2025-26 SNCL Division 2 Round 9

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43 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 26 Apr 2026 in Dunfemline, Scotland. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1999, and top seed was Roderick M McKay (🇬🇧 SCO, IM, 2146).

Kevin McDonald (🇬🇧 SCO, 2040) won with 1.0/9, ahead of Jamie Malkin (1.0) and William Spiers (1.0). McDonald shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Tavish Railwani (1775) beat Michael L Green (1920), a +145-point gap.

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

🇬🇧IMRoderick M McKay2146

Avg top 10

1,999

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

FM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇧Scotland×40

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
Kevin McDonald
🇬🇧SCO·2040
1.0pts·2722perf+6.6
🥈
Jamie Malkin
🇬🇧SCO·2099
1.0pts·2712perf+4.4
🥉
William Spiers
🇬🇧SCO·1905
1.0pts·2640perf+16.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	McDonald, Kevin	🇬🇧SCO	2040	1.0	1922	2722	+6.6
2	Malkin, Jamie	🇬🇧SCO	2099	1.0	1912	2712	+4.4
3	Spiers, William	🇬🇧SCO	1905	1.0	1840	2640	+16.4
4	FMGiulian, Philip M	🇬🇧SCO	2007	1.0	1839	2639	+6.0
5	Railwani, Tavish	🇬🇧SCO	1775	1.0	1928	2728	+28.0
6	Prakash, Sumanth	🇬🇧SCO	1649	1.0	1749	2549	+25.6
7	Gunn-Russell, Charles	🇬🇧SCO	1874	1.0	1896	2696	+20.8
8	Prabhu, Aadith	🇬🇧SCO	1854	1.0	1864	2664	+17.6
9	Gyalus, Mark	🇭🇺HUN	1821	1.0	1678	2478	+6.4
10	Doherty, Stephen	🇬🇧SCO	1954	1.0	1779	2579	+11.6
11	Hamilton, Douglas	🇬🇧SCO	1951	1.0	1718	2518	+4.4
12	Bell, Jonathan	🇬🇧SCO	1816	1.0	1716	2516	+15.6
13	Uegaki, Haruo	🇬🇧SCO	1655	1.0	1766	2566	+19.2
14	Mollison, Jamie	🇬🇧SCO	1872	1.0	1978	2778	+12.8
15	IMMcKay, Roderick M	🇬🇧SCO	2146	1.0	1943	2743	+2.4
16	Rutherford, Kathleen	🇬🇧SCO	1829	1.0	1785	2585	+9.0
17	Malkin, Kenneth	🇬🇧SCO	1904	1.0	1711	2511	+5.6
18	Smith, John S R	🇬🇧SCO	1798	0.5	1557	1557	-12.0
19	Karampatos, Stavros	🇬🇷GRE	1912	0.5	1886	1886	-0.4
20	Huang, Yushu	🇬🇧SCO	1706	0.5	1754	1754	+0.8
21	Bergquist, Andrew	🇬🇧SCO	1794	0.5	1743	1743	-0.8
22	Wallace, Tom	🇬🇧SCO	1574	0.5	1800	1800	+12.0
24	Mittal, Advik	🇬🇧SCO	1893	0.5	1897	1897	+0.8
23	Ritchie, Anthony	🇬🇧SCO	0	0.5	1713	1713	0.0
25	Warcup, Richard	🇬🇧SCO	1793	0.0	1823	1023	-18.0
26	Thomson, Neil	🇬🇧SCO	1949	0.0	1877	1077	-12.8
27	Ballantyne, Stuart	🇬🇧SCO	1839	0.0	1992	1192	-12.0
28	Hall, David G	🇬🇧SCO	1727	0.0	1876	1076	-5.6
29	Marchbank, Stuart	🇬🇧SCO	1762	0.0	1649	849	-12.8
30	Al Dakl Alla, Humam	🇬🇧SCO	1683	0.0	1798	998	-15.6
31	McKenzie, Kyriakos	🇬🇧SCO	1754	0.0	1933	1133	-11.6
32	Lamarque, Hugh	🇬🇧SCO	1943	0.0	2147	1347	-9.6
33	Graham, James	🇬🇧SCO	1746	0.0	1943	1143	-8.8
35	Haddow, Findlay	🇬🇧SCO	1833	0.0	1905	1105	-16.4
36	Sutherland, Andrew	🇬🇧SCO	1872	0.0	2128	1328	-8.8
37	Myant, Martin	🇬🇧SCO	0	0.0	1882	1082	-20.8
38	Logue, David	🇬🇧SCO	1766	0.0	1781	981	-19.2
39	Del Mar, Tristan Isaac	🇬🇧SCO	1977	0.0	2048	1248	-13.2
40	Jelfs, Alan	🇬🇧SCO	1878	0.0	1905	1105	-8.8
42	Green, Michael L	🇬🇧SCO	1920	0.0	1777	977	-14.0
43	Loch, Nathanael	🇬🇧SCO	1653	0.0	1808	1008	-12.8
34	FIDE 2408058	—	0	0.0	1773	973	0.0
41	Geyer, Toby	🇬🇧SCO	0	0.0	1805	1005	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Railwani, TavishSCO
+28.0
1.0 pts · #5
2Prakash, SumanthSCO
+25.6
1.0 pts · #6
3Gunn-Russell, CharlesSCO
+20.8
1.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Myant, MartinSCO
-20.8
0.0 pts · #37
2Logue, DavidSCO
-19.2
0.0 pts · #38
3Warcup, RichardSCO
-18.0
0.0 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R9+145 Elo gap
Railwani, Tavish1775 beat Green, Michael L1920
R9+113 Elo gap
Prakash, Sumanth1649 beat Marchbank, Stuart1762
R9+111 Elo gap
Uegaki, Haruo1655 beat Logue, David1766