2025-26 SNCL Division 2 Rounds 7 and 8
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50 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held on 22 Mar 2026 in Dunfemline, Scotland. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2038, and top seed was Roderick M McKay (🇬🇧 SCO, IM, 2146).
Neil Thomson (🇬🇧 SCO, 1949) won with 2.0/8, ahead of Berislav Marusic (2.0) and Haruo Uegaki (2.0). Thomson won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Nathanael Loch (1653) beat Carsten Bolln (1955), a +302-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Dunfemline, Scotland
Dates
22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 8 rounds
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×46
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇬🇧England×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomson, Neil | 🇬🇧SCO | 1949 | 2.0 | 1860 | 2660 | +15.2 |
| 2 | Marusic, Berislav | 🇬🇧SCO | 1805 | 2.0 | 1812 | 2612 | +40.8 |
| 5 | Uegaki, Haruo | 🇬🇧SCO | 1655 | 2.0 | 1747 | 2547 | +50.0 |
| 3 | Sutherland, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 1872 | 2.0 | 1867 | 2667 | +39.6 |
| 4 | McDonald, Kevin | 🇬🇧SCO | 2040 | 2.0 | 1807 | 2607 | +8.2 |
| 7 | Mittal, Advik | 🇬🇧SCO | 1893 | 1.5 | 1864 | 2057 | +16.8 |
| 12 | McConnell, Ivor | 🇬🇧SCO | 1757 | 1.5 | 1732 | 1925 | +17.6 |
| 8 | Gunn-Russell, Charles | 🇬🇧SCO | 1874 | 1.5 | 1758 | 1951 | +8.0 |
| 10 | Feather, Harry | 🇬🇧ENG | 1723 | 1.5 | 1902 | 2095 | +38.4 |
| 18 | McKenzie, Kyriakos | 🇬🇧SCO | 1754 | 1.5 | 1863 | 2056 | +31.2 |
| 11 | Mollison, Jamie | 🇬🇧SCO | 1872 | 1.5 | 1769 | 1962 | +4.8 |
| 9 | IMMcKay, Roderick M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2146 | 1.5 | 2006 | 2199 | +1.4 |
| 15 | Malkin, Jamie | 🇬🇧SCO | 2099 | 1.5 | 2062 | 2255 | +8.0 |
| 17 | Reynolds, William | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 1.5 | 1958 | 1978 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Watson-McFie, Joseph | 🇬🇧SCO | 1804 | 1.5 | 1666 | 1859 | +5.6 |
| 26 | Sanger, Jake M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2123 | 1.5 | 1977 | 2777 | +6.0 |
| 6 | Connor, Austin | 🇬🇧SCO | 1767 | 1.5 | 1841 | 2034 | +24.4 |
| 14 | Green, Michael L | 🇬🇧SCO | 1920 | 1.5 | 1877 | 2070 | +7.8 |
| 13 | Scott, Richard | 🇬🇧SCO | 1798 | 1.5 | 1640 | 1833 | +1.8 |
| 16 | Liam Mathieson | 🇬🇧SCO | 1735 | 1.5 | 1789 | 1982 | +26.0 |
| 22 | WCMMitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi | 🇬🇧SCO | 1863 | 1.0 | 1836 | 1836 | -2.8 |
| 29 | Railwani, Tavish | 🇬🇧SCO | 1775 | 1.0 | 1803 | 1803 | +2.8 |
| 31 | Macnab, Crawford T | 🇬🇧SCO | 1851 | 1.0 | 1749 | 1749 | -5.4 |
| 24 | Williamson, John | 🇬🇧SCO | 1660 | 1.0 | 1760 | 1760 | +10.8 |
| 28 | Hamilton, Douglas | 🇬🇧SCO | 1951 | 1.0 | 1806 | 1806 | -7.6 |
| 25 | FMGiulian, Philip M | 🇬🇧SCO | 2007 | 1.0 | 2025 | 2025 | +1.0 |
| 47 | Marchbank, Stuart | 🇬🇧SCO | 1762 | 1.0 | 1660 | 860 | -12.8 |
| 21 | Prabhu, Aadith | 🇬🇧SCO | 1854 | 1.0 | 2011 | 2011 | +15.2 |
| 27 | Loch, Nathanael | 🇬🇧SCO | 1653 | 1.0 | 1915 | 1915 | +25.2 |
| 30 | Doherty, Stephen | 🇬🇧SCO | 1954 | 1.0 | 1754 | 1754 | -20.4 |
| 23 | Watkins, John | 🇬🇧SCO | 1797 | 1.0 | 1884 | 1884 | +4.8 |
| 20 | Myant, Martin | 🇬🇧SCO | 0 | 1.0 | 1775 | 1775 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Giulian, Rosemary A | 🇬🇧SCO | 1858 | 1.0 | 1873 | 1873 | +0.8 |
| 37 | Huang, Yushu | 🇬🇧SCO | 1706 | 0.5 | 1727 | 1534 | -17.6 |
| 36 | Malkin, Kenneth | 🇬🇧SCO | 1904 | 0.5 | 1873 | 1680 | -11.8 |
| 34 | Bolln, Carsten | 🇩🇪GER | 1955 | 0.5 | 1727 | 1534 | -42.4 |
| 41 | Mogyorodi, Bence | 🇬🇧SCO | 1786 | 0.5 | 1844 | 1651 | -14.0 |
| 38 | Bell, Jonathan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1816 | 0.5 | 1838 | 1645 | -17.6 |
| 39 | Jelfs, Alan | 🇬🇧SCO | 1878 | 0.5 | 1725 | 1532 | -17.8 |
| 40 | Frew, Elliot | 🇬🇧SCO | 2129 | 0.5 | 1931 | 1738 | -20.0 |
| 33 | Hall, David G | 🇬🇧SCO | 1727 | 0.5 | 1808 | 1615 | -5.6 |
| 35 | Warcup, Ross | 🇬🇧SCO | 1644 | 0.5 | 1875 | 1682 | +3.2 |
| 46 | Gyalus, Mark | 🇭🇺HUN | 1821 | 0.0 | 1956 | 1156 | -13.0 |
| 43 | Graham, James | 🇬🇧SCO | 1746 | 0.0 | 1863 | 1063 | -27.6 |
| 44 | Warcup, Richard | 🇬🇧SCO | 1793 | 0.0 | 2040 | 1240 | -7.6 |
| 49 | Karampatos, Stavros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1912 | 0.0 | 2009 | 1209 | -15.4 |
| 45 | Del Mar, Tristan Isaac | 🇬🇧SCO | 1977 | 0.0 | 2111 | 1311 | -25.2 |
| 48 | Kleboe, James P R | 🇬🇧SCO | 1787 | 0.0 | 1655 | 855 | -13.6 |
| 50 | Wallace, Tom | 🇬🇧SCO | 1574 | 0.0 | 1801 | 1001 | -17.2 |
| 42 | Bergquist, Andrew | 🇬🇧SCO | 1794 | 0.0 | 1797 | 997 | -39.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Uegaki, HaruoSCO+50.02.0 pts · #5
- 2Marusic, BerislavSCO+40.82.0 pts · #2
- 3Sutherland, AndrewSCO+39.62.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Bolln, CarstenGER-42.40.5 pts · #34
- 2Bergquist, AndrewSCO-39.60.0 pts · #42
- 3Graham, JamesSCO-27.60.0 pts · #43
Biggest upsets
- R8+302 Elo gap
- R8+275 Elo gap
- R8+231 Elo gap