Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final

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41 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held from 01 Mar 2026 to 28 Mar 2026 in Locations around Scotland, Scotland. 8 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2210, and top seed was Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (🇬🇧 SCO, GM, 2307).

Petros Valden (🇬🇷 GRE, 2181) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Stephen William Hogg (1.0) and Ross Blackford (1.0). Valden won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kanishka Bhatia (WCM, 1999) beat Keith Ruxton (FM, 2287), a +288-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Locations around Scotland, Scotland

Dates

01 Mar 2026 → 28 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMKetevan Arakhamia-Grant2307

Avg top 10

2,210

Participants

Titled players · 8

GM×1

IM×1

FM×3

CM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇬🇧Scotland×32

🇬🇷Greece×3

🇿🇦South Africa×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Petros Valden
🇬🇷GRE·2181
1.0pts·2693perf+3.2
🥈
Stephen William Hogg
🇬🇧SCO·1950
1.0pts·2580perf+5.6
🥉
Ross Blackford
🇬🇧SCO·2103
1.0pts·2575perf+2.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Valden, Petros	🇬🇷GRE	2181	1.0	1893	2693	+3.2
2	Hogg, Stephen William	🇬🇧SCO	1950	1.0	1780	2580	+5.6
3	Blackford, Ross	🇬🇧SCO	2103	1.0	1775	2575	+2.6
4	WCMBhatia, Kanishka	🇬🇧SCO	1999	1.0	2287	3087	+33.6
5	FMBerry, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	2232	1.0	1964	2764	+3.4
6	Bennett, William	🇬🇧SCO	2175	1.0	1864	2664	+2.8
7	Neave, George	🇬🇧SCO	2070	1.0	1774	2574	+3.0
8	Vasiliadis, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	1984	1.0	2243	3043	+16.4
9	Findlay, David John	🇬🇧SCO	2096	1.0	1807	2607	+3.2
10	FMThomson, Craig S M	🇬🇧SCO	2200	1.0	1863	2663	+2.4
11	Grant, Jonathan I M	🇬🇧SCO	2092	1.0	1800	2600	+3.0
12	Klingelhoefer, Jan Alfred	🇩🇪GER	1897	0.5	1674	1674	-11.2
13	Whyte, Brian G	🇬🇧SCO	2057	0.5	1683	1683	-8.0
14	Roger, Michael	🇬🇧SCO	1815	0.5	2130	2130	+14.4
15	Berg, Jan	🇬🇧SCO	1940	0.5	2105	2105	+4.4
16	Vayanos,George Marwan	🇬🇷GRE	2105	0.5	1940	1940	-4.4
17	Farrell, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	2130	0.5	1815	1815	-7.2
18	Koehn, Lennart	🇬🇧SCO	2157	0.5	2307	2307	+4.0
19	Jennings, Richard	🇬🇧SCO	1965	0.5	2170	2170	+5.2
20	Shafi, Declan	🇬🇧SCO	2170	0.5	1965	1965	-5.2
21	IMMuir, Andrew J	🇬🇧SCO	2150	0.5	1844	1844	-3.6
22	Mukuk, Osman	🇺🇦UKR	1844	0.5	2150	2150	+7.2
23	Brennan, J Ross	🇬🇧SCO	1796	0.5	2076	2076	+13.6
24	Spencer, Edwin A	🇬🇧SCO	2076	0.5	1796	1796	-6.8
25	Al Dakl Alla, Humam	🇬🇧SCO	1683	0.5	2057	2057	+16.0
27	GMArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	🇬🇧SCO	2307	0.5	2157	2157	-2.0
28	Thornton, Matthew	🇬🇧WLS	1674	0.5	1897	1897	+11.2
26	Bhattacharjee, Nilakshi	🇬🇧SCO	0	0.5	2007	2007	0.0
29	FIDE 2419459	—	0	0.5	1864	1864	0.0
30	Lukhi, Neev	🇬🇧SCO	1964	0.0	2232	1432	-6.8
31	Al Dakl Alla, Muhammad	🇬🇧SCO	1864	0.0	2175	1375	-5.6
32	Murray, Thomas W J	🇬🇧SCO	1780	0.0	1950	1150	-11.2
33	Connor, Austin	🇬🇧SCO	1800	0.0	2092	1292	-6.0
35	WCMMitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi	🇬🇧SCO	1863	0.0	2200	1400	-4.8
36	CMOphoff, Ja	🇿🇦RSA	2243	0.0	1984	1184	-16.4
37	FMRuxton, Keith	🇬🇧SCO	2287	0.0	1999	1199	-16.8
38	Mittal, Advik	🇬🇧SCO	1893	0.0	2181	1381	-6.4
39	Nield, Christopher	🇬🇧SCO	1774	0.0	2070	1270	-3.0
40	Adam, Michael	🇬🇧SCO	1807	0.0	2096	1296	-3.2
41	Railwani, Tavish	🇬🇧SCO	1775	0.0	2103	1303	-5.2
34	FIDE 2419025	—	0	0.0	1994	1194	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bhatia, KanishkaWCMSCO
+33.6
1.0 pts · #4
2Vasiliadis, TheodorosGRE
+16.4
1.0 pts · #8
3Al Dakl Alla, HumamSCO
+16.0
0.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Ruxton, KeithFMSCO
-16.8
0.0 pts · #37
2Ophoff, JaCMRSA
-16.4
0.0 pts · #36
3Murray, Thomas W JSCO
-11.2
0.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R1+288 Elo gap
WCMBhatia, Kanishka1999 beat FMRuxton, Keith2287
R1+259 Elo gap
Vasiliadis, Theodoros1984 beat CMOphoff, Ja2243