The 3rd Lancaster Congress was held from 15th to 17th of August 2025, at The Storey, Meeting House Lane, LA1 1TH. It was advertised that the maximum number of entries which could be accepted was 120, and the actual number of entries may have been disappointingly low, but the date clash with Manchester seems likely to have reduced entries.

There were four sections: Open, Major (Under 1900), Intermediate (Under 1750), and Minor (Under 1500). This year, all sections were to be both FIDE-rated and ECF-rated, which may have deterred some weaker players.

Round-by-round results and final placings (ties broken by sum of progressive score, not necessarily the organiser’s tie-break system) were

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Harry Grieve	2564	1	B	16	1	W	4	1	B	5	1	W	3	1	B	6
	London			1			2			3			4			5		15
2	David Armbruster	2141	1	B	10	½	W	9	½	B	6	1	W	8	½	B	4
	Gosforth			1			1½			2			3			3½		11
3	Daniel Gomez	2122	½	B	6	1	W	12	1	B	16	0	B	1	1	W	9
	Lancaster			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
4	John D Lyth	1861	1	-	bye	0	B	1	1	W	14	1	B	12	½	W	2
	Morecambe			1			1			2			3			3½		10½
5	Oliver Stubbs	2281	1	W	11	½	B	7	0	W	1	1	B	15	1	W	10
	Wotton Hall			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
6	Michael Anthony Cook	1885	½	W	3	1	B	18	½	W	2	1	B	7	0	W	1
	Hackney			½			1½			2			3			3		10
7	Husain Nakara	2208	1	B	17	½	W	5	½	B	8	0	W	6	½	B	13
	Newcastle University			1			1½			2			2			2½		9
8	Kit W Hopkins	1983	1	B	13	½	-	bye	½	W	7	0	B	2	½	W	11
	Lytham St Annes			1			1½			2			2			2½		9
9	Lukasz Domanski	2122	½	W	14	½	B	2	1	W	11	½	B	10	0	B	3
	Hackney			½			1			2			2½			2½		8½
10	Om Reddy Jayar	1956	0	W	2	1	-	bye	1	B	15	½	W	9	0	B	5
	London			0			1			2			2½			2½		8
11	Robert Lothian	2029	0	B	5	1	W	13	0	B	9	1	W	16	½	B	8
	Scotland			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
12	Ellis Fretwell	1827	½	-	bye	0	B	3	1	W	18	0	W	4	1	B	14
	Poole			½			½			1½			1½			2½		6½
13	Joe Varley	2172	0	W	8	0	B	11	1	W	17	½	B	14	½	W	7
	Hull			0			0			1			1½			2		4½
14	Danny McMenamin	1923	½	B	9	½	W	15	0	B	4	½	W	13	0	W	12
	Lancaster			½			1			1			1½			1½		5½
15	Sarah N Longson	2054	½	-	bye	½	B	14	0	W	10	0	W	5	½	B	17
	Marple			½			1			1			1			1½		5
16	Holden Davis	2088	0	W	1	1	B	17	0	W	3	0	B	11	½	W	18
	Penrith			0			1			1			1			1½		4½
17	Tony D Wells	2028	0	W	7	0	W	16	0	B	13	1	B	18	½	W	15
	Athenaeum			0			0			0			1			1½		2½
18	Chris Sykes	1931	½	-	bye	0	W	6	0	B	12	0	W	17	½	B	16
	Edinburgh			½			½			½			½			1		3

	Major (Under 1900)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	George Heath	1742	1	B	5	1	W	6	1	B	3	1	W	2	½	B	4
	Kent *			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
2	Zak Tomlinson	1784	½	W	4	1	B	10	1	W	7	0	B	1	1	W	5
	Barnby Dun			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
3	Samuel Doherty	1764	1	W	10	1	B	11	0	W	1	0	B	4	1	-	bye
	Preston			1			2			2			2			3		10
4	Mark Taylor	1891	½	B	2	1	W	9	0	B	6	1	W	3	½	W	1
	Rochdale			½			1½			1½			2½			3		9
5	Oliver Graham	1801	0	W	1	1	B	8	1	W	11	1	W	6	0	B	2
	Worksop			0			1			2			3			3		9
6	Geoff Graham	1853	1	W	8	0	B	1	1	W	4	0	B	5	½	B	10
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			1			1			2			2			2½		8½
7	George J Ellames	1874	½	-	bye	1	W	12	0	B	2	½	W	9	½	B	8
	Alnwick			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
8	Kevin F Shaw	1773	0	B	6	0	W	5	1	W	10	1	B	12	½	W	7
	Lancaster			0			0			1			2			2½		5½
9	Robert A Dean	1791	½	-	bye	0	B	4	1	W	12	½	B	7
	Saltaire			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
10	Stuart A Howieson	1816	0	B	3	0	W	2	0	B	8	1	-	bye	½	W	6
	Scarborough			0			0			0			1			1½		2½
11	Philip J Walters	1693	1	-	bye	0	W	3	0	B	5
	Carlisle			1			1			1			1			1		5
12	Jasmine Burgess	1758	½	-	bye	0	B	7	0	B	9	0	W	8
	Cowley			½			½			½			½			½		2½

	Intermediate (Under 1750)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Ewan Herd	1742	1	B	29	1	W	22	1	B	6	½	W	2	½	B	3
	Hoylake			1			2			3			3½			4		13½
2	Andre Coltman	1618	1	B	32	1	W	13	1	B	10	½	B	1	½	W	5
	Bare Village			1			2			3			3½			4		13½
3	Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar	1640	1	W	23	½	B	20	1	W	19	1	B	12	½	W	1
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			1			1½			2½			3½			4		12½
4	Kevin Winter	1748	½	W	16	1	B	30	1	W	14	½	B	9	½	W	11
	Ilkely Chess Centre			½			1½			2½			3			3½		11
5	Mohammed Rohman	1613	1	B	28	½	W	9	½	B	7	1	W	10	½	B	2
	3Cs			1			1½			2			3			3½		11
6	Roman Pidhurskyi	1558	1	W	15	1	B	12	0	W	1	½	B	11	1	W	25
	Lancaster			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
7	George Bland	1628	1	W	26	½	B	19	½	W	5	½	B	8	1	W	16
	Lancaster University			1			1½			2			2½			3½		10½
8	Harry Quayle	1563	0	B	9	1	W	28	1	B	13	½	W	7	1	B	14
	Isle of Man			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
9	Ian C Stone	1697	1	W	8	½	B	5	1	W	20	½	W	4
	Maryport			1			1½			2½			3			3		11
10	Joseph Ko	1191	1	-	bye	1	B	11	0	W	2	0	B	5	1	W	27
	Altrincham & Hale			1			2			2			2			3		10
11	Joshua Cherrington	1633	1	B	18	0	W	10	1	B	26	½	W	6	½	B	4
	Ashby			1			1			2			2½			3		9½
12	Charlie Warboys	1650	1	B	25	0	W	6	1	B	22	0	W	3	1	B	21
	St. Patrick's School			1			1			2			2			3		9
13	John Hilton	1709	1	W	17	0	B	2	0	W	8	1	B	23	1	W	19
	Alnwick			1			1			1			2			3		8
14	Roland Fraser	1620	½	-	bye	1	W	24	0	B	4	1	B	27	0	W	8
	Scotland			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
15	Alan P Hiatt	1666	0	B	6	1	W	18	½	-	bye	1	B	20
	Carlisle			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7½
16	David J Buckell	1592	½	B	4	0	W	21	1	B	24	1	W	17	0	B	7
	Roebuck			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
17	James Weldon	1570	0	B	13	1	W	32	½	W	27	0	B	16	1	W	28
	Pontefract			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
18	Becky Kerton	1513	0	W	11	0	B	15	½	B	29	1	W	26	1	B	31
	Lancaster Chess Academy			0			0			½			1½			2½		4½
19	Adam Amirthanathan	1192	1	B	31	½	W	7	0	B	3	½	W	21	0	B	13
	Nottinghamshire Juniors			1			1½			1½			2			2		8
20	Isaac McHugh	1554	1	B	21	½	W	3	0	B	9	0	W	15	½	B	24
	Cambridgeshire			1			1½			1½			1½			2		7½
21	Alan M Llewellyn	1652	0	W	20	1	B	16	½	W	23	½	B	19	0	W	12
	Barrow			0			1			1½			2			2		6½
22	Paul Birks	1563	1	W	27	0	B	1	0	W	12	½	B	28	½	W	23
	Carlisle			1			1			1			1½			2		6½
23	Benjamin Findlay	1525	0	B	3	1	W	31	½	B	21	0	W	13	½	B	22
	SASCA			0			1			1½			1½			2		6
24	Kundan Khan Sara	1613	½	W	30	0	B	14	0	W	16	1	B	32	½	W	20
				½			½			½			1½			2		5
25	Sam Wyatt	1546	0	W	12	0	B	27	1	W	32	1	W	31	0	B	6
	Lancaster			0			0			1			2			2		5
26	Claire Kerton	1501	0	B	7	1	W	29	0	W	11	0	B	18	1	W	30
	3Cs			0			1			1			1			2		5
27	Harrison Theobald	1702	0	B	22	1	W	25	½	B	17	0	W	14	0	B	10
	Lancaster			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
28	Peter Mari	1397	0	W	5	0	B	8	1	-	bye	½	W	22	0	B	17
	Warrington Central			0			0			1			1½			1½		4
29	Hermione Glon Tombi Ambassa	1575	0	W	1	0	B	26	½	W	18	½	B	30	½	W	32
				0			0			½			1			1½		3
30	Steve A Spencer	1443	½	B	24	0	W	4	0	B	31	½	W	29	0	B	26
	Yorks Copper Works			½			½			½			1			1		3½
31	Jack Davies	1601	0	W	19	0	B	23	1	W	30	0	B	25	0	W	18
	Lancaster University			0			0			1			1			1		3
32	Noel J Boustred	1484	0	W	2	0	B	17	0	B	25	0	W	24	½	B	29
	Gosforth			0			0			0			0			½		½

	Minor (Under 1500)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Ken Lawson	1413	1	W	13	1	B	6	1	W	5	1	B	2	1	W	8
	Leyland			1			2			3			4			5		15
2	Liam Lantzman	1193	1	W	4	1	B	3	1	W	11	0	W	1	1	B	5
	Cambridge City			1			2			3			3			4		13
3	David M Scorer	1346	1	B	17	0	W	2	1	B	9	½	W	4	1	B	7
	Roebuck			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
4	Natalie Haydock	1428	0	B	2	1	W	10	1	W	7	½	B	3	1	W	14
	Poulton-le-Fylde			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
5	Declan Buckley	1396	1	B	10	1	W	15	0	B	1	1	W	6	0	W	2
	Lancaster University			1			2			2			3			3		11
6	David Littler	1337	1	W	9	0	W	1	1	B	13	0	B	5	1	W	12
	Lancaster			1			1			2			2			3		9
7	Nathan Sowerby	1476	½	-	bye	1	W	16	0	B	4	1	B	11	0	W	3
	Penrith			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
8	Andrew R De Santos	1465	½	W	11	½	B	12	½	-	bye	1	W	15	0	B	1
	Preston			½			1			1½			2½			2½		8
9	David Vaughan	523	0	B	6	1	-	bye	0	W	3	½	B	10	1	B	17
	Lancaster University			0			1			1			1½			2½		6
10	Surena Ghani	1115	0	W	5	0	B	4	1	B	16	½	W	9	1	B	15
	Lancaster			0			0			1			1½			2½		5
11	John Moore	1263	½	B	8	1	W	14	0	B	2	0	W	7	½	B	13
	South Shields			½			1½			1½			1½			2		7
12	Charlie Mowbray	1085	½	B	16	½	W	8	½	B	15	½	W	13	0	B	6
	South Shields			½			1			1½			2			2		7
13	Mark Haydock	1235	0	B	1	1	W	17	0	W	6	½	B	12	½	W	11
	Poulton-le-Fylde			0			1			1			1½			2		5½
14	Neil Lawlor	1466	0	B	15	0	B	11	1	W	17	1	W	16	0	B	4
	Lancaster			0			0			1			2			2		5
15	Jonathan Verden	1318	1	W	14	0	B	5	½	W	12	0	B	8	0	W	10
	Lancaster			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6½
16	Keerthi Angammana	1370	½	W	12	0	B	7	0	W	10	0	B	14	1	-	bye
	Lancaster			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
17	Ronnie Sutton	996	0	W	3	0	B	13	0	B	14	1	-	bye	0	W	9
	Great Harwood			0			0			0			1			1		2