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56th Cotswold Chess Congress - Minor (U1635)

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Gloucester, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1501, and top seed was Nigel W Morris (🇬🇧 ENG, 1554).

The biggest upset came in round 6: FIDE 343472800 (1170) beat Jenny Gartside (1508), a +338-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Gloucester, England
Dates
23 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Nigel W Morris1554
Avg top 10
1,501
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×13
🇬🇧Wales×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FIDE 343489613 led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
5
3
1
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6#343489613 takes lead
5.55Crowe4.5Jennings4Jardine4Stannard4— ex-leaders:Geeled R4, #16
R6 · LEADER CHANGE25 May

FIDE 343489613 takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FIDE 343489613 beat FIDE 343494722 (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FIDE 343489613 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 343494722 3 wins (R4–R6)Daniel Crowe 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FIDE 343489613*
1
½
—
2FIDE 343494722
0
*
1
—
3Daniel Crowe
½
0
*—
4Michael Jennings———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1FIDE 3434896131529—+20B+5N+2B=3N+10B+4N5.521.023.020.7516360.0
2FIDE 3434947221403—+22N+6B−1N+9N+12B+3B5.021.023.017.5015370.0
3Crowe, Daniel1387ENG+8B+?N+16B=1B+4N−2N4.521.021.013.2516280.0
4Gee, Bart1501ENG+23B+7N+9B+24N−3B−1B4.020.022.012.002229+11.6
5Jardine, Kenneth1501ENG+25N−1B+20N=12B+11N=6B4.018.019.510.501760+6.8
6Stannard, Mike1514WLS+19B−2N=7B+29N+24B=5N4.017.017.08.001568+2.6
7Jennings, Michael1358ENG+14B−4B=6N+16N=17B+12N4.016.519.011.751691+54.4
8Millward, Francis1109ENG−3N+15B+?N−11B+13N+24B4.016.016.08.0015010.0
9FIDE 3434728001170—+10B+17N−4N−2B+29N+?B4.015.015.06.0015600.0
10FIDE 3434972761438—−9N+23B+13N+19B−1N=11B3.518.020.08.7515210.0
11Irie -Williams, Silk1366ENG=16N=18B+14B+8N−5B=10N3.517.019.511.251661+23.6
12Martin, Steve1438ENG+28B=26N+?B=5N−2N−7B3.014.514.52.7515610.0
13Thompson, Chris1298WLS−26B+28N−10B+21N−8B+23N3.013.013.04.00777-7.6
14Foster, Paul1535ENG−7N+27B−11N+25B+19NF3.012.012.04.50671-31.2
15Burns, Thomas1274ENG−?B−8N=21B+28N+16B=17N3.011.011.04.7515570.0
16Morris, Nigel W1554ENG=11B+21N−3N−7B−15N+29B2.517.017.03.751278-16.2
17FIDE 3434962291463—F−9B+?N=18B=7N=15B2.513.513.54.7514290.0
18FIDE 3434860101453—=21B=11N−19B=17N−?B+?N2.510.010.04.0015130.0
19FIDE 3434972411295—−6N+22B+18N−10N−14B−?B2.015.015.04.508060.0
20Walsh, Shaun1345ENG−1N+25B−5B−23N−22N+28B2.015.015.01.50906-6.8
21FIDE 3431118931234—=18N−16B=15N−13B+27N−22B2.013.014.03.757360.0
22FIDE 3434972681119—−2B−19N−25NF+20B+21N2.012.512.54.0014510.0
23FIDE 3434869241271—−4N−10N+28B+20B−?N−13B2.012.512.52.0013170.0
24Szwajkun, Steve1347ENGF+?N+29B−4B−6N−8N2.012.012.00.007540.0
25FIDE 3434919281249—−5B−20N+22B−14N−?B=27N1.512.012.02.508100.0
26Hunt, Jon1518ENG+13N=12BFFFF1.56.06.04.502289+15.2
27FIDE 3434620491108—=?B−14NF−?N−21B=25B1.06.56.50.758120.0
28FIDE 3434972841162—−12N−13B−23N−15BF−20N0.013.013.00.006600.0
29FIDE 3434972500—FF−24N−6B−9B−16N0.012.512.50.007500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets