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

Top seed

🇬🇧Seth Woozeer1999

Avg top 10

1,956

Participants

Federations · 7 represented

🇬🇧England×42

🇮🇳India×2

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇸🇩Sudan×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Kam Wa Siu
🇭🇰HKG·1986
4.5pts·2189perf+30.2
🥈
Utku Deniz Demir
🇹🇷TUR·1998
4.5pts·2548perf+37.4
🥉
Mark Waterfield
🇬🇧ENG·1968
4.0pts·1993perf+12.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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

Siu4.5Demir4.5Rich4Waterfield4Angheluta3.5Cole3.5

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
+66.0
3.5 pts · #5
2Boganadham, Ved SudeepENG
+57.2
2.5 pts · #14
3Singh, AdamjeetENG
+42.0
2.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Abdulhamid, MohammadENG
-84.0
1.0 pts · #44
2Griffin-Young, SebastianENG
-67.2
2.0 pts · #22
3Barton, BenENG
-48.0
0.5 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R3+304 Elo gap
Archbold, Beauden1442 beat Singh, Amandeep1746
R5+231 Elo gap
Baxter, Martin1610 beat Abdulhamid, Mohammad1841
R1+212 Elo gap
Holi, Sief Al Din1625 beat Jyothika U R1837