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2026 Leamington Open

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Leamington, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Joseph D Friar (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Karan Kukreja (3.5) and Finlay Bowcott-Terry (3.5). Friar won solo starting round 4.

Location
🇬🇧Leamington, England
Dates
09 May 2026 → 10 May 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
18
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×17
🇮🇹Italy×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Joseph D Friar led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Joseph D Friar held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Joseph D Friar went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Joseph D Friar*—
½
½
2Bruce L Baer—*——
3Finlay Bowcott-Terry
½
—*
0
4Karan Kukreja
½
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Friar, Joseph D0ENG+17N+13B=3B+7N=2N4.011.011.58.002168+26.0
2Kukreja, Karan0ENGF+6N+8B+3N=1B3.512.512.510.502349+40.0
3Bowcott-Terry, Finlay0ENG+10N+15B=1N−2B+6N3.512.013.07.502076-16.8
4Baer, Bruce L0ENG=9B+16N=7B=6N+8B3.510.010.56.752028+2.4
5Larkin, Benjamin0ENG−6B=9N+16B=10N+14B3.08.59.04.251944-13.6
6Pyda, Arjun0ENG+5N−2B+12N=4B−3B2.513.515.56.752010+18.4
7Fearnhead, Benjamin0ENG+18B=8N=4N−1B=9N2.512.513.04.751906+9.6
8Hazlehurst, Cory S0ENG+12N=7B−2N+11B−4N2.511.513.55.251875-15.4
9Tamilselvan, Tara0ENG=4N=5B=11B=13N=7B2.511.012.56.251919+12.4
10Mikhalchuk, Vitali0ENG−3B=14NF=5B+13N2.09.59.53.752011+10.4
11Caira, Theodore0ENG−13B+17B=9N−8N=16B2.07.07.52.001799-0.8
12Marlow, Ben0ENG−8B+18N−6B−14N+17B2.07.07.51.001759-9.6
13Turner, Lewis A0ENG+11N−1NF=9B−10B1.510.510.53.251806-10.0
14Pradhan, Ayan0ENG−15N=10BF+12B−5N1.58.08.03.001864+3.2
15Clark, Robert G0ENG+14B−3NFFF1.05.05.01.502047+3.0
16Clarke, Neil0ENGF−4B−5NF=11N0.58.58.51.001682-22.8
17Egid, Ben0ENG−1B−11NF=18B−12N0.58.58.50.251499-46.4
18Poderico, Francesco0ITA−7N−12BF=17NF0.55.05.00.251532-12.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
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