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

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Wells, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1711, and top seed was Alan Papier (🇬🇧 ENG, 1731).

Louis Cowell (🇬🇧 ENG, 1723) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Adrian M Lawrence (4.0) and Jon Tuson (4.0). Cowell won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: FIDE 343493092 (1393) beat FIDE 343467733 (1667), a +274-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
🇬🇧Alan Papier1731
Avg top 10
1,711
Participants
32
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇬🇧Wales×3
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
5
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Cowell4Lawrence4Tuson43.5Usher3.5Walker3— ex-leaders:Lawrenceled R3, #9
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Cowell takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Louis Cowell drew with Adrian M Lawrence (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Adrian M Lawrence won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Louis Cowell*
½
—
½
2Adrian M Lawrence
½
*
½
—
3Jon Tuson—
½
*
1
4FIDE 469300
½
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0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cowell, Louis1723ENG+6N+26B=4N=2B+13B4.013.014.510.751978+40.8
2Lawrence, Adrian M1725ENG+28B+12N+18B=1N=3B4.012.514.010.001881+27.6
3Tuson, Jon1676WLS+27B+11N=19B+4B=2N4.012.013.510.501753-2.0
4FIDE 4693001695—+32B+31N=1B−3N+12B3.510.510.54.5017560.0
5Usher, Frank1639ENGF+27N+31B+19N=11B3.58.58.54.752596+15.4
6Stout, Nicholas B1584ENG−1B+32N−11B+25N+19B3.010.010.03.501805-2.0
7Probert, Malcolm1581WLS=22B+14N=20B=12N=16B3.09.511.57.001762+9.2
8Walker, Elmira1731ENG+17B−18N+25B−20N+21B3.08.510.06.001840+12.2
9FIDE 3434677331667—=25B−13N+30B=14N+18B3.08.59.55.0016370.0
10Rogers, David R1691ENGF+21N=13B+18N=20B3.08.58.56.251869+7.4
11Johnson, Phil1709ENGF−3B+6N+29B=5N2.514.015.56.2517430.0
12Wickham, Michael1671ENG+24N−2B+15N=7B−4N2.513.015.06.001758-4.8
13FIDE 3434930921393—F+9B=10N+26B−1N2.511.511.56.0016660.0
14Radford, Ben1695ENG=15N−7B+24N=9B=29N2.510.512.05.5016590.0
15Ashton, Paul1598ENG=14B=16N−12B+31N=23B2.59.59.53.501568-19.6
16Novakov, Oleksii1681ENGF=15B=26N+23B=7N2.59.09.05.5016650.0
17Galloway, James H1610ENG−8N−29N=21B+32N+28B2.58.08.02.501411-40.8
18FIDE 3434931061608—+23N+8B−2N−10B−9N2.013.015.05.0016980.0
19Papier, Alan1731ENG=21B+30N=3N−5B−6N2.012.513.54.001625-23.0
20Williams, David J1617WLSFF=7N+8B=10N2.011.011.06.001830+9.6
21Farina, Mauro1581ENG=19N−10B=17N+27B−8N2.010.512.03.751539-20.0
22Nozimov, Ulugbek1521UZB=7NFF=24B+26N2.08.510.04.001734+34.8
23Radford, Robert P1728ENG−18B=25N+28B−16N=15N2.08.510.03.501618-2.4
24Collins, Nigel1540ENG−12B=28N−14B=22N+31B2.08.58.51.751379-14.2
25Butler, Rene1447ENG=9N=23B−8N−6B=27N1.511.012.53.251456-6.0
26Constable, Christine F1474ENG+29B−1N=16B−13N−22B1.511.012.52.751512-5.0
27FIDE 3434766511394—−3N−5B+32B−21N=25B1.511.011.00.7513170.0
28Wilcox, Nigel1650ENG−2N=24B−23N+30B−17N1.510.511.52.0015040.0
29George, Naveen Daniel1626MAS−26N+17BF−11N=14B1.59.511.03.751642-4.4
30Daly, Grant1594ENGF−19B−9N−28N+32B1.06.56.50.00996-6.0
31FIDE 3434930840—F−4B−5N−15B−24N0.011.511.50.008170.0
32Threlkeld, Ian1610ENG−4N−6B−27N−17B−30N0.010.511.50.009220.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets