2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4
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52 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 30 Nov 2025 in Dunfemline, Scotland. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2152, and top seed was Douglas M Bryson (🇬🇧 SCO, IM, 2299).
Neil Irving (🇬🇧 SCO, 1886) won with 2.0/4, ahead of Derek McCormack (2.0) and Volodymyr Tushynskyi (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 4: Jan Berg (1931) beat John B. Henderson (2166), a +235-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Dunfemline, Scotland
Dates
30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 4 rounds
Titled players · 5
IM×2
FM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×44
🇬🇧England×2
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇨🇾Cyprus×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irving, Neil | 🇬🇧SCO | 1886 | 2.0 | 1878 | 2678 | +19.6 |
| 2 | McCormack, Derek | 🇬🇧SCO | 1910 | 2.0 | 2045 | 2845 | +27.2 |
| 5 | Tushynskyi, Volodymyr | 🇺🇦UKR | 2105 | 2.0 | 1949 | 2749 | +23.2 |
| 3 | Skettos, Nicolas | 🇨🇾CYP | 1937 | 2.0 | 1787 | 2587 | +12.2 |
| 4 | McDonald, Ian | 🇬🇧SCO | 1999 | 2.0 | 1846 | 2646 | +12.0 |
| 6 | Blackford, Ross | 🇬🇧SCO | 2092 | 1.5 | 2082 | 2275 | +9.6 |
| 7 | Findlay, David John | 🇬🇧SCO | 2110 | 1.5 | 2035 | 2228 | +5.8 |
| 9 | IMBryson, Douglas M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2299 | 1.5 | 2033 | 2226 | -1.3 |
| 10 | IMMuir, Andrew J | 🇬🇧SCO | 2144 | 1.5 | 1981 | 2174 | +0.7 |
| 11 | FMBurnett, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 2126 | 1.5 | 2256 | 2449 | +17.0 |
| 13 | McCusker, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 2010 | 1.5 | 2134 | 2327 | +16.8 |
| 8 | Neave, George | 🇬🇧SCO | 2060 | 1.5 | 1936 | 2129 | +3.2 |
| 12 | Vayanos,George Marwan | 🇬🇷GRE | 2095 | 1.5 | 1913 | 2106 | +0.6 |
| 14 | Robertson, Ian C. | 🇬🇧SCO | 2048 | 1.5 | 1885 | 2078 | +1.6 |
| 15 | Allor, Chukwuka | 🇳🇬NGR | 2079 | 1.5 | 1934 | 2127 | +2.8 |
| 18 | Spencer, Edwin A | 🇬🇧SCO | 2110 | 1.0 | 1885 | 1885 | -11.4 |
| 26 | McKay, Jonathan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1990 | 1.0 | 1826 | 1826 | -8.4 |
| 28 | Mallick, Sai | 🇬🇧SCO | 1795 | 1.0 | 1950 | 1950 | +16.0 |
| 31 | Spiers, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 1882 | 1.0 | 1833 | 1833 | -5.2 |
| 22 | Palaniswamy, Raja S. | 🇮🇳IND | 1980 | 1.0 | 1856 | 1856 | -13.2 |
| 34 | Berg, Jan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1931 | 1.0 | 2136 | 2136 | +10.4 |
| 20 | Burnett, Walter | 🇬🇧SCO | 1900 | 1.0 | 1846 | 1846 | -2.8 |
| 21 | Babin, Andre | 🇬🇧SCO | 1937 | 1.0 | 2013 | 2013 | +4.2 |
| 24 | WFMCooke, Suzie G. | 🇬🇧SCO | 1943 | 1.0 | 1925 | 1925 | -1.0 |
| 32 | Haddow, Findlay | 🇬🇧SCO | 1860 | 1.0 | 2033 | 2033 | +17.6 |
| 33 | Minnican, Alan | 🇬🇧SCO | 2042 | 1.0 | 1985 | 1985 | -3.0 |
| 23 | Deighan, Matthew J | 🇬🇧SCO | 1766 | 1.0 | 1910 | 1910 | +7.6 |
| 16 | Savidge, Daniel | 🇬🇧ENG | 2127 | 1.0 | 1988 | 1988 | -7.2 |
| 30 | Browning, Isaac | 🇬🇧SCO | 2036 | 1.0 | 2039 | 2039 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sneddon, Iain D | 🇬🇧SCO | 1728 | 1.0 | 1894 | 1894 | +17.6 |
| 25 | Hulme, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 1897 | 1.0 | 1796 | 1796 | -5.2 |
| 27 | Murray, Thomas W J | 🇬🇧SCO | 1766 | 1.0 | 1953 | 1953 | +19.2 |
| 29 | Sloan, Elliot S | 🇬🇧SCO | 1955 | 1.0 | 1888 | 1888 | -3.8 |
| 19 | Del Mar, Tristan Isaac | 🇬🇧SCO | 1918 | 1.0 | 1897 | 2697 | +18.8 |
| 44 | Donohue, Tom | 🇬🇧SCO | 1935 | 0.5 | 2078 | 1885 | -2.4 |
| 45 | McGeoch, Kenny R | 🇬🇧SCO | 1966 | 0.5 | 2021 | 1828 | -7.0 |
| 36 | Ridge, Michael | 🇬🇧SCO | 1891 | 0.5 | 2069 | 1876 | -0.8 |
| 41 | Jennings, Richard | 🇬🇧SCO | 1940 | 0.5 | 2213 | 2020 | +2.8 |
| 42 | Hogg, Stephen William | 🇬🇧SCO | 1951 | 0.5 | 2090 | 1897 | -2.6 |
| 35 | McLeod, Alisdair | 🇬🇧SCO | 1801 | 0.5 | 1962 | 1769 | -3.2 |
| 37 | Leah, Tom | 🇬🇧ENG | 2054 | 0.5 | 2129 | 1936 | -6.0 |
| 39 | FMThomson, Craig S M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2213 | 0.5 | 2125 | 1932 | -14.8 |
| 40 | Vadalia, Jainill | 🇬🇧SCO | 1978 | 0.5 | 2108 | 1915 | -6.0 |
| 46 | Wright, Andrew G | 🇬🇧SCO | 2124 | 0.5 | 2112 | 1919 | -10.8 |
| 38 | Henderson, John B. | 🇬🇧SCO | 2166 | 0.5 | 1993 | 1800 | -18.8 |
| 43 | Grant, Jonathan I M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2105 | 0.5 | 1978 | 1978 | -3.4 |
| 47 | Thornton, Matthew | 🇬🇧WLS | 1692 | 0.0 | 1917 | 1117 | -17.2 |
| 50 | Adam, Michael | 🇬🇧SCO | 1826 | 0.0 | 2064 | 1264 | -16.4 |
| 51 | Semenov, Igor | 🇬🇧SCO | 1897 | 0.0 | 1959 | 1159 | -33.2 |
| 49 | Marks, Ian A | 🇬🇧SCO | 1916 | 0.0 | 1861 | 1061 | -22.8 |
| 48 | Campbell, Alistair | 🇬🇧SCO | 1905 | 0.0 | 1728 | 928 | -14.6 |
| 52 | Robinson, Martin E | 🇬🇧SCO | 1934 | 0.0 | 1766 | 966 | -14.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1McCormack, DerekSCO+27.22.0 pts · #2
- 2Tushynskyi, VolodymyrUKR+23.22.0 pts · #5
- 3Irving, NeilSCO+19.62.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Semenov, IgorSCO-33.20.0 pts · #51
- 2Marks, Ian ASCO-22.80.0 pts · #49
- 3Henderson, John B.SCO-18.80.5 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R4+235 Elo gap
- R4+200 Elo gap
- R4+177 Elo gap