2025-26 IOMCA Manx Championship Qualifying Round
Open Round-RobinStandard
14 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 27 Jan 2026 in Douglas, Isle of Man. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Keith Allen (🇮🇪 IRL, 2109).
Glenn Cross (🇮🇲 IOM, 1843) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Brian Towers (1.0) and Sanjay Gumireddy (1.0).
Location
🇮🇲Douglas, Isle of Man
Dates
27 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 1 rounds
Avg top 10
1,843
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×14
Top 3
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Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇲Cross, Glenn | 1843 | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +6.8 | 2526 |
| 2 | 🇮🇲Towers, Brian | 1803 | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +9.8 | 2597 |
| 3 | 🇮🇲Gumireddy, Sanjay | 1870 | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +6.0 | 2518 |
| 4 | 🇮🇲Dobson, Howard | 1814 | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +9.2 | 2587 |
| 5 | 🇮🇲Fabri, Henrik | 1951 | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +3.0 | 2458 |
| 6 | 🇮🇲Sipos, Silvester | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +2.4 | 2439 |
| 7 | 🇮🇲Talas, Sandor | 1773 | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +1.2 | 1819 |
| 8 | 🇮🇲Woodard, Brian | 1819 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -1.2 | 1773 |
| 9 | 🇮🇲Costello, John | 1797 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -9.8 | 1003 |
| 10 | 🇮🇲Quayle, Harry | 1726 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -13.6 | 1043 |
| 11 | 🇮🇲Watkinson, Colin | 1637 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -2.4 | 1172 |
| 12 | 🇮🇲Jackson, Antony | 1658 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -3.0 | 1151 |
| 13 | 🇮🇲Smith, Paul | 1787 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -9.2 | 1014 |
| 14 | 🇮🇲Cross, Kyle | 1718 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -12.0 | 1070 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Towers, BrianIOM+9.81.0 pts · #2
- 2Dobson, HowardIOM+9.21.0 pts · #4
- 3Cross, GlennIOM+6.81.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Quayle, HarryIOM-13.60.0 pts · #10
- 2Cross, KyleIOM-12.00.0 pts · #14
- 3Costello, JohnIOM-9.80.0 pts · #9