2nd Folkestone FIDE Congress - Open
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Folkestone, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1895, and top seed was Samuel Marsden (🇬🇧 ENG, 2098).
Simeon Bott (🇬🇧 ENG, 2033) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Samuel Marsden (3.5) and Oscar Christensen (3.5). Bott won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: James Cole (1597) beat Dominik Swiatkowski (1886), a +289-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Folkestone, England
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇬🇧Scotland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSimeon Bott led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Simeon Bott never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Simeon Bott 5 wins (R1–R5)Oscar Christensen 3 wins (R2–R4)Samuel Marsden 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Simeon Bott | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Oscar Christensen | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Samuel Marsden | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Gavin Brown | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bott, Simeon | 2033 | ENG | +12B | +5N | +8N | +2B | +4N | 5.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2716 | +42.4 |
| 2 | Marsden, Samuel | 2098 | ENG | +3N | +13B | +10N | −1N | =6B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 9.00 | 2054 | -8.4 |
| 3 | Christensen, Oscar | 1848 | ENG | −2B | +11N | +16B | +15N | =7B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 1974 | +34.0 |
| 4 | Brown, Gavin | 1774 | ENG | =6B | +14N | =7B | +9N | −1B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1958 | +49.2 |
| 5 | Swiatkowski, Aram | 1875 | ENG | +15N | −1B | =9N | =8B | +11N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1896 | +2.8 |
| 6 | Gorskovs, Andrejs | 1946 | ENG | =4N | −10B | +17N | +12B | =2N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 5.75 | 1834 | -22.4 |
| 7 | Jeffery, Paul | 1864 | ENG | F | +17B | =4N | +10B | =3N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 1965 | +18.0 |
| 8 | Atherton, John B | 0 | ENG | F | +16N | −1B | =5N | +15B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1885 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Pack, Edgar | 1781 | ENG | F | +18N | =5B | −4B | +10N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1870 | +18.8 |
| 10 | Brennan, Henry | 1813 | ENG | +11B | +6N | −2B | −7N | −9B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1787 | -8.4 |
| 11 | Cole, James | 1597 | ENG | −10N | −3B | +14B | +13N | −5B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1771 | +40.4 |
| 12 | FIDE 343427235 | 0 | — | −1N | F | +18B | −6N | +16B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1844 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Swiatkowski, Dominik | 1886 | ENG | +14B | −2N | −15B | −11B | +18N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1712 | -45.6 |
| 14 | McGill, Peter | 1794 | SCO | −13N | −4B | −11N | +18B | =17N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.25 | 1561 | -62.0 |
| 15 | Codd, Daniel | 1794 | ENG | −5B | F | +13N | −3B | −8N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1744 | -7.6 |
| 16 | Radford, Danny | 1758 | ENG | F | −8B | −3N | +17B | −12N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1750 | -1.2 |
| 17 | Chandrashekhar, Druha | 1652 | ENG | F | −7N | −6B | −16N | =14B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1522 | -21.2 |
| 18 | Lamb, Stephen | 1639 | ENG | F | −9B | −12N | −14N | −13B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1020 | -15.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Brown, GavinENG+49.23.0 pts · #3
- 2Bott, SimeonENG+42.45.0 pts · #4
- 3Cole, JamesENG+40.42.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1McGill, PeterSCO-62.01.5 pts · #14
- 2Swiatkowski, DominikENG-45.62.0 pts · #13
- 3Gorskovs, AndrejsENG-22.43.0 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R4+289 Elo gap
- R3+197 Elo gap
- R2+133 Elo gap