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2026 Welsh Championship

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 06 Apr 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. 11 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2158, and top seed was Jose Camacho Collados (🇬🇧 WLS, IM, 2348).

Jose Camacho Collados (🇬🇧 WLS, IM, 2348) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Hugo Fowler (5.5) and Alex Bullen (5.0). Camacho Collados shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Joseph Browse (1788) beat Alan Young (2012), a +224-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Cardiff, Wales
Dates
03 Apr 2026 → 06 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧IMJose Camacho Collados2348
Avg top 10
2,158
Participants
27
Titled players · 11
IM×1
FM×5
CM×4
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧Wales×27
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Jose Camacho Collados led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
12
5
5
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Camacho Collados takes lead
Camacho Collados6Fowler5.5Zeidler5Bullen5Blackburn5Toczek4.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE06 Apr

IM Jose Camacho Collados takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Jose Camacho Collados 3 wins (R5–R7)Hugo Fowler 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMJose Camacho Collados*—
½
½
2Hugo Fowler—*
1
—
3FMSven P. Zeidler
½
0
*
½
4CMAlex Bullen
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Camacho Collados, JoseIM2348WLS+6N+11B=5N=3B+4N+7B+9N6.028.031.526.502423+5.3
2Fowler, Hugo1970WLS+19N=7B−4N+24B+11N+15B+5N5.523.525.017.752220+43.4
3Bullen, AlexCM2029WLS+15B+10N=9B=1N+12B=5B=6N5.027.030.020.252255+42.2
4Blackburn, Jonathan L BFM2258WLS+17B−8N+2B+20N−1B+10B+13N5.026.529.018.502219-2.6
5Zeidler, Sven P.FM2118WLS+26N+22B=1B+10N+9B=3N−2B5.026.526.515.502207+18.6
6Camp, Imogen A LWCM1933WLS−1B+18N+22B=13N+8B=9N=3B4.526.028.015.752137+36.6
7Toczek, GrzegorzFM2176WLS+27B=2N+8B−9N+19B−1N+12B4.526.026.013.252155-0.2
8Brown, Thomas2067WLS+25N+4B−7N=12B−6N+19B+16N4.523.024.013.252091+7.6
9Rathbone-Jones, IfanCM2163WLS+16N+21B=3N+7B−5N=6B−1B4.028.030.514.752119-6.6
10Harakis, Alexis MFM2192WLS+14N−3B+16N−5B+20B−4N+17B4.024.527.012.002060-21.2
11Kett, TimFM2107WLS+23B−1N+14B=19N−2B−13N+15B3.524.026.09.751948-26.6
12Cave, Iwan2122WLS=18B=20N+17B=8N−3N+14B−7N3.523.526.011.501984-24.6
13Young, Alan2012WLS−22N+26B=24N=6B=14N+11B−4B3.520.020.08.251943-12.2
14Fathallah, Joe1926WLS−10B+23N−11N+25B=13B−12N+24N3.518.019.06.251975+8.4
15Turner, Joseph David1806WLS−3N−16B+26N+21B+17B−2N−11N3.022.522.55.501916+18.6
16Hughes, AnthonyCM1901WLS−9B+15N−10B−17N+22B+18N−8B3.021.523.58.001921+1.6
17Van Kemenade, Rudy1930WLS−4N+25B−12N+16B−15N+20B−10N3.021.022.06.501949+0.6
18Bani Hani, Madged1853WLS=12N−6B−19N+22N=24B−16B+23N3.017.519.06.501816-16.4
19Roberts, Jamie1727WLS−2B+27N+18B=11B−7N−8N−21B2.523.523.54.751902+50.0
20McGhee, David1908WLSF=12B+21N−4B−10N−17N+22B2.520.020.06.251987+9.2
21Chapman, Alan D1976WLS+24B−9N−20B−15N=23B−22N+19N2.516.017.55.001752-41.6
22Browse, Joseph1788WLS+13B−5N−6N−18B−16N+21B−20N2.021.524.06.001799-0.2
23Kong, Emma Zihan1846WLS−11N−14B−25N+26B=21N=24N−18B2.015.015.02.001736-43.2
24Shevchenko, Danylo1741WLS−21NF=13B−2N=18N=23B−14B1.520.020.04.251738-2.4
25Korovski, Georgi1806WLS−8B−17N+23B−14NFFF1.013.013.02.001750-11.6
26Davis, LeeCM1851WLS−5B−13N−15B−23NFFF0.013.513.50.001146-30.8
27Jukes, Sam1925WLS−7N−19BFFFFF0.07.07.00.001152-19.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets