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2025 West Wales Minor

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Swansea, Wales. Top 10 Elo average was 1574, and top seed was Robert AJ Hurn (🇬🇧 WLS, 1674).

Ian Hayes (🇬🇧 WLS, 1665) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gareth Harper (4.0) and David S Foster (4.0). Hayes won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Robert Bradley (1310) beat FIDE 1809962 (1451), a +141-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
🇬🇧Robert AJ Hurn1674
Avg top 10
1,574
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧Wales×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Ian Hayes led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Hayes4.5Harper4Foster4Peters3.5Hurn3Are3— ex-leaders:Hayesled R4–R5, #8
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Ian Hayes held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ian Hayes beat Gareth Harper (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ian Hayes 4 wins (R1–R4)David S Foster 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ian Hayes*
1
1
½
2Gareth Harper
0
*—
1
3David S Foster
0
—*—
4Chris Peters
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hayes, Ian1665WLS+18B+10N+2B+3N=4B4.514.015.013.251657-5.2
2Harper, Gareth0WLS+4B+20N−1N+12B+5B4.013.514.510.0017180.0
3Foster, David S1546WLS+14B+8N+5B−1B+13N4.012.014.09.5016780.0
4Peters, Chris1657WLS−2N+22B+11N+9B=1N3.513.513.57.251867+15.4
5Hurn, Robert AJ1674WLS+9N+17B−3N+6B−2N3.013.514.56.502377+14.8
6Belochkin, David1546WLSF+16B+17N−5N+8B3.08.08.05.00874-13.2
7Are, Jai Hrithvik Adithya1465WLSF−13N+10B+19N+14B3.07.57.55.50750-14.4
8Choudhuri, Rishi0WLS+11N−3B+?N=13B−6N2.511.511.53.5015070.0
9Mason, Jack1395WLS−5B+21N+20B−4N=10B2.510.010.02.25866-33.6
10Bradley, Robert1310WLS+?N−1B−7N+21B=9N2.510.010.01.2513300.0
11Hill, Glyn1427WLS−8B+14N−4B=16N+19B2.59.510.53.75857-4.2
12Powell, Andrew1633WLSF+15N=13B−2N+16B2.59.59.54.501550-4.4
13Sarwar, Adam1650WLSF+7B=12N=8N−3B2.012.012.05.501735+18.8
14FIDE 18095471385—−3N−11B+22N+?B−7N2.09.59.50.006390.0
15Deng, Clara1366WLSF−12B−16N+18B+17N2.06.06.02.008330.0
16Liu, Yimo1329WLSF−6N+15B=11B−12N1.510.010.03.2512620.0
17FIDE 18080951437—+21N−5N−6BF−15B1.08.08.00.008100.0
18FIDE 18095041391—−1NF−19B−15N+21B1.07.57.50.009490.0
19FIDE 18090241310—F−?B+18N−7B−11N1.06.56.51.006390.0
20Bevan, Paul1469WLS+22N−2B−9NFF1.06.56.50.008080.0
21FIDE 18102601310—−17B−9BF−10N−18N0.07.07.00.008080.0
22FIDE 18102511313—−20B−4N−14BF−?N0.06.56.50.008570.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets