2026 4NCL Bradford Congress Under 2000
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49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Bradford, England. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1956, and top seed was Seth Woozeer (🇬🇧 ENG, 1999).
Kam Wa Siu (🇭🇰 HKG, 1986) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Utku Deniz Demir (4.5) and Mark Waterfield (4.0). Siu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Beauden Archbold (1442) beat Amandeep Singh (1746), a +304-point gap.
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
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×42
🇮🇳India×2
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇸🇩Sudan×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
16
8
3
5
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Siu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Kam Wa Siu 3 wins (R1–R3)Utku Deniz Demir 4 wins (R2–R5)Ben S Rich 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kam Wa Siu | * | — | — | — |
| 2Utku Deniz Demir | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ben S Rich | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Mark Waterfield | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siu, Kam Wa | 1986 | HKG | +10B | +19N | +18B | =6N | +5B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 13.75 | 2189 | +30.2 |
| 2 | Demir, Utku Deniz | 1998 | TUR | =11B | +40N | +28B | +16N | +6B | 4.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 11.00 | 2548 | +37.4 |
| 3 | Waterfield, Mark | 1968 | ENG | +43N | +7B | −4N | +23B | +8N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 1993 | +12.6 |
| 4 | Rich, Ben S | 1912 | ENG | +49B | +13N | +3B | −5N | +11B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 10.00 | 1966 | +15.6 |
| 5 | Angheluta, Ovidiu | 1989 | ROU | +15N | +12B | =8N | +4B | −1N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 11.75 | 1996 | +14.8 |
| 6 | Williams, Ana | 1894 | ENG | +42B | +21N | +36B | =1B | −2N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 1935 | +3.8 |
| 7 | Miller, Ewan | 1853 | ENG | +26B | −3N | +21B | +18N | =19B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.25 | 1841 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Cole, Michael Christopher | 1948 | NGR | +41B | +37N | =5B | +17N | −3B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1998 | +6.4 |
| 9 | Woozeer, Seth | 1999 | ENG | −13N | +49B | =11B | +22N | +30B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1837 | +4.4 |
| 10 | French, Morgan | 1782 | ENG | −1N | +45B | =32N | +28B | +31N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.75 | 1911 | +66.0 |
| 11 | Robinson, Andrew | 1806 | ENG | =2N | +20B | =9N | +12B | −4N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 9.50 | 1799 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shaw, Kevin F | 1859 | ENG | +22B | −5N | +26B | −11N | +33N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1862 | +10.4 |
| 13 | Tedd, Bernie | 1819 | ENG | +9B | −4B | −33N | +26N | +48B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1806 | +3.2 |
| 14 | Potter, Steven | 1854 | ENG | =20N | =23B | +38N | =24B | =15N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1770 | -9.8 |
| 15 | Coward, Neil | 1790 | ENG | −5B | =22N | +39B | +34N | =14B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1776 | +1.4 |
| 16 | Newton, Ben | 1879 | ENG | F | +39N | +29B | −2B | +20N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1897 | +37.2 |
| 17 | Porter, Richard | 1839 | ENG | +32B | +27N | F | −8B | +24N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1995 | +15.4 |
| 18 | Vaidyanathan, Sathya | 1907 | ENG | +38N | +30B | −1N | −7B | =25N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 1837 | -4.4 |
| 19 | Wheeler, Tim | 1860 | ENG | F | −1B | +25N | +33B | =7N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 1918 | +9.0 |
| 20 | Singh, Adamjeet | 1716 | ENG | =14B | −11N | +47B | +29N | −16B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1880 | +42.0 |
| 21 | Czarnuch, Dominic | 1763 | ENG | +31N | −6B | −7N | +35B | =32N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1903 | +31.6 |
| 22 | Bhaduri, Aviraj | 1716 | ENG | −12N | =15B | +44N | −9B | +39N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1724 | +22.8 |
| 23 | Boganadham, Ved Sudeep | 1727 | ENG | F | =14N | +37B | −3N | +27B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1968 | +57.2 |
| 24 | Holi, Sief Al Din | 1625 | SUD | +47B | −29N | +41B | =14N | −17B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1819 | +19.6 |
| 25 | Abouchakra, Ibrahim | 1753 | ENG | −27B | +46N | −19B | +37N | =18B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1773 | +7.2 |
| 26 | Sai Pavan Telukuntla | 1714 | IND | −7N | +43B | −12N | −13B | +38N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1747 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Griffin-Young, Sebastian | 1915 | ENG | +25N | −17B | −30N | +38B | −23N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1651 | -67.2 |
| 28 | Baxter, Martin | 1610 | ENG | F | +44B | −2N | −10N | +37B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1790 | +22.0 |
| 29 | Cheung, Leo | 1927 | ENG | F | +24B | −16N | −20B | +44N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1717 | -30.4 |
| 30 | Webster, Vivien | 1764 | ENG | +46B | −18N | +27B | F | −9N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1736 | +5.6 |
| 31 | Cawston, M John | 1921 | ENG | −21B | +42N | −34B | +40N | −10B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1648 | -22.6 |
| 32 | Gallagher, Dominic | 1635 | ENG | −17N | F | =10B | =36N | =21B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.75 | 1692 | +0.4 |
| 33 | Jones, Paul W | 1662 | ENG | F | =34N | +13B | −19N | −12B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1707 | -9.2 |
| 34 | Winter, Kevin | 1770 | ENG | F | =33B | +31N | −15B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1775 | -1.6 |
| 35 | Chester, Ian B | 1707 | ENG | −37B | −41N | +42B | −21N | =40B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1608 | -29.4 |
| 36 | Slinger, Tony J | 1861 | ENG | F | +48B | −6N | =32B | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1810 | -3.2 |
| 37 | Abdulhamid, Mohammad | 1841 | ENG | +35N | −8B | −23N | −25B | −28N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 1538 | -84.0 |
| 38 | Suchak, Parin | 1736 | ENG | −18B | +47N | −14B | −27N | −26B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1650 | -4.8 |
| 39 | Archbold, Liam | 1741 | ENG | F | −16B | −15N | +43N | −22B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Pitel, Dominik | 1746 | ENG | F | −2B | =48N | −31B | =35N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1619 | -22.8 |
| 41 | Howorth, James | 1770 | ENG | −8N | +35B | −24N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1690 | -13.2 |
| 42 | Roychowdhury, Aashita | 1725 | ENG | −6N | −31B | −35N | F | +46B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1049 | -30.4 |
| 43 | Dean, Robert A | 1778 | ENG | −3B | −26N | −45N | −39B | +49N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1594 | -11.2 |
| 44 | Newell, David F | 1764 | ENG | F | −28N | −22B | +46N | −29B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 910 | -40.8 |
| 45 | Gandhi, Preesh | 1723 | ENG | F | −10N | +43B | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1698 | -3.2 |
| 46 | Archbold, Beauden | 1442 | ENG | −30N | −25B | +49N | −44B | −42N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Jyothika U R | 1837 | IND | −24N | −38B | −20N | +49B | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1454 | -32.4 |
| 48 | Barton, Ben | 1734 | ENG | F | −36N | =40B | F | −13N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1514 | -48.0 |
| 49 | Singh, Amandeep | 1746 | ENG | −4N | −9N | −46B | −47N | −43B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 984 | -34.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1French, MorganENG+66.03.5 pts · #5
- 2Boganadham, Ved SudeepENG+57.22.5 pts · #14
- 3Singh, AdamjeetENG+42.02.5 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Abdulhamid, MohammadENG-84.01.0 pts · #44
- 2Griffin-Young, SebastianENG-67.22.0 pts · #22
- 3Barton, BenENG-48.00.5 pts · #46
Biggest upsets
- R3+304 Elo gap
- R5+231 Elo gap
- R1+212 Elo gap