2026 4NCL Bradford Congress Open

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49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Bradford, England. 8 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 214, and top seed was Nurlykhan Kudaibergen (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2141).

Oleg Korneev (🇪🇸 ESP, GM, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Peter K Wells (4.5) and Daniel W Gormally (4.0). Korneev shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇬🇧Bradford, England

Dates

23 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇿Nurlykhan Kudaibergen2141

Avg top 10

214

Participants

Titled players · 8

GM×4

FM×1

CM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇬🇧England×40

🇬🇧Scotland×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇯🇵Japan×1

Top 3

🥇
GMOleg Korneev
🇪🇸ESP
4.5pts·2482perf+3.0
🥈
GMPeter K Wells
🇬🇧ENG
4.5pts·2382perf+2.8
🥉
GMDaniel W Gormally
🇬🇧ENG
4.0pts·2421perf+4.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Korneev4.5Wells4.5Gormally4Mitchell3.5Malinovskii3.5Elgar3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Oleg Korneev held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Korneev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Oleg Korneev 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Peter K Wells 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMOleg Korneev	*	—	½	—
2GMPeter K Wells	—	*	—	—
3GMDaniel W Gormally	½	—	*	1
4Martin Mitchell	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Korneev, OlegGM	0	ESP	+28B	+19N	+5B	=3N	+7B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.50	2482	+3.0
2	Wells, Peter KGM	0	ENG	=35N	+12B	+22N	+14B	+4N	4.5	12.0	13.5	12.75	2382	+2.8
3	Gormally, Daniel WGM	0	ENG	+34N	+6B	=17N	=1B	+23B	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.50	2421	+4.1
4	Elgar, Tim	0	ENG	=18B	+40N	+31B	+8N	−2B	3.5	12.5	14.0	8.25	2216	+7.4
5	Malinovskii, Ilia	0	ENG	+27N	+29B	−1N	=33B	+24N	3.5	11.0	13.0	7.50	2174	+12.2
6	Mitchell, Martin	0	SCO	+48B	−3N	+26B	=20N	+21B	3.5	11.0	11.0	5.75	2173	+9.4
7	Potter, John M	0	ENG	=30N	+36B	+35N	+17B	−1N	3.5	10.5	12.0	6.50	2230	+22.0
8	Okhai, Shabir	0	ENG	=36N	+43B	+9N	−4B	+17N	3.5	10.5	11.0	6.75	2142	+11.6
9	Zhu, Yaoyao	0	ENG	=25B	+47N	−8B	+31N	=18B	3.0	10.5	11.0	5.00	2128	+21.6
10	Jarmany, John	0	ENG	−19B	=11N	+45B	=18N	+26B	3.0	10.0	10.5	5.25	1980	-10.6
11	Burke, AlexCM	0	ENG	−17N	=10B	=43N	+32B	+29N	3.0	9.5	10.0	5.75	2084	+23.2
12	Sanada, Tetsuaki	0	JPN	F	−2N	+49B	+38N	+20B	3.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	2275	+23.0
13	Ganti, Shriaansh	0	ENG	=21B	+45N	F	+29B	=16N	3.0	8.0	8.0	5.25	2224	+28.8
14	Peart, Alan	0	ENG	+37B	+44N	F	−2N	+35B	3.0	8.0	8.0	3.50	2194	+13.6
15	White, Stuart A	0	SCO	−26B	=37N	=27B	+48N	+40B	3.0	7.0	7.0	3.25	1970	-12.2
16	Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan	2141	KAZ	F	=42B	+48N	+39B	=13B	3.0	5.5	5.5	3.50	2191	+5.4
17	Hebden, Mark LGM	0	ENG	+11B	+26N	=3B	−7N	−8B	2.5	14.0	16.0	7.00	2090	-15.1
18	Ackley, Peter J E	0	ENG	=4N	=33B	=42N	=10B	=9N	2.5	11.5	12.5	6.25	2046	+9.0
19	Cuaresma, Gerald	0	ENG	+10N	−1B	−20B	=44N	+38B	2.5	11.5	12.0	4.75	2103	+55.6
20	Heritage, Jamie	0	ENG	=32N	=30B	+19N	=6B	−12N	2.5	11.0	13.0	6.25	1940	-12.6
21	De Sousa Muachikape, Jael	0	ENG	=13N	+39B	−33N	+22B	−6N	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.50	2082	+11.6
22	Rughani, Mahin	0	ENG	=24N	+46B	−2B	−21N	+37B	2.5	11.0	11.5	3.25	1934	-12.8
23	Udovenko, Daniel	0	ENG	F	=32B	+30N	+25B	−3N	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.50	2168	+37.2
24	Maharnab Choudhury	0	IND	=22B	−31N	+34B	+28N	−5B	2.5	10.0	12.0	5.25	1956	+84.0
25	Quaite, Toby	0	ENG	=9N	+41B	F	−23N	+27B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	2027	-16.0
26	Ronald, Ted	0	ENG	+15N	−17B	−6N	+30B	−10N	2.0	12.0	14.0	5.00	1997	+45.6
27	Bramson, Mike	0	ENG	−5B	=28N	=15N	+41B	−25N	2.0	11.0	12.5	4.00	1972	+13.0
28	Burnett, Jim	0	ENG	−1N	=27B	+36N	−24B	=32N	2.0	11.0	12.5	3.50	1848	-24.4
29	Naylor-Eade, Michael A	0	ENG	+38B	−5N	+44B	−13N	−11B	2.0	11.0	11.5	2.00	1873	-13.2
30	Kaushik, Madhav	0	ENG	=7B	=20N	−23B	−26N	+46N	2.0	10.5	11.0	3.50	1861	-13.2
31	Royle, Alex	0	ENG	F	+24B	−4N	−9B	+36N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1874	-22.0
32	Sullivan, Daniel	0	ENG	=20B	=23N	=38B	−11N	=28B	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.25	1954	+5.4
33	Larchikov, Maksym	0	UKR	F	=18N	+21B	=5N	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	2148	+1.6
34	Rich, AaronCM	0	ENG	−3B	−38N	−24N	+49B	+43N	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.50	1760	-26.2
35	Ward, Cian	0	ENG	=2B	+49N	−7B	F	−14N	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.25	1851	-14.8
36	Fossey, Isaac	0	ENG	=8B	−7N	−28B	+45N	−31B	1.5	11.0	11.5	2.25	1878	+24.4
37	Turner, Lewis A	0	ENG	−14N	=15B	−39N	+46B	−22N	1.5	10.0	10.5	2.00	1849	-13.0
38	Sasikumar, Srivathsan	0	ENG	−29N	+34B	=32N	−12B	−19N	1.5	9.5	11.5	3.00	1794	-79.2
39	Sooraj M R	0	IND	=45B	−21N	+37B	−16N	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1930	-18.4
40	Cook, Philip	0	ENG	F	−4B	=46N	+43B	−15N	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1854	-25.2
41	Shivakumar, Akshath	0	ENG	F	−25N	=47B	−27N	+44B	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	1759	-23.2
42	Day, Jonathan A	0	ENG	F	=16N	=18B	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	2.75	2061	+8.6
43	Pitel, Benedikt	0	ENG	F	−8N	=11B	−40N	−34B	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1693	-2.8
44	Wang, Anlan	0	ENG	F	−14B	−29N	=19B	−41N	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	1612	0.0
45	Ashton, AlannahWCM	0	ENG	=39N	−13B	−10N	−36B	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1681	-55.2
46	Wynarczyk, Raymond	0	ENG	F	−22N	=40B	−37N	−30B	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1631	-15.8
47	Nelson, Jonathan PFM	0	ENG	F	−9B	=41N	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1753	-19.4
48	Fawcett, James	0	ENG	−6N	F	−16B	−15B	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1307	-31.2
49	FIDE 473006	0	—	F	−35B	−12N	−34N	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1182	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Maharnab ChoudhuryIND
+84.0
2.5 pts · #20
2Cuaresma, GeraldENG
+55.6
2.5 pts · #24
3Ronald, TedENG
+45.6
2.0 pts · #28

Top rating losers

1Sasikumar, SrivathsanENG
-79.2
1.5 pts · #34
2Ashton, AlannahWCMENG
-55.2
0.5 pts · #42
3Fawcett, JamesENG
-31.2
0.0 pts · #48