Glasgow Congress Major 2026

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66 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1862, and top seed was Katarina Tanzerova (🇬🇧 SCO, 1980).

Anoop Babu (🇬🇧 SCO, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Bogdan Stefan (4.0) and Dani Anderson (4.0). Babu broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Rowan I Oren-Woods (1459) beat Joe Galbraith (1869), a +410-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Glasgow, Scotland

Dates

27 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Katarina Tanzerova1980

Avg top 10

1,862

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇧Scotland×54

🇬🇧England×3

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Anoop Babu
🇬🇧SCO
5.0pts·1822perf0.0
🥈
Bogdan Stefan
🇬🇧SCO
4.0pts·1816perf0.0
🥉
Dani Anderson
🇬🇧SCO·1766
4.0pts·1879perf+18.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Anoop Babu led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Babu5Stefan4Anderson4Madziva4Mclellan43.5— ex-leaders:Babuled R5, #17

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Anoop Babu never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Anoop Babu beat Bogdan Stefan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Anoop Babu 5 wins (R1–R5)Bogdan Stefan 4 wins (R1–R4)Dani Anderson 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Anoop Babu	*	1	—	—
2Bogdan Stefan	0	*	—	—
3Dani Anderson	—	—	*	—
4Kyle Madziva	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Babu, Anoop	0	SCO	+36B	+60N	+16N	+33B	+2N	5.0	11.0	11.5	11.50	1822	0.0
2	Stefan, Bogdan	0	SCO	+18B	+59N	+19B	+6N	−1B	4.0	14.5	15.0	10.00	1816	0.0
3	Anderson, Dani	1766	SCO	+15B	−6N	+58B	+26N	+14B	4.0	12.0	12.5	9.00	1879	+18.4
4	Mclellan, Ally	1820	SCO	+65B	+66N	=10B	=14N	+15B	4.0	9.5	9.5	6.25	1676	-15.2
5	Madziva, Kyle	0	SCO	F	+48B	+52N	+25B	+8N	4.0	8.5	8.5	8.50	1732	0.0
6	Prateek Wadhwa	1824	IND	+20N	+3B	+17N	−2B	=11N	3.5	14.5	17.5	11.75	2099	+23.2
7	Maguire, Kevin	1878	SCO	+13B	=9N	=14B	+18N	=10B	3.5	13.5	16.5	11.50	1846	-7.2
8	FIDE 2417529	0	—	+29B	+38N	=9B	+21N	−5B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	1733	0.0
9	Huang, Yushu	1706	SCO	+26B	=7B	=8N	=24N	+28B	3.5	12.0	14.5	9.75	2069	+54.8
10	Al Dakl Alla, Humam	1683	SCO	=30N	+46B	=4N	+34B	=7N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.50	1849	+17.2
11	Floros, Antonios	1847	SCO	+38B	−19N	+59B	+37N	=6B	3.5	10.5	11.0	6.25	1855	+1.8
12	Zamvar, Vipin	1727	SCO	=16N	−25B	+53N	+35B	+41N	3.5	9.5	10.5	6.50	2512	+9.6
13	Saunders, Benjamin	1739	SCO	−7N	=49B	+64N	+43B	+33N	3.5	9.0	9.5	5.25	1755	+1.6
14	McGregor, Donald	1668	SCO	+52N	+22B	=7N	=4B	−3N	3.0	14.5	15.5	7.75	1900	+61.6
15	McTaggart, Alexander J	1706	SCO	−3N	+32B	+43N	+19B	−4N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.50	1727	0.0
16	Panagushyn, Andriy	0	SCO	=12B	+31N	−1B	=?N	+39B	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.25	1640	0.0
17	Gibb, Robert A	1723	SCO	+23N	+44B	−6B	=28N	=21B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.75	1741	+4.0
18	O Hanlon, Patrick	1690	SCO	−2N	+27B	+49N	−7B	+34N	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.00	1078	-10.4
19	Uegaki, Haruo	1655	SCO	+51B	+11B	−2N	−15N	+48B	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	2558	+76.0
20	Montgomery, David C	1715	SCO	−6B	=58N	+29B	=39N	+24B	3.0	10.5	11.0	6.25	1717	+0.2
21	Sandham, Alasdair	1622	SCO	+54B	+51N	=25N	−8B	=17N	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.75	1979	+18.6
22	Thurtell, Craig	1874	SCO	+60B	−14N	=24B	+36N	=30B	3.0	10.0	10.5	5.00	1869	+1.6
23	Kirilov, Kiril	1779	SCO	−17B	=24N	=34N	+53B	+35N	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.25	1718	-6.8
24	Bailey-Withers, Josh	1480	ENG	+42N	=23B	=22N	=9B	−20N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.75	1716	0.0
25	Dempsey, Graham	1724	SCO	F	+12N	=21B	−5N	+37B	2.5	12.5	12.5	7.00	1704	0.0
26	McPherson, Shea	1770	SCO	−9N	+35B	+44N	−3B	=27N	2.5	12.0	14.0	5.25	936	-44.0
27	McGill, Ryan	0	SCO	+37B	−18N	=51B	=32N	=26B	2.5	10.0	11.0	5.00	1723	0.0
28	Shafi, Paul	1740	SCO	=34N	=64B	+46N	=17B	−9N	2.5	10.0	10.5	4.25	1522	-22.8
29	Hall, David G	1727	SCO	−8N	+54B	−20N	=40B	+55N	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.00	915	-10.4
30	Thomson, J Craig T	1564	SCO	=10B	=40N	F	+55B	=22N	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.25	1779	0.0
31	Yip, Oscar	1608	SCO	F	−16B	=41N	+42B	+54N	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.00	2307	+14.4
32	Wilson, Graham	1665	SCO	+55B	−15N	=62N	=27B	=59N	2.5	7.0	7.5	2.75	1821	+16.4
33	FIDE 2417502	1495	—	F	+50N	+40B	−1N	−13B	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	939	0.0
34	Datta, Abhinav	0	SCO	=28B	+?N	=23B	−10N	−18B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.75	1600	0.0
35	Wen, Junhan	1516	SCO	+39B	−26N	+47B	−12N	−23B	2.0	11.0	12.5	3.50	1611	0.0
36	Richards, Maurice	1584	ENG	−1N	=42B	+63N	−22B	=51N	2.0	11.0	11.5	2.00	1618	+2.0
37	Evans, Luke	1642	SCO	−27N	+61N	+45B	−11B	−25N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.50	1653	+0.8
38	Shopynskyi, Vladyslav	1637	SCO	−11N	−8B	+50B	−47N	+65N	2.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	894	-34.4
39	Neil, Douglas	1599	SCO	−35N	=63B	+61N	=20B	−16N	2.0	8.5	9.0	2.25	1715	+6.4
40	Monaghan, Mark	1704	SCO	F	=30B	−33N	=29N	+47B	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	1654	0.0
41	Campbell, Kevin	1501	SCO	F	=47N	=31B	+58N	−12B	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1500	0.0
42	Sathiyamoorthy, Magizhan	1507	SCO	−24B	=36N	=60B	−31N	+61B	2.0	7.5	8.0	1.75	1575	+6.8
43	Carrapico, Joao F	1632	SCO	+63N	F	−15B	−13N	+58B	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	939	-14.0
44	Paterson, Krishan	1534	SCO	+66B	−17N	−26B	+56N	−?B	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1416	0.0
45	Oren-Woods, Rowan I	1459	SCO	+53N	−52B	−37N	−46B	+62N	2.0	5.5	6.0	1.50	1754	+54.4
46	FIDE 2418959	1560	—	F	−10N	−28B	+45N	=50B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1502	0.0
47	Robertson, Jim	1541	SCO	F	=41B	−35N	+38B	−40N	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.00	2436	+12.6
48	Kovalevskij, Alan	1580	SCO	=61B	−5N	F	+62B	−19N	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.75	1762	+17.6
49	FIDE 2417464	1406	—	+56B	=13N	−18B	F	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.75	1635	0.0
50	Young, Callum R	0	SCO	F	−33B	−38N	+61B	=46N	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.25	836	0.0
51	McCall, Rhys	1848	SCO	−19N	−21B	=27N	F	=36B	1.0	10.5	11.0	2.25	1347	-74.4
52	Watson-McFie, Joseph	1804	SCO	−14B	+45N	−5B	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1564	-22.8
53	Kerridge, Simon	1712	SCO	−45B	+65N	−12B	−23N	−56N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	810	-100.0
54	Dholakia, Kanish	0	SCO	−21N	−29N	+65B	F	−31B	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	852	0.0
55	Kovalevskij, Daniil	0	SCO	−32N	+56B	F	−30N	−29B	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1497	0.0
56	Ganesh, Krishiv	1476	SCO	−49N	−55N	F	−44B	+53B	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.00	2512	+32.0
57	McGuinness, Simon P	1871	ENG	F	+62B	F	F	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2669	+20.0
58	FIDE 566002818	0	—	F	=20B	−3N	−41B	−43N	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.50	1431	0.0
59	Potts, David	1773	SCO	F	−2B	−11N	F	=32B	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1563	-22.0
60	Tanzerova, Katarina	1980	SCO	−22N	−1B	=42N	F	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	1534	-42.4
61	FIDE 2418932	0	—	=48N	−37B	−39B	−50N	−42N	0.5	7.5	9.0	0.75	1260	0.0
62	Galbraith, Joe	1869	SCO	F	−57N	=32B	−48N	−45B	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.25	1324	-50.4
63	FIDE 2409682	0	—	−43B	=39N	−36B	F	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.00	1332	0.0
64	Frail, Nathan	0	SCO	F	=28N	−13B	F	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	1.25	1547	0.0
65	Yuan, Alice	0	SCO	−4N	−53B	−54N	F	−38B	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	923	0.0
66	FIDE 2419505	1517	—	−44N	−4B	−?B	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	844	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Uegaki, HaruoSCO
+76.0
3.0 pts · #8
2McGregor, DonaldSCO
+61.6
3.0 pts · #6
3Huang, YushuSCO
+54.8
3.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Kerridge, SimonSCO
-100.0
1.0 pts · #58
2McCall, RhysSCO
-74.4
1.0 pts · #46
3Galbraith, JoeSCO
-50.4
0.5 pts · #49

Biggest upsets

R5+410 Elo gap
Oren-Woods, Rowan I1459 beat Galbraith, Joe1869
R4+289 Elo gap
Kovalevskij, Alan1580 beat Galbraith, Joe1869
R1+253 Elo gap
Oren-Woods, Rowan I1459 beat Kerridge, Simon1712