Bolton Easter 2026 - Open

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35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in Bolton, England. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2079, and top seed was Paul Macklin (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2293).

Paul Macklin (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2293) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Tetsuaki Sanada (5.0) and Mahin Rughani (4.0). Macklin shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Daniel Okorafor (1827) beat Mike J Surtees (2079), a +252-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Bolton, England

Dates

03 Apr 2026 → 05 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧FMPaul Macklin2293

Avg top 10

2,079

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇬🇧England×28

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2

🇨🇾Cyprus×1

🇯🇵Japan×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

Top 3

🥇
FMPaul Macklin
🇬🇧ENG·2293
5.0pts·2290perf+1.6
🥈
Tetsuaki Sanada
🇯🇵JPN·2015
5.0pts·2240perf+32.4
🥉
Mahin Rughani
🇬🇧ENG·2133
4.0pts·2123perf-1.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Macklin5Sanada5Norris4Rughani4Bahtiyorova4Kershaw4— ex-leaders:Rughaniled R3, #8

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Macklin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Tetsuaki Sanada won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMPaul Macklin	*	—	1	1
2Tetsuaki Sanada	—	*	—	½
3Ethan Norris	0	—	*	½
4Mahin Rughani	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Macklin, PaulFM	2293	ENG	+25B	+4N	=11B	=7N	+5B	+3N	5.0	18.5	20.5	17.25	2290	+1.6
2	Sanada, Tetsuaki	2015	JPN	=12B	+30N	+24B	+11N	=3B	+7N	5.0	15.5	17.0	13.50	2240	+32.4
3	Rughani, Mahin	2133	ENG	+31N	+8B	+14B	=5N	=2N	−1B	4.0	20.5	22.0	12.50	2123	-1.2
4	Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim	1867	UZB	+6N	−1B	+13N	=22B	=16N	+15B	4.0	18.0	20.5	12.75	2100	+58.0
5	Norris, Ethan	2097	ENG	=30B	+12N	+17N	=3B	−1N	+24B	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.75	2117	+4.2
6	Kershaw, Ewan	2033	ENG	−4B	+33N	+34B	=14N	=29B	+13N	4.0	12.5	13.0	6.50	1828	-29.6
7	Jaunooby, Ali R	2064	ENG	F	+25N	+26B	=1B	+15N	−2B	3.5	17.0	17.0	9.50	2164	+13.0
8	De Silva, Sithun	1955	ENG	+33B	−3N	=9B	+20N	=11B	=10N	3.5	16.5	17.0	8.00	2042	+30.8
9	Jackson, Oliver AFM	2016	ENG	−13N	+19B	=8N	+17B	−14B	+31N	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.75	2238	+17.6
10	Doran, Chris	1985	ENG	=18N	−15B	+35N	=24B	+28N	=8B	3.5	13.0	13.0	6.00	1854	-16.8
11	Cameron, Josh	2006	ENG	+19N	+28B	=1N	−2B	=8N	F	3.0	18.0	18.0	8.75	2023	+2.0
12	Cheung, Leo	1835	ENG	=2N	−5B	=21N	+18B	=22N	=17B	3.0	17.0	19.5	9.00	1928	+28.4
13	Bench, Fred	1861	ENG	+9B	−16N	−4B	+27N	+21N	−6B	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.00	1909	0.0
14	Parker, Ethan	0	ENG	F	+22B	−3N	=6B	+9N	=16B	3.0	17.0	17.0	9.50	2039	0.0
15	Tyton, Adam	1924	ENG	=32B	+10N	+16B	=29N	−7B	−4N	3.0	16.0	17.5	8.25	1980	+7.6
16	Liu,Yiyi	2055	CHN	F	+13B	−15N	+26N	=4B	=14N	3.0	15.0	15.0	8.50	1910	-11.6
17	Hepworth, Peter	1930	ENG	+34N	F	−5B	−9N	+33B	+12N	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	1909	-1.8
18	Newton, Ben	1735	ENG	=10B	−26N	=30B	−12N	+34B	=23B	2.5	12.5	13.0	4.25	1763	+5.6
19	Okorafor, Daniel	1827	ENG	−11B	−9N	+25B	=30N	+20B	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1976	+38.4
20	Surtees, Mike J	2079	ENG	−28N	=31B	+23N	−8B	−19N	+34B	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.75	1815	-28.4
21	Lee, Daniel T	1933	ENG	F	F	=12B	+32N	−13B	+25N	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.00	2064	+13.2
22	Li, Xiaofan	1992	ENG	+35B	−14N	=32B	=4N	=12B	F	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.25	1946	+7.0
23	Owen, Dennis	1931	ENG	=27B	=32N	−20B	=33N	=26B	=18N	2.5	10.5	11.0	4.25	1773	-16.8
24	Bakhtiyarov, Kamronbek	0	UZB	=26B	F	−2N	=10N	+30B	−5N	2.0	17.0	18.5	4.25	1909	+3.6
25	Vassiliou, Chris	1907	CYP	−1N	−7B	−19N	+35B	+27N	−21B	2.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	1736	-22.8
26	Wareing, John P	1938	ENG	=24N	+18B	−7N	−16B	=23N	−28B	2.0	13.5	15.5	4.75	1863	-10.0
27	Bainbridge, Stuart G	0	ENG	=23N	−29B	=31N	−13B	−25B	+33N	2.0	11.0	11.5	2.50	1798	0.0
28	Nkwonta, Kelechukwu	1870	ENG	+20B	−11N	F	F	−10B	+26N	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	2002	0.0
29	Hopkins, Kit W	1927	ENG	F	+27N	F	=15B	=6N	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	5.50	1979	+2.6
30	Fishwick, George	1871	ENG	=5N	−2B	=18N	=19B	−24N	F	1.5	16.0	17.5	4.50	1764	-29.2
31	Kobryn, Peter J	1894	ENG	−3B	=20N	=27B	=34N	F	−9B	1.5	13.5	14.0	2.50	1803	-5.8
32	FIDE 343467458	0	—	=15N	=23B	=22N	−21B	F	F	1.5	12.0	13.5	4.00	1825	0.0
33	Howells, S Wyn	1689	WLS	−8N	−6B	F	=23B	−17N	−27B	0.5	15.0	15.0	1.25	1640	-4.0
34	Chaffe, Matthew	0	ENG	−17B	F	−6N	=31B	−18N	−20N	0.5	13.5	13.5	0.75	1568	0.0
35	Hamilton, Selwyn L L	1762	ENG	−22N	F	−10B	−25N	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1117	-36.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bahtiyorova, NodirabegimUZB
+58.0
4.0 pts · #10
2Okorafor, DanielENG
+38.4
2.5 pts · #11
3Sanada, TetsuakiJPN
+32.4
5.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Hamilton, Selwyn L LENG
-36.0
0.0 pts · #35
2Kershaw, EwanENG
-29.6
4.0 pts · #24
3Fishwick, GeorgeENG
-29.2
1.5 pts · #23

Biggest upsets

R5+252 Elo gap
Okorafor, Daniel1827 beat Surtees, Mike J2079
R1+209 Elo gap
Nkwonta, Kelechukwu1870 beat Surtees, Mike J2079
R1+166 Elo gap
Bahtiyorova, Nodirabegim1867 beat Kershaw, Ewan2033