Scarborough 48th Congress - Report
Our aim this year was to reach 400 entries so we increased the prize money and added the Challengers section to try and help us achieve this goal. However, we were hampered by the ECF's Coventry International which did affect our top sections but we introduced a new Club Tournament to our congress to try and compensate to determine which club was the best performing and we ended up with an amazing 445 entries in total making this the biggest Scarborough Congress. We consequently had to hire the Sun Court to accommodate!
Overall, despite a problematic first round draw due to changes to accommodate the new Club Tournament, the congress seemed to go smoothly thanks to our arbiting team. We welcomed back Lara Barnes as chief arbiter and Matthew Carr joined our team providing the live boards for the top sections. Jim Burnett, Peter Ackley, Neil Lowther returned to complete the line up along with myself, Nigel Hepworth!
Statistics .....
From the 445 entries, we had over 150 newcomers to Scarborough, 66 juniors, 106 seniors and 25 females ranging from 7 to 92 years of age with an overall average age of 46.
We had 28 Clubs competing to be the best performing involving over 220 players (half our total).
The best performing club was The Chess Centre closely followed by Leeds.
ChessPick.com came and sponsored our Juniors who are providing online coaching through their site and if you sign up via our links you'll then be helping us as we are affiliating!
Many thanks go to everyone who entered and very much hoping it was enjoyed by all as we look forward to seeing you all again next year. Congratulations to all our winners who are listed below.
Scarborough's 49th Congress is scheduled for 23rd-25th October 2026 and will be very similar to this years regarding format - full details will be released early 2026.
All the results are published on chess-results.com with the following links ....
Open
Challengers
Major
Intermediate
Minor
Foundation
Open
| 1st= |
Fava Lorenzo FM |
4.5 points |
£700 |
| |
Stanley Badacsonyi FM |
4.5 points |
£700 |
| 3rd |
Michael Fernandez FM |
4 points |
£200 |
Rating Prizes
| 2032 - 2140 |
Ali Jaunooby |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Jude Ranga Samarasinghe |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Jamie Heritage |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Sai Vaddhireddy |
3.5 points |
£25 |
| Under 2032 |
Julian Cast |
3 points |
£100 |
Challengers
| 1st |
Jael de Sousa Muachikape |
5 points |
£600 |
| 2nd= |
Jim Davis |
4 points |
£133 |
| |
Francis Batchelor |
4 points |
£133 |
| |
Andrew Wainwright |
4 points |
£133 |
Rating Prizes
| 1885 - 1965 |
Xiaofan Li |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Damien McCarthy |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Adam Bedi |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| Under 1965 |
Nick Webb |
3.5 points |
£100 |
Juniors
| 1st |
Xiaofan Li |
3.5 points |
| 2nd |
Charlie Wainwright |
3 points |
| 3rd |
Aviraj Bhaduri |
2 points |
Major
| 1st |
Andrew Trevelyan |
5 points |
£600 |
| 2nd= |
John Cawston |
4 points |
£133 |
| |
Matthew Haworth |
4 points |
£133 |
| |
Kevin Shaw |
4 points |
£133 |
Rating Prizes
| 1768 - 1821 |
Ron Plater |
3.5 points |
£25 |
| |
Robert Dean |
3.5 points |
£25 |
| |
Michael Connor |
3.5 points |
£25 |
| |
Liam Bellwood |
3.5 points |
£25 |
| Under 1768 |
David Stephenson |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Muhammad Umar |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Ross Kirkwood |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
Juniors
| 1st= |
Nathan Madzia |
3 points |
| |
Jamie Roberts |
3 points |
| 3rd |
Aashita Roychowdhury |
2 points |
Intermediate
| 1st |
Vladyslav Drabych |
5 points |
£600 |
| 2nd= |
Brendan O'Gorman |
4.5 points |
£133 |
| |
David Gostelow |
4.5 points |
£133 |
| |
John Horton |
4.5 points |
£133 |
Rating Prizes
| 1671 - 1710 |
Declan Johnston |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Joe Barker |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Daniel Wilson |
3.5 points |
£33.50 |
| 1638 - 1671 |
Daniel Reeves |
4 points |
£100 |
| |
Alan Tunnacliffe |
4 points |
£100 |
| Under 1606 |
Marian-Silviu Talmacel |
4 points |
£100 |
Juniors
| 1st= |
Declan Johnston |
3.5 points |
| |
Daniel Wilson |
3.5 points |
| 3rd |
Rual Misquita Rodrigues |
3 points |
Minor
| 1st= |
James Weldon |
4.5 points |
£333 |
| |
Philip Delbridge |
4.5 points |
£333 |
| |
Ethan Gaffney |
4.5 points |
£333 |
Rating Prizes
| 1515 - 1556 |
David Dunne |
4 points |
£50 |
| |
Louis Needham |
4 points |
£50 |
| 1466 - 1515 |
Ben De Smet |
4 points |
£100 |
| Under 1466 |
Stephen Spencer |
3 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Noel Boustred |
3 points |
£33.50 |
| |
Matthew Pickering |
3 points |
£33.50 |
Juniors
| 1st |
Ethan Gaffney |
4.5 points |
| 2nd= |
Yavus Aydin Kocak |
3 points |
| |
Max Scott |
3 points |
| |
Henry Saunders |
3 points |
Foundation
| 1st |
Mason So |
5 points |
£400 |
| 2nd= |
Mark Robinson |
4.5 points |
£150 |
| |
Noah Hicks |
4.5 points |
£150 |
Rating Prizes
| 1225 - 1377 |
Sri Sriharan |
4 points |
£50 |
| |
Sean Hicks |
4 points |
£50 |
| Under 1225 |
Leonardo Condron |
3.5 points |
£100 |
Juniors
| 1st |
Mason So |
5 points |
| 2nd |
Noah Hicks |
4.5 points |
| 3rd= |
Harrison Condron |
3.5 points |
| |
Leonardo Condron |
3.5 points |
| |
Alex Chan |
3.5 points |
| |
Cora Wainwright |
3.5 points |
| |
Prakhar Saxena |
3.5 points |
