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2026 Welsh Spring Open

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37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1985, and top seed was Ifan Rathbone-Jones (🇬🇧 WLS, CM, 2162).

James Tapp (🇬🇧 ENG, 2016) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Joshua McKenna (4.0) and Tim Kett (4.0). Tapp won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Lachlan Baly Hughes Tyrrell (1508) beat Wutong Chen (1815), a +307-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Cardiff, Wales
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧CMIfan Rathbone-Jones2162
Avg top 10
1,985
Participants
37
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧Wales×28
🇬🇧England×5
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

James Tapp led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
5
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

James Tapp never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

James Tapp won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1James Tapp*
1
2Joshua McKenna*
0
3FMTim Kett*
½
4CMAlex Bullen
0
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tapp, James2016ENG+24N+10B+20N+4B+25N5.010.512.512.502715+38.6
2McKenna, Joshua1739WLS+29N+5B4N+17B+9N4.012.514.010.502106+45.4
3Kett, TimFM2117WLS+37N=8B+9N+15B=4N4.012.012.08.752121+1.4
4Bullen, AlexCM2093WLS+26B+16N+2B1N=3B3.515.517.510.502034-3.6
5Fathallah, Joe1932WLS+18B2N+14B+11N=6B3.513.516.010.251869-5.6
6Hewitt, William1940WLS+22N=21B=8N+10B=5N3.511.513.59.2519290.0
7Tyrrell, Lachlan Baly Hughes1508HKG=32N+37B15N+30B+8N3.58.08.05.001886+74.0
8Chen, Wutong1815CHN+36B=3N=6B+12N7B3.014.014.57.251875+18.4
9Van Noorden, Nicolas1950WLS+19B+11N3B+16N2B3.013.516.08.001906-8.8
10Turner, Joseph David1806WLS+35B1N+19B6N+23B3.013.013.55.001802-0.4
11Di-Vetta, Andrew1798WLS+31N9B+28N5B+27N3.09.511.04.501805+1.0
12Jukes, Sam1905WLS+23N20B+24N8B+21N3.09.011.06.001863-4.0
13Shevchenko, Danylo1687WLS20N+23B=17N+32B=15N3.09.010.05.501904+54.0
14Tompkins-Coll, Owen1812ENG=33N+32B5N=27B+22N3.08.09.04.2517890.0
15Binks, Michael1853WLSF+27N+7B3N=13B2.512.012.06.501771-5.8
16Davis, LeeCM1862WLS+28N4B+22N9B=18N2.511.012.54.751772-10.6
17Kong, Emma Zihan1873WLS27B+36N=13B2N+28B2.510.010.53.501731-26.0
18Bartlett-Davis, Otto1618WLS5N+29B=30N=21B=16B2.59.511.04.501749+32.0
19Williams, John A1656WLS9N+31B10N=28B+37N2.59.09.02.251687+1.6
20Rathbone-Jones, IfanCM2162WLS+13B+12N1BFF2.013.013.06.002019-8.8
21Anandkumar, Govind1722WLS+34B=6N25B=18N12B2.011.012.04.001636-18.0
22Richards, Gareth1625WLS6B+34N16B+26N14B2.011.012.03.001697+4.4
23Moore, John1596ENG12B13N+34B+24B10N2.011.012.03.001572-3.2
24Zheng, Lucas1661WLS1B+35N12B23N+33B2.011.011.51.501039-36.0
25Bani Hani, Madged1852WLSF+33B+21NF1B2.010.010.03.001869+2.0
26Murthy, Arush1665WLS4N28B+33N22B+34N2.08.09.02.00955-50.4
27Bowkett, George1595ENG+17N15BF=14N11B1.511.011.04.0017160.0
28Burton, Henry1577WLS16B+26N11B=19N17N1.510.512.53.251622+8.0
29Are, Jai Hrithvik Adithya1481WLS2B18N+35B=33N30N1.59.09.51.00902-27.2
30McGrath, Ethan1747WLSFF=18B7N+29B1.57.57.52.751536-32.0
31Lewis, David1762WLS11B19N+36BF=32N1.57.07.01.001600-35.6
32Prabhu, Vismith1748WLS=7B14NF13N=31B1.011.011.02.501527-34.8
33Wu, Nathaniel1517ENG=14B25N26B=29B24N1.09.010.52.2513430.0
34Srivastava, Angel1365WLS21N22B23N+35N26B1.08.08.50.508520.0
35FIDE 1810502151110N24B29N34B=36N0.57.58.00.2513010.0
36Daniel, Elijah1542WLS8N17B31NF=35B0.57.57.50.251016-20.4
37FIDE 180915613103B7NFF19B0.010.010.00.009600.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets