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The Bermuda Cup 2026

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 May 2026 to 11 Jun 2026 in Hamilton, Bermuda. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1815, and top seed was Moses Mufandaedza (🇧🇲 BER, 2005).

Nathan Dennis (🇧🇲 BER, 1755) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Serguei Gontcharov (4.5) and Christian Guanzon (4.0). Dennis took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: John Seymour (1747) beat Christian Guanzon (1964), a +217-point gap.

Location
🇧🇲Hamilton, Bermuda
Dates
07 May 2026 → 11 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇲Moses Mufandaedza2005
Avg top 10
1,815
Participants
23
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇲Bermuda×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Nathan Dennis led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
3
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Dennis takes lead
Dennis5Gontcharov4.5Guanzon4Seymour3.5Gontcharov—Mufandaedza3
R5 · LEADER CHANGE07 May

Nathan Dennis takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nathan Dennis drew with CM Serguei Gontcharov (White).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

CM Serguei Gontcharov won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nathan Dennis*
½
—
1
2CMSerguei Gontcharov
½
*
1
1
3Christian Guanzon—
0
*
0
4John Seymour
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dennis, Nathan1755BER+13B+12N=2B=11N+7B+4B5.015.017.013.751987+29.4
2Gontcharov, SergueiCM1897BERF+10B=1N+4B+3N+6N4.518.018.015.502209+33.0
3Guanzon, Christian1964BER+22B−4N+6B+18N−2B+11N4.014.014.06.001902-13.6
4John Seymour1747BER+19N+3B=5B−2N+11B−1N3.519.020.08.751812+24.0
5Gontcharov, DimitriCM1764BER+21N+18B=4N+8B——3.57.58.56.751923+11.0
6Mufandaedza, Moses2005BER=11N+15B−3N+21B=10N−2B3.015.016.05.251772-33.0
7Dacres, DonCM1852BER+20B+9NF+12B−1NF3.014.014.06.001734-6.4
8FIDE 88025560—−9B+13N+14B−5N+16BF3.013.515.56.0015440.0
9Lucas, Dillon1713BER+8N−7B−12N+20BF+18N3.010.010.05.001741+2.8
10Simons, Chanjiv1744BER+14B−2N−11B+19N=6B−17N2.513.514.54.501676-7.6
11Warren, Jamel1709BER=6BF+10N=1B−4N−3B2.018.018.06.501771+6.4
12FIDE 88025640—+15N−1B+9B−7N−18BF2.015.016.05.0016600.0
13Joynes, Randolph1531BER−1N−8BF−14N+23N+21B2.013.013.01.001665+13.6
14FIDE 88021060—−10N+19B−8N+13B−15NF2.011.512.53.0016070.0
15Butterfield, Lyle1712BER−12B−6NF−16N+14B+19N2.011.012.03.001724+0.8
16FIDE 88019240—FF+17N+15B−8NF2.08.08.04.0017320.0
17FIDE 88025720—FF−16B+23NF+10B2.05.55.52.5017640.0
18Davis, Brian1629BERF−5NF−3B+12N−9B1.013.513.52.001014-16.4
19Gontcharova, Olga1442BER−4B−14NF−10B+21N−15B1.011.011.01.001502+8.8
20FIDE 88019910—−7N+23BF−9NFF1.011.011.00.009830.0
21Sophia Burch1575BER−5BF+23N−6N−19B−13N1.09.59.50.00878-62.8
22Trott, Raymond1674BER−3NFFF——0.07.07.00.001164-6.4
23FIDE 88024670—F−20N−21B−17B−13BF0.06.06.00.007530.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets