2025-26 SNCL Division 2 Round 1-2
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50 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 02 Nov 2025 in Dunfermline, Scotland. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1997, and top seed was Elliot Frew (🇬🇧 SCO, 2129).
Alan Jelfs (🇬🇧 SCO, 1850) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Kevin McDonald (2.0) and Stuart Marchbank (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Snorri Kristjansson (1705) beat Jamie Malkin (2094), a +389-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Dunfermline, Scotland
Dates
02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×43
🇬🇧England×2
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇮🇸Iceland×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jelfs, Alan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1850 | 2.0 | 1882 | 2682 | +21.8 |
| 12 | McDonald, Kevin | 🇬🇧SCO | 2034 | 2.0 | 2039 | 2839 | +20.4 |
| 26 | Marchbank, Stuart | 🇬🇧SCO | 1775 | 2.0 | 1743 | 2543 | +9.2 |
| 5 | WCMBhatia, Kanishka | 🇬🇧SCO | 1995 | 2.0 | 1762 | 2562 | +17.2 |
| 20 | Thomson, Neil | 🇬🇧SCO | 1917 | 2.0 | 1908 | 2708 | +9.8 |
| 1 | Darling, Callum | 🇬🇧SCO | 1880 | 2.0 | 1815 | 2615 | +32.8 |
| 2 | Frew, Elliot | 🇬🇧SCO | 2129 | 2.0 | 1862 | 2662 | +7.4 |
| 3 | Del Mar, Tristan Isaac | 🇬🇧SCO | 1918 | 2.0 | 1921 | 2721 | +40.0 |
| 17 | Myant, Martin | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 2.0 | 1959 | 1979 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Railwani, Tavish | 🇬🇧SCO | 1712 | 2.0 | 1860 | 2660 | +28.0 |
| 21 | Lukhi, Neev | 🇬🇧SCO | 1870 | 2.0 | 1787 | 2587 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Doherty, Stephen | 🇬🇧SCO | 1938 | 1.5 | 1760 | 1953 | +1.6 |
| 8 | Gunn-Russell, Charles | 🇬🇧SCO | 1814 | 1.5 | 1882 | 2075 | +27.6 |
| 35 | Campbell, Alistair | 🇬🇧SCO | 1905 | 1.5 | 1718 | 1718 | -4.8 |
| 22 | McGillivray, Calum | 🇬🇧SCO | 1769 | 1.5 | 1682 | 2482 | +7.6 |
| 7 | Malkin, Kenneth | 🇬🇧SCO | 1881 | 1.5 | 1799 | 1992 | +5.6 |
| 13 | Mittal, Advik | 🇬🇧SCO | 1833 | 1.5 | 1731 | 2531 | +14.4 |
| 9 | Wickramanayake, T U | 🇱🇰SRI | 1908 | 1.0 | 1884 | 1884 | -1.4 |
| 24 | Kristjansson, Snorri | 🇮🇸ISL | 1705 | 1.0 | 2045 | 2045 | +30.0 |
| 42 | Giulian, Rosemary A | 🇬🇧SCO | 1863 | 1.0 | 1850 | 1050 | -10.4 |
| 16 | McKenzie, Kyriakos | 🇬🇧SCO | 1743 | 1.0 | 1801 | 1801 | +6.0 |
| 19 | Mollison, Jamie | 🇬🇧SCO | 1901 | 1.0 | 1807 | 1807 | -5.0 |
| 27 | FMGiulian, Philip M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2039 | 1.0 | 1926 | 1926 | -5.8 |
| 15 | Hall, David G | 🇬🇧SCO | 1718 | 1.0 | 1899 | 1899 | +9.4 |
| 23 | Bergquist, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 1.0 | 1847 | 1847 | 0.0 |
| 37 | McGregor, Donald | 🇬🇧SCO | 1706 | 1.0 | 1937 | 1137 | -8.4 |
| 48 | Al Dakl Alla, Humam | 🇬🇧SCO | 1682 | 1.0 | 1769 | 969 | -15.2 |
| 25 | James, Chris | 🇬🇧SCO | 1851 | 1.0 | 1875 | 1875 | +1.4 |
| 11 | Carter, Richard | 🇬🇧SCO | 1892 | 1.0 | 1839 | 1839 | -2.8 |
| 28 | Sutherland, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 1841 | 1.0 | 1849 | 1849 | +0.8 |
| 14 | Malkin, Jamie | 🇬🇧SCO | 2094 | 1.0 | 1817 | 1817 | -12.6 |
| 18 | Kleboe, James P R | 🇬🇧SCO | 1788 | 1.0 | 1860 | 2660 | +12.0 |
| 30 | Bell, Jonathan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1866 | 0.5 | 1881 | 1688 | -18.4 |
| 31 | Bruce, John H | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.5 | 1772 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Bolln, Carsten | 🇩🇪GER | 1959 | 0.5 | 1892 | 1892 | -3.6 |
| 33 | Green, Michael L | 🇬🇧SCO | 1936 | 0.5 | 1988 | 1795 | -7.4 |
| 36 | Reynolds, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.5 | 1974 | 1781 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Gourlay, Martin B | 🇬🇧SCO | 1913 | 0.5 | 1918 | 1118 | -9.8 |
| 29 | Feather, Harry | 🇬🇧ENG | 0 | 0.5 | 1849 | 1656 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Prabhu, Aadith | 🇬🇧SCO | 1847 | 0.5 | 1889 | 1696 | -15.6 |
| 43 | Loch, Nathanael | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.0 | 1894 | 1094 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Kane, Robert | 🇬🇧ENG | 1787 | 0.0 | 2000 | 1200 | -10.2 |
| 49 | Geyer, Toby | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.0 | 1712 | 912 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Smith, Stephen H | 🇬🇧SCO | 1818 | 0.0 | 2017 | 1217 | -9.8 |
| 46 | Graham, James | 🇬🇧SCO | 1764 | 0.0 | 1891 | 1091 | -26.4 |
| 47 | Karampatos, Stavros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1928 | 0.0 | 2006 | 1206 | -15.8 |
| 50 | Haddow, Findlay | 🇬🇧SCO | 1860 | 0.0 | 1750 | 950 | -52.0 |
| 40 | Wilkinson, Kevin | 🇩🇪GER | 1731 | 0.0 | 1858 | 1058 | -26.4 |
| 38 | Liam Mathieson | 🇬🇧SCO | 1826 | 0.0 | 1779 | 979 | -45.2 |
| 45 | Fowler, David A | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 0.0 | 1694 | 894 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Del Mar, Tristan IsaacSCO+40.02.0 pts · #3
- 2Darling, CallumSCO+32.82.0 pts · #1
- 3Kristjansson, SnorriISL+30.01.0 pts · #24
Top rating losers
- 1Haddow, FindlaySCO-52.00.0 pts · #50
- 2Liam MathiesonSCO-45.20.0 pts · #38
- 3Graham, JamesSCO-26.40.0 pts · #46
Biggest upsets
- R1+389 Elo gap
- R2+148 Elo gap