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Edinburgh Congress Major 2026

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1818, and top seed was Carey Groves (🇬🇧 SCO, WFM, 1924).

Maksymilian Mlynek (🇵🇱 POL, 1775) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ivor McConnell (3.5) and Kiril Kirilov (3.5). Mlynek won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Kiril Kirilov (1765) beat Carey Groves (WFM, 1924), a +159-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates
05 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧WFMCarey Groves1924
Avg top 10
1,818
Participants
32
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧Scotland×23
🇬🇧England×2
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Maksymilian Mlynek led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Maksymilian Mlynek never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Maksymilian Mlynek won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mlynek, Maksymilian1775POL+23N+21B+5N+7B=2B4.511.513.511.752104+34.8
2McConnell, Ivor1756SCO+25N+6BF+11B=1N3.512.012.09.752054+44.4
3Kirilov, Kiril1765SCOF+14N+17B=4N+9B3.511.011.09.252109+51.6
4Ash, Michael1824SCOF+27B+24N=3B+5N3.59.59.57.752078+42.0
5Bhattacharjee, Nilakshi1768SCO+32B+16N1B+20N4B3.012.012.04.001786+4.0
6Galbraith, Joe1787SCO+12B2N=16B+19N=8B3.011.013.07.001795+1.4
7Galbraith, David1761SCO+28N+22B+13N1NF3.010.010.05.501835+6.4
8McGillivray, Calum1734SCO22N=25B+30N+13B=6N3.09.09.04.751972+17.8
9Gyalus, Mark1806HUN16N+28B+22N+29B3N3.08.59.54.001539-20.8
10Aitchison, A Keith1737SCO17B=12N+31B=18N+26B3.08.08.03.751762+2.4
11Vishwanath, Aniruddha1782SCOF+31N+18B2N+20B3.07.57.54.001895+24.0
12Shafi, Paul1698SCO6N=10B+15N=24B=17N2.510.512.56.001782+18.0
13Hand, Jamie1832SCO=26B+19N7B8N+25B2.59.511.04.251615-35.2
14Groves, CareyWFM1924SCOF3B=27N+16B+29N2.57.57.53.501715-12.8
15Muirhead, Alastair1842SCO=19B18N12B+30N+27B2.57.57.52.001653-46.8
16Corke, Alexander1704SCO+9B5B=6N14N=19B2.011.513.55.501721+4.0
17FIDE 24198150+10N=24B3NF=12B2.011.011.05.2517400.0
18Al Dakl Alla, Humam1691SCOF+15B11N=10B=21N2.010.510.55.001768+16.4
19Cook, Sam1724SCO=15N13B+25N6B=16N2.010.011.53.751598-25.2
20Uegaki, Haruo1839SCO21N+23B+26N5B11N2.010.011.53.501546-62.0
21Nield, Christopher1713SCO+20B1N29B=27N=18B2.09.510.53.501745+3.6
22Smith, Josh0ENG+8B7N9B+31NF2.09.09.03.0017060.0
23Murray, Frankie1693SCO1B20N+28B26N+30B2.09.09.01.001654-3.8
24Matthew, Ian G1761ENG+30B=17N4B=12NF2.08.08.02.251667-6.8
25FIDE 241995502B=8N19B+28N13N1.511.012.02.5015650.0
26Dempsey, Graham0SCO=13NF20B+23B10N1.59.59.53.2516880.0
27Prakash, Sumanth1675SCOF4N=14B=21B15N1.010.510.52.251621-10.8
28Ramana Raju G N1522IND7B9N23N25B+31B1.09.59.50.001503-2.6
29FIDE 24197770FF+21N9N14B1.07.57.52.0016740.0
30Prabhu, Ainesh1478SCO24NF8B15B23N0.09.59.50.00957-27.2
31Ganesh, Krishiv1522SCOF11B10N22B28N0.09.09.00.00880-36.4
32FIDE 241994705NFFFF0.03.03.00.009680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets