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2nd Folkestone FIDE Congress - Open

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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
Top seed
🇬🇧Samuel Marsden2098
Avg top 10
1,895
Participants
18
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇬🇧Scotland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Simeon Bott led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
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
Player1234
1Simeon Bott*
1
1
2Oscar Christensen*
0
3Samuel Marsden
0
1
*
4Gavin Brown
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bott, Simeon2033ENG+12B+5N+8N+2B+4N5.012.014.014.002716+42.4
2Marsden, Samuel2098ENG+3N+13B+10N1N=6B3.513.515.59.002054-8.4
3Christensen, Oscar1848ENG2B+11N+16B+15N=7B3.59.510.55.501974+34.0
4Brown, Gavin1774ENG=6B+14N=7B+9N1B3.013.515.07.001958+49.2
5Swiatkowski, Aram1875ENG+15N1B=9N=8B+11N3.012.013.05.501896+2.8
6Gorskovs, Andrejs1946ENG=4N10B+17N+12B=2N3.010.511.05.751834-22.4
7Jeffery, Paul1864ENGF+17B=4N+10B=3N3.09.09.05.751965+18.0
8Atherton, John B0ENGF+16N1B=5N+15B2.510.010.03.5018850.0
9Pack, Edgar1781ENGF+18N=5B4B+10N2.58.08.03.501870+18.8
10Brennan, Henry1813ENG+11B+6N2B7N9B2.012.014.05.001787-8.4
11Cole, James1597ENG10N3B+14B+13N5B2.010.512.03.501771+40.4
12FIDE 34342723501NF+18B6N+16B2.09.09.01.0018440.0
13Swiatkowski, Dominik1886ENG+14B2N15B11B+18N2.08.08.01.501712-45.6
14McGill, Peter1794SCO13N4B11N+18B=17N1.57.57.50.251561-62.0
15Codd, Daniel1794ENG5BF+13N3B8N1.011.011.02.001744-7.6
16Radford, Danny1758ENGF8B3N+17B12N1.08.58.50.501750-1.2
17Chandrashekhar, Druha1652ENGF7N6B16N=14B0.58.58.50.751522-21.2
18Lamb, Stephen1639ENGF9B12N14N13B0.08.08.00.001020-15.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets