2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Round 9

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48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 26 Apr 2026 in Dunfemline, Scotland. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2186, and top seed was Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (🇬🇧 SCO, GM, 2308).

Nurlykhan Kudaibergen (🇰🇿 KAZ, 2146) won with 1.0/9, ahead of Sanjith Madhavan (1.0) and Thomas W J Murray (1.0).

Location

🇬🇧Dunfemline, Scotland

Dates

26 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Team · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMKetevan Arakhamia-Grant2308

Avg top 10

2,186

Participants

Titled players · 7

GM×1

IM×1

FM×2

CM×1

WFM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧Scotland×35

🇬🇷Greece×3

🇬🇧England×2

🇳🇬Nigeria×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

Top 3

🥇
Nurlykhan Kudaibergen
🇰🇿KAZ·2146
1.0pts·2954perf+9.0
🥈
Sanjith Madhavan
🇬🇧SCO·2163
1.0pts·2892perf+8.0
🥉
Thomas W J Murray
🇬🇧SCO·1769
1.0pts·2629perf+23.2

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan	🇰🇿KAZ	2146	1.0	2154	2954	+9.0
2	Madhavan, Sanjith	🇬🇧SCO	2163	1.0	2092	2892	+8.0
3	Murray, Thomas W J	🇬🇧SCO	1769	1.0	1829	2629	+23.2
4	Vasiliadis, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	2031	1.0	1949	2749	+7.8
5	Grant, Jonathan I M	🇬🇧SCO	2108	1.0	2106	2906	+10.0
6	McPherson, Shea	🇬🇧SCO	1726	1.0	1771	2571	+22.4
7	FMThomson, Craig S M	🇬🇧SCO	2194	1.0	2143	2943	+8.6
8	Savidge, Daniel	🇬🇧ENG	2111	1.0	2046	2846	+8.2
9	Allor, Chukwuka	🇳🇬NGR	—	1.0	1955	2755	+6.6
10	Lothian, Robert	🇬🇧SCO	2039	1.0	1971	2771	+8.2
11	Skettos, Nicolas	🇨🇾CYP	1952	1.0	1817	2617	+6.4
12	MacDonald, Duncan	🇬🇧WLS	1919	1.0	1924	2724	+10.2
13	Sharkey, Jason	🇬🇧SCO	1821	1.0	1908	2708	+24.8
14	McDonald, Ian	🇬🇧SCO	2011	1.0	1884	2684	+6.6
15	McKay, Jonathan	🇬🇧SCO	2005	1.0	1964	2764	+8.8
16	Tweedie, Steven	🇬🇧SCO	2172	1.0	2214	3014	+11.2
17	Sloan, Elliot S	🇬🇧SCO	1926	1.0	1952	2752	+10.8
18	Sharma, Devesh	🇬🇧SCO	2039	1.0	1929	2729	+14.0
20	McGeoch, Kenny R	🇬🇧SCO	1975	0.5	2120	2120	+3.8
21	FMBerry, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	2244	0.5	2308	2308	+1.8
22	Wright, Andrew G	🇬🇧SCO	2120	0.5	1975	1975	-3.8
23	Thurtell, Craig	🇬🇧SCO	1872	0.5	1804	1804	-3.6
24	WFMCooke, Suzie G.	🇬🇧SCO	1927	0.5	2075	2075	+4.0
25	Spencer, Edwin A	🇬🇧SCO	2075	0.5	1927	1927	-4.0
26	Emery, Keith	🇬🇧SCO	1804	0.5	1872	1872	+1.8
27	Browning, Isaac	🇬🇧SCO	2035	0.5	2115	2115	+2.2
28	GMArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	🇬🇧SCO	2308	0.5	2244	2244	-0.9
29	Vayanos,George Marwan	🇬🇷GRE	2103	0.5	2035	2035	-2.2
19	Drabych, Vladyslav	🇺🇦UKR	0	0.5	1865	1865	0.0
30	Tushynskyi, Volodymyr	🇺🇦UKR	2092	0.0	2163	1363	-16.0
31	Gardner, Leo	🇪🇸ESP	1884	0.0	2011	1211	-6.6
32	Leah, Tom	🇬🇧ENG	1971	0.0	2039	1239	-8.2
33	IMMuir, Andrew J	🇬🇧SCO	2143	0.0	2194	1394	-4.3
34	Deighan, Matthew J	🇬🇧SCO	1771	0.0	1726	926	-11.2
35	Tanzerova, Katarina	🇬🇧SCO	1908	0.0	1821	1021	-24.8
36	Heron, Donald	🇬🇧SCO	1829	0.0	1769	969	-11.6
37	Rutherford, William	🇬🇧SCO	1929	0.0	2039	1239	-7.0
38	CMDeepak Ambattu, Rithvik	🇬🇧SCO	2154	0.0	2188	1388	-18.0
39	Keenan, Alex	🇬🇧SCO	1817	0.0	1952	1152	-6.4
40	Burnett, Walter	🇬🇧SCO	1949	0.0	2031	1231	-7.8
42	Bozinakis, Pavlos	🇬🇷GRE	2214	0.0	2172	1372	-11.2
43	WFMGroves, Carey	🇬🇧SCO	1924	0.0	1919	1119	-10.2
44	Blackford, Ross	🇬🇧SCO	2106	0.0	2108	1308	-10.0
45	McCusker, Andrew	🇬🇧SCO	2046	0.0	2111	1311	-8.2
47	Berg, Jan	🇬🇧SCO	1952	0.0	1926	1126	-10.8
48	Donohue, Tom	🇬🇧SCO	1964	0.0	2005	1205	-8.8
41	Hogg, Stephen William	🇬🇧SCO	1955	0.0	2080	1280	-6.6
46	IWUOZOR, John	🇳🇬NGR	0	0.0	2094	1294	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sharkey, JasonSCO
+24.8
1.0 pts · #13
2Murray, Thomas W JSCO
+23.2
1.0 pts · #3
3McPherson, SheaSCO
+22.4
1.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Tanzerova, KatarinaSCO
-24.8
0.0 pts · #35
2Deepak Ambattu, RithvikCMSCO
-18.0
0.0 pts · #38
3Tushynskyi, VolodymyrUKR
-16.0
0.0 pts · #30