2025 West Wales Major

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Swansea, Wales. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1808, and top seed was Peter M Bevan (🇬🇧 WLS, 1891).

Jon Tuson (🇬🇧 WLS, 1782) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Hywel Griffiths (4.0) and Peter M Bevan (3.5). Tuson shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Farouq Nasir (1529) beat Ewan Ferguson (1832), a +303-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Swansea, Wales

Dates

14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Peter M Bevan1891

Avg top 10

1,808

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇧Wales×19

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

Top 3

🥇
Jon Tuson
🇬🇧WLS·1782
4.5pts·2109perf+29.0
🥈
Hywel Griffiths
🇬🇧WLS·1787
4.0pts·1963perf+12.0
🥉
Peter M Bevan
🇬🇧WLS·1891
3.5pts·1840perf-5.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Jon Tuson 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

Tuson4.5Griffiths4Bevan3.5Heatman3.5Whitehouse3Nasir3

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jon Tuson held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Jon Tuson went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jon Tuson	*	—	½	1
2Hywel Griffiths	—	*	1	—
3Peter M Bevan	½	0	*	—
4Jordan Heatman	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tuson, Jon	1782	WLS	+15N	+22B	=3B	+4N	+5B	4.5	11.5	12.5	10.75	2109	+29.0
2	Griffiths, Hywel	1787	WLS	=9B	+17N	+21B	=5N	+3B	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.75	1963	+12.0
3	Bevan, Peter M	1891	WLS	+13N	+6B	=1N	+9B	−2N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.75	1840	-5.4
4	Heatman, Jordan	1789	WLS	+19N	=10B	+8N	−1B	+13B	3.5	12.0	13.5	7.75	1830	+6.0
5	Nathan Gunardi	0	INA	+16N	+11B	=14N	=2B	−1N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1814	0.0
6	Whitehouse, Evan	1760	WLS	+7N	−3N	−13B	+17B	+21N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	1680	0.0
7	Nasir, Farouq	1529	WLS	−6B	F	+18N	+11B	+9N	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	2539	+58.8
8	FIDE 1808540	1723	—	F	+20N	−4B	+16N	+10B	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.50	1771	0.0
9	Zheng, Lucas	1663	WLS	=2N	+12B	+10N	−3N	−7B	2.5	13.0	15.5	7.00	1754	+26.8
10	Thomas, Kevin	1743	WLS	+21N	=4N	−9B	+15B	−8N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	1708	-6.0
11	Smith, Andrew R	1777	WLS	+24B	−5N	=16B	−7N	+23B	2.5	8.5	9.0	2.25	1606	-22.0
12	Jones, Martin C	1783	WLS	F	−9N	=17B	+23N	+14B	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.75	1768	-1.6
13	Roberts, Jamie	1751	WLS	−3B	F	+6N	+14B	−4N	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1722	-4.0
14	Philpin, Les	1831	WLS	=20B	+23N	=5B	−13N	−12N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.25	1609	-39.2
15	George, Naveen Daniel	1650	MAS	−1B	=18N	+20B	−10N	−19B	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.25	930	-25.2
16	FIDE 1808850	1756	—	−5B	+24N	=11N	−8B	F	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.75	1827	0.0
17	Stannard, Mike	1528	WLS	F	−2B	=12N	−6N	+24B	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.75	1600	+6.0
18	Ferguson, Ewan	1832	WLS	−22N	=15B	−7B	+19N	F	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.25	1567	0.0
19	Probert, Malcolm	1665	WLS	−4B	−21B	=24N	−18B	+15N	1.5	7.5	8.0	1.75	1737	+3.8
20	FIDE 1810120	0	—	=14N	−8B	−15N	+24B	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1570	0.0
21	Mitchell, Thomas	1850	WLS	−10B	+19N	−2N	F	−6B	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.50	1610	0.0
22	Archibald,Mckenzie	1729	WLS	+18B	−1N	−23B	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	922	-20.4
23	Williams, Stephen	1663	WLS	F	−14B	+22N	−12B	−11N	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1606	-5.4
24	Goodchild, Tony	1521	WLS	−11N	−16B	=19B	−20N	−17N	0.5	7.0	8.5	0.75	1400	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nasir, FarouqWLS
+58.8
3.0 pts · #8
2Tuson, JonWLS
+29.0
4.5 pts · #1
3Zheng, LucasWLS
+26.8
2.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Philpin, LesWLS
-39.2
2.0 pts · #18
2George, Naveen DanielMAS
-25.2
1.5 pts · #23
3Smith, Andrew RWLS
-22.0
2.5 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R3+303 Elo gap
Nasir, Farouq1529 beat Ferguson, Ewan1832
R4+248 Elo gap
Nasir, Farouq1529 beat Smith, Andrew R1777
R5+134 Elo gap
Nasir, Farouq1529 beat Zheng, Lucas1663