Perth Congress 2026 - Major
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Perth, Scotland. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1810, and top seed was Katarina Tanzerova (🇬🇧 SCO, 1908).
Vladyslav Drabych (🇺🇦 UKR, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Joseph Moakler (5.0) and Haruo Uegaki (5.0). Drabych took the lead from round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Arnav Govil (1585) beat Mark Gyalus (1808), a +223-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Perth, Scotland
Dates
22 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×35
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsVladyslav Drabych led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 May
Vladyslav Drabych takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Vladyslav Drabych drew with Joseph Moakler (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Vladyslav Drabych 3 wins (R4–R6)Joseph Moakler 4 wins (R3–R6)Haruo Uegaki 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vladyslav Drabych | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Joseph Moakler | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Haruo Uegaki | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Katarina Tanzerova | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drabych, Vladyslav | 0 | UKR | +16N | +35B | =9N | +10B | +4N | +3B | =2B | 6.0 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 23.00 | 2141 | +49.6 |
| 2 | Moakler, Joseph | 0 | SCO | =6B | −23N | +34B | +14N | +8B | +10B | =1N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 18.25 | 1798 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Uegaki, Haruo | 1781 | SCO | +11B | −12N | +24B | +25N | +21B | −1N | +14B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 16.00 | 1864 | +20.4 |
| 4 | Tanzerova, Katarina | 1908 | SCO | +38B | +7N | +12B | +29N | −1B | −5N | =6B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 13.75 | 1869 | -2.8 |
| 5 | Vishwanath, Aniruddha | 1758 | SCO | F | +22B | =8N | +26B | =9N | +4B | =7N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 16.75 | 1844 | +24.0 |
| 6 | Gyalus, Mark | 1808 | HUN | =2N | −8B | +28N | =30B | +22N | +12B | =4N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 14.75 | 1746 | -7.8 |
| 7 | McGregor, Donald | 1730 | SCO | +32B | −4B | =31N | =15N | +37B | +21N | =5B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 11.00 | 1833 | +27.6 |
| 8 | Govil, Arnav | 1585 | SCO | =23B | +6N | =5B | =13N | −2N | +17B | =9N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 15.50 | 1879 | +92.4 |
| 9 | Aitchison, A Keith | 1745 | SCO | +37B | +26N | =1B | −21N | =5B | =15N | =8B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 13.00 | 1725 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Montgomery, David C | 1715 | SCO | +34B | =29N | +23B | −1N | +11B | −2N | =21B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 10.75 | 1831 | +11.6 |
| 11 | Oren-Woods, Nir | 0 | SCO | −3N | +20N | =14B | +19B | −10N | −13B | +28N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 11.25 | 1713 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shopynskyi, Vladyslav | 0 | SCO | +27N | +3B | −4N | F | =18B | −6N | +31B | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 11.75 | 1805 | +37.2 |
| 13 | Galbraith, Joe | 1819 | SCO | =24B | =15N | =30N | =8B | =16B | +11N | F | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 11.50 | 1631 | -24.0 |
| 14 | Zamvar, Vipin | 1737 | SCO | =22N | =31B | =11N | −2B | +35N | +30B | −3N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 7.75 | 1748 | +1.4 |
| 15 | Huang, Yushu | 1743 | SCO | F | =13B | =19N | =7B | +38N | =9B | =27N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.25 | 1819 | +25.6 |
| 16 | Kovalevskij, Alan | 1598 | SCO | −1B | =34N | F | +33B | =13N | =23N | +24B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 1778 | +34.0 |
| 17 | McRobert, George R | 1615 | SCO | −29B | +37N | −21B | +32N | =31B | −8N | +22N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 7.00 | 1630 | +4.0 |
| 18 | Shafi, Paul | 1724 | SCO | =28N | +39B | −29B | +36N | =12N | =27B | F | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1603 | -26.0 |
| 19 | Emery, Keith | 1804 | SCO | F | =24N | =15B | −11N | +36B | =31N | +32B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 1743 | -4.0 |
| 20 | Washington, Ian | 1632 | SCO | −26N | −11B | −22N | +39B | =28N | +38B | +30N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 4.75 | 1656 | +2.4 |
| 21 | Heron, Donald | 1829 | SCO | F | =30B | +17N | +9B | −3N | −7B | =10N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.50 | 1707 | -17.4 |
| 22 | Oren-Woods, Rowan I | 1513 | SCO | =14B | −5N | +20B | =23N | −6B | +25N | −17B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 9.75 | 1670 | +52.0 |
| 23 | Chantrell, Paul | 1762 | ENG | =8N | +2B | −10N | =22B | =30N | =16B | F | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.25 | 1536 | -32.0 |
| 24 | Wan, Kam | 1606 | SCO | =13N | =19B | −3N | +28B | −27N | +33B | −16N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.00 | 1593 | -5.6 |
| 25 | Hall, David G | 1711 | SCO | =36N | =28B | +33N | −3B | −26N | −22B | +37N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1494 | -22.8 |
| 26 | Cunningham, Blair Matthew | 0 | SCO | +20B | −9B | +35N | −5N | +25B | F | F | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 8.00 | 1724 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Simpson, Carrick | 1805 | SCO | −12B | F | +39N | F | +24B | =18N | =15B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1685 | -25.6 |
| 28 | Prabhu, Ainesh | 1467 | SCO | =18B | =25N | −6B | −24N | =20B | +36N | −11B | 2.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1547 | +16.0 |
| 29 | Ash, Michael | 1830 | SCO | +17N | =10B | +18N | −4B | F | F | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 9.00 | 1832 | +2.0 |
| 30 | Flood, Raymond | 1611 | SCO | F | =21N | =13B | =6N | =23B | −14N | −20B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 7.00 | 1641 | +4.2 |
| 31 | Warren, John | 0 | SCO | F | =14N | =7B | F | =17N | =19B | −12N | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.50 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Alomenu, Gilbert | 1504 | SCO | −7N | F | F | −17B | +34N | +37B | −19N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1486 | -5.6 |
| 33 | Ireland, Bruno J | 0 | SCO | −35N | F | −25B | −16N | +39B | −24N | +34B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 852 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 2418754 | 0 | — | −10N | =16B | −2N | F | −32B | +35B | −33N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.25 | 1544 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Victor McCallum | 1688 | SCO | +33B | −1N | −26B | −37N | −14B | −34N | =38B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 2.50 | 1387 | -56.0 |
| 36 | Kovalevskij, Daniil | 0 | SCO | =25B | =38N | F | −18B | −19N | −28B | =39N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.25 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Robertson, Jim | 1541 | SCO | −9N | −17B | F | +35B | −7N | −32N | −25B | 1.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 1.50 | 1394 | -20.0 |
| 38 | Thomson, Steve | 1652 | SCO | −4N | =36B | F | F | −15B | −20N | =35N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.50 | 1415 | -42.4 |
| 39 | Nathan, Yadhev | 0 | SCO | F | −18N | −27B | −20N | −33N | F | =36B | 0.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.75 | 920 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Govil, ArnavSCO+92.44.0 pts · #6
- 2Oren-Woods, Rowan ISCO+52.03.0 pts · #13
- 3Drabych, VladyslavUKR+49.66.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Victor McCallumSCO-56.01.5 pts · #36
- 2Thomson, SteveSCO-42.41.0 pts · #37
- 3Chantrell, PaulENG-32.03.0 pts · #24
Biggest upsets
- R2+223 Elo gap
- R6+198 Elo gap
- R6+150 Elo gap