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3rd Wells Chess Congress and 2026 West of England Championships - Open

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Wells, England. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2226, and top seed was Matthew J Turner (🇬🇧 SCO, GM, 2448).

Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2367) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Matthew J Turner (4.0) and Oliver Stubbs (3.5). Arkell shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: John P Weatherlake (1871) beat Alistair Hill (2137), a +266-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Wells, England
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧GMMatthew J Turner2448
Avg top 10
2,226
Participants
32
Titled players · 7
GM×2
IM×1
FM×1
CM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×26
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
1
2
6
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Arkell4Turner4Pick3.5Stubbs3.5Badacsonyi3.5Patton3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Arkell takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Keith C Arkell drew with GM Matthew J Turner (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

GM Keith C Arkell went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKeith C Arkell*
½
——
2GMMatthew J Turner
½
*——
3Freddie Pick——*
½
4CMOliver Stubbs——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arkell, Keith CGM2367ENG+13B=10N=2B+11N+9B4.013.015.512.002392+1.8
2Turner, Matthew JGM2448SCO+14N+12B=1N=8B+16B4.012.014.511.002429-0.4
3Stubbs, OliverCM2204ENG+23B=11N+20B=16N=5B3.511.012.58.002159-1.0
4Badacsonyi, StanleyFM2290ENG+31N=7B=15N+18B=8N3.510.511.06.752180-10.4
5Pick, Freddie1951ENG=22N=21B+19N+7B=3N3.510.011.58.252117+22.0
6Patton, Zachary1953SCO−12N+14B=21N+24B+27B3.58.09.05.752108+18.6
7Bevis, Noah1993ENG+18B=4N=9B−5N+21N3.012.013.56.752092+5.6
8Verbytski, Oleg2205ENGF+25N+10B=2N=4B3.012.012.08.252365+42.8
9Majeed, Haroon2135ENG+19N=24B=7N+15B−1N3.011.513.06.752174+5.2
10Malinovskii, Ilia2101ENG+17N=1B−8N=21B+23N3.011.012.56.752111+3.4
11Underwood, Jon1980ENG+29N=3B=30N−1B+18N3.010.511.55.252129+19.0
12Hill, Alistair2137ENG+6B−2N−18B+26N=15B2.512.013.56.252071-7.0
13Helbig, Paul D2100ENG−1N=17B=14N=19B+22N2.511.012.55.001995-13.2
14Longson, Sarah NWFM1919ENG−2B−6N=13B+32N+28B2.511.011.52.751970+1.0
15Beaumont, Chris RIM2144ENG=26B+28N=4B−9N=12N2.510.511.54.752065-3.5
16French, Max2226ENGF+27B+24N=3B−2N2.510.010.04.252225+1.0
17Ponting, Andrew1931ENG−10B=13N+28B=25N=20B2.59.010.04.001984+6.0
18Weatherlake, John P1871WLS−7N+31B+12N−4N−11B2.012.012.53.001993+14.6
19Egginton, David C1966ENG−9B+32N−5B=13N=25B2.010.511.02.501817-31.2
20Garcia Hernandez, Oscar2057ESPF+22B−3N=23B=17N2.09.09.03.501931-12.4
21Hunn, David1846ENGF=5N=6B=10N−7B1.513.013.05.001932+6.2
22Milewska, Agnieszka1752ENG=5B−20N=25B=29N−13B1.59.510.53.001819+6.4
23Nelson, Leon1848ENG−3N+29BF=20N−10B1.59.59.52.001965+19.6
24Gibbs, Dominic V1959ENG+32B=9N−16B−6NF1.59.59.52.001836-8.8
25Jones, Mark A1852ENGF−8B=22N=17B=19N1.59.09.03.0018670.0
26Dunn, Andrew M1949ENG=15N=30B−27N−12B=29B1.57.08.02.251858-12.6
27Gosling, Marcus1919ENGF−16N+26BF−6N1.08.58.51.501922-0.6
28Holmes, Matthew A1823ENGF−15B−17N+31B−14N1.08.08.00.501782-5.2
29Moyse, Nigel John1880WLS−11B−23NF=22B=26N1.07.57.51.501687-19.8
30Liu, Yutong1963CHNF=26N=11BFF1.05.55.52.251960-1.8
31Thurlow, Kevin JCM1902ENG−4B−18N=32B−28NF0.57.07.00.251193-24.8
32Doran, Emile0ENG−24N−19B=31N−14BF0.56.56.50.2516190.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets