2026 4NCL Bradford Congress Open
Open SwissStandard
49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Bradford, England. 9 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
Titled players · 9
GM×4
FM×1
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×40
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight 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
9
5
1
4
2
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, MaksymCM | 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+84.02.5 pts · #20
- 2Cuaresma, GeraldENG+55.62.5 pts · #24
- 3Ronald, TedENG+45.62.0 pts · #28
Top rating losers
- 1Sasikumar, SrivathsanENG-79.21.5 pts · #34
- 2Ashton, AlannahWCMENG-55.20.5 pts · #42
- 3Fawcett, JamesENG-31.20.0 pts · #48