 1811 | -16.4 |
| 46 | Sloan, Elliot S | 🇬🇧SCO | 1955 | 0.0 | 2037 | 1237 | -15.6 |
| 41 | Drabych, Vladyslav | 🇺🇦UKR | 0 | 0.0 | 1944 | 1144 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Hulme, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 1897 | 0.0 | 1931 | 1131 | -18.2 |
| 45 | Hunter, Matthew | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.0 | 2042 | 1242 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Marks, Ian A | 🇬🇧SCO | 1916 | 0.0 | 1947 | 1147 | -18.2 |
| 48 | Stocklose, Sven | 🇿🇦RSA | 2016 | 0.0 | 2188 | 1388 | -22.4 |
| 40 | Skettos, Nicolas | 🇨🇾CYP | 1937 | 0.0 | 1980 | 1180 | -8.8 |
| 39 | Savidge, Daniel | 🇬🇧ENG | 2127 | 0.0 | 2059 | 1259 | -23.4 |
| 43 | Lothian, Robert | 🇬🇧SCO | 2026 | 0.0 | 2239 | 1439 | -9.2 |
| 42 | McCormack, Derek | 🇬🇧SCO | 1910 | 0.0 | 1900 | 1100 | -10.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fleming, NeilSCO+34.81.5 pts · #8
- 2Palaniswamy, Raja S.IND+33.22.0 pts · #4
- 3Deepak Ambattu, RithvikCMSCO+32.41.5 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Savidge, DanielENG-23.40.0 pts · #39
- 2Stocklose, SvenRSA-22.40.0 pts · #48
- 3Spencer, Edwin ASCO-21.00.5 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R1+254 Elo gap
- R1+210 Elo gap
- R1+200 Elo gap