2025-26 SNCL Division 2 Rounds 5 and 6

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49 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 22 Feb 2026 in Dunfemline, Scotland. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2034, and top seed was Roderick M McKay (🇬🇧 SCO, IM, 2151).

Neil Thomson (🇬🇧 SCO, 1932) won with 2.0/6, ahead of Rosemary A Giulian (2.0) and Kathleen Rutherford (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 6: Kyriakos McKenzie (1741) beat Richard Carter (1891), a +150-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Dunfemline, Scotland

Dates

22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Team · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧IMRoderick M McKay2151

Avg top 10

2,034

Participants

Titled players · 4

IM×1

FM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇧Scotland×47

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
Neil Thomson
🇬🇧SCO·1932
2.0pts·2670perf+16.6
🥈
Rosemary A Giulian
🇬🇧SCO·1834
2.0pts·2549perf+15.2
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Kathleen Rutherford
🇬🇧SCO·1821
2.0pts·2565perf+8.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
2	Thomson, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	1932	2.0	1870	2670	+16.6
7	Giulian, Rosemary A	🇬🇧SCO	1834	2.0	1749	2549	+15.2
26	Rutherford, Kathleen	🇬🇧SCO	1821	2.0	1765	2565	+8.4
4	Sanger, Jake M	🇬🇧SCO	2110	2.0	1971	2771	+12.8
3	WCMBhatia, Kanishka	🇬🇧SCO	1975	2.0	1817	2617	+23.6
6	Mittal, Advik	🇬🇧SCO	1875	2.0	1655	2455	+17.6
27	Gunn-Russell, Charles	🇬🇧SCO	1864	2.0	1665	2465	+9.6
1	Lukhi, Neev	🇬🇧SCO	1939	2.0	1794	2594	+24.8
5	WCMMitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi	🇬🇧SCO	1845	2.0	1624	2424	+17.6
18	Green, Michael L	🇬🇧SCO	1916	2.0	1668	2468	+3.8
12	James, Chris	🇬🇧SCO	1860	1.5	2026	2219	+18.2
10	Frew, Elliot	🇬🇧SCO	2132	1.5	1879	2072	-2.6
37	Malkin, Jamie	🇬🇧SCO	2100	1.5	2054	2054	-1.2
9	IMMcKay, Roderick M	🇬🇧SCO	2151	1.5	1819	2012	-2.5
8	Malkin, Kenneth	🇬🇧SCO	1896	1.5	1858	2051	+8.0
11	Karampatos, Stavros	🇬🇷GRE	1908	1.5	1800	1993	+4.2
33	FMGiulian, Philip M	🇬🇧SCO	2023	1.5	1920	1920	-2.8
28	McKenzie, Kyriakos	🇬🇧SCO	1741	1.0	1863	1863	+13.2
39	McGillivray, Calum	🇬🇧SCO	1756	1.0	1834	1034	-7.8
14	Darling, Callum	🇬🇧SCO	1913	1.0	1907	1907	-0.4
15	Haddow, Findlay	🇬🇧SCO	1826	1.0	1890	1890	+6.8
20	Gourlay, Martin B	🇬🇧SCO	1887	1.0	1957	1957	+3.2
13	Carter, Richard	🇬🇧SCO	1891	1.0	1765	1765	-6.8
36	Prabhu, Aadith	🇬🇧SCO	1840	1.0	2151	2151	+14.4
16	Graham, James	🇬🇧SCO	1738	1.0	1822	1822	+8.0
17	Bruce, John H	🇬🇧SCO	0	1.0	1738	1738	0.0
19	Williamson, John	🇬🇧SCO	1652	1.0	1739	1739	+8.4
21	Myant, Martin	🇬🇧SCO	0	1.0	1743	1743	0.0
24	Marchbank, Stuart	🇬🇧SCO	1765	1.0	1712	1712	-2.6
22	Loch, Nathanael	🇬🇧SCO	1636	1.0	1800	1800	+17.2
23	Bergquist, Andrew	🇬🇧SCO	0	1.0	1782	1782	0.0
25	Kleboe, James P R	🇬🇧SCO	1788	1.0	1774	1774	-0.8
38	McDonald, Kevin	🇬🇧SCO	2054	0.5	2105	1912	-14.4
32	Robinson, Martin E	🇬🇧SCO	1920	0.5	1942	1749	-8.8
29	Liam Mathieson	🇬🇧SCO	1752	0.5	1788	1595	-16.8
34	Warcup, Richard	🇬🇧SCO	1803	0.5	1898	1705	-9.6
35	Mollison, Jamie	🇬🇧SCO	1881	0.5	1905	1712	-8.8
30	Reynolds, William	🇬🇧SCO	0	0.5	1971	1778	0.0
31	Bell, Jonathan	🇬🇧SCO	1848	0.5	1731	1538	-32.0
44	Smith, John S R	🇬🇧SCO	0	0.0	1970	1170	0.0
46	Jelfs, Alan	🇬🇧SCO	1896	0.0	2054	1254	-11.8
47	Watson-McFie, Joseph	🇬🇧SCO	1835	0.0	1918	1118	-31.2
40	Smith, Andy	🇬🇧SCO	1611	0.0	1845	1045	-8.4
41	Warcup, Ross	🇬🇧SCO	1668	0.0	1827	1027	-23.6
45	Kane, Robert	🇬🇧ENG	1797	0.0	2030	1230	-9.2
48	Uegaki, Haruo	🇬🇧SCO	1665	0.0	1864	1064	-9.6
49	Reid, Caitlin	🇬🇧SCO	1657	0.0	1832	1032	-10.8
42	Wallace, Tom	🇬🇧SCO	1603	0.0	1709	909	-28.8
43	Washington, Ian	🇬🇧SCO	1637	0.0	1845	1045	-4.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lukhi, NeevSCO
+24.8
2.0 pts · #1
2Bhatia, KanishkaWCMSCO
+23.6
2.0 pts · #3
3James, ChrisSCO
+18.2
1.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Bell, JonathanSCO
-32.0
0.5 pts · #31
2Watson-McFie, JosephSCO
-31.2
0.0 pts · #47
3Wallace, TomSCO
-28.8
0.0 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R6+150 Elo gap
McKenzie, Kyriakos1741 beat Carter, Richard1891