The 17th Leyland Congress was held over the bank holiday weekend from Saturday the 23rd of August to Monday the 25th of August 2025, at The Business Centre, South Ribble Borough Council Civic Centre, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1DH. There were three 6-round Swiss sections: Open, Major (Under 1850) and Minor (Under 1600).

Round-by-round result charts were as follow. (Ties are here split by sum of opponents’ scores, which may not be that used by the organisers.)

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Mike J Surtees	2055	1	-	bye	1	B	12	1	W	11	1	B	8	1	W	9	½	W	3
	Great Lever			1			2			3			4			5			5½		20½
2	Adam G Ashton	2274	1	W	29	1	B	26	½	W	9	½	B	6	1	W	10	1	B	13
	4NCL 3Cs			1			2			2½			3			4			5		17½
3	Mahin Rughani	1906	1	W	13	½	B	10	1	W	19	½	B	9	1	W	11	½	B	1
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1½			2½			3			4			4½		16½
4	Sai Vaddhireddy	1972	½	W	22	1	B	32	½	W	10	½	B	11	1	W	19	1	B	8
	Ashton			½			1½			2			2½			3½			4½		14½
5	Shriaansh Ganti	2018	0	W	12	1	B	29	1	W	22	1	B	17	½	W	8	½	B	10
	Ilkely Chess Centre			0			1			2			3			3½			4		13½
6	Aaron Rich	1944	½	-	bye	½	W	28	1	B	18	½	W	2	½	B	12	1	W	16
	York			½			1			2			2½			3			4		13
7	Malcolm R Peacock	1996	1	B	30	0	W	11	0	B	12	1	W	21	1	-	bye	1	W	15
	Preston			1			1			1			2			3			4		12
8	George Fishwick	1832	1	W	24	1	B	27	1	B	15	0	W	1	½	B	5	0	W	4
	Burnley			1			2			3			3			3½			3½		16
9	Daniel JS Sullivan	1933	1	B	18	1	W	21	½	B	2	½	W	3	0	B	1	½	W	12
	Sheffield Nomads			1			2			2½			3			3			3½		15
10	Grieg Ichim	1853	1	B	33	½	W	3	½	B	4	1	W	15	0	B	2	½	W	5
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1½			2			3			3			3½		14
11	Om Reddy Jayar	1686	1	W	17	1	B	7	0	B	1	½	W	4	0	B	3	1	W	20
	London			1			2			2			2½			2½			3½		13½
12	Leo Cheung	1832	1	B	5	0	W	1	1	W	7	½	B	26	½	W	6	½	B	9
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1			2			2½			3			3½		13
13	Komronbek Bakhtiyorov	1711	0	B	3	1	W	33	½	B	23	1	W	27	1	B	20	0	W	2
	Merseyside *			0			1			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
14	Mark M Robertson	2101	0	W	26	1	B	24	½	-	bye	0	W	20	1	B	27	1	W	23
	Lewisham			0			1			1½			1½			2½			3½		10
15	John P Wareing	1938	1	W	34	1	B	16	0	W	8	0	B	10	1	W	22	0	B	7
	Calderdale			1			2			2			2			3			3		13
16	Max Fyson	1955	1	B	23	0	W	15	0	B	20	1	W	29	1	W	17	0	B	6
	Lancaster			1			1			1			2			3			3		11
17	Paul O'Donovan	1905	0	B	11	1	W	30	1	B	28	0	W	5	0	B	16	1	B	19
	Cornwall (?)			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
18	Michael Adam	1756	0	W	9	1	B	25	0	W	6	0	B	24	1	W	32	1	B	29
				0			1			1			1			2			3		8
19	Joel Ofeni	1672	½	B	31	1	W	20	0	B	3	1	W	23	0	B	4	0	W	17
	Atticus			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
20	Ben S Rich	1868	½	-	bye	0	B	19	1	W	16	1	B	14	0	W	13	0	B	11
	York			½			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
21	Matthew Grimley	1884	1	W	25	0	B	9	½	W	26	0	B	7	½	W	24	½	B	22
	Burnley			1			1			1½			1½			2			2½		9½
22	Carl Gartside	1818	½	B	4	½	W	31	0	B	5	1	W	28	0	B	15	½	W	21
	Macclesfield			½			1			1			2			2			2½		9
23	Alannah Ashton	1867	0	W	16	1	B	34	½	W	13	0	B	19	1	W	33	0	B	14
	3Cs			0			1			1½			1½			2½			2½		9
24	Steven Potter	1855	0	B	8	0	W	14	½	B	30	1	W	18	½	B	21	½	W	27
	St Helens			0			0			½			1½			2			2½		6½
25	Martin J Burns	1864	0	B	21	0	W	18	0	B	29	½	W	30	1	B	28	1	W	32
	Crewe			0			0			0			½			1½			2½		4½
26	Simon Layhe	1888	1	B	14	0	W	2	½	B	21	½	W	12
	Crewe			1			1			1½			2			2			2		9½
27	Chris Doran	1961	½	B	28	0	W	8	1	W	32	0	B	13	0	W	14	½	B	24
	Chester			½			½			1½			1½			1½			2		7½
28	Dylan Mize	1791	½	W	27	½	B	6	0	W	17	0	B	22	0	W	25	1	B	33
	Liverpool			½			1			1			1			1			2		6½
29	Robert A Newton	1851	0	B	2	0	W	5	1	W	25	0	B	16	1	B	30	0	W	18
	Rochdale			0			0			1			1			2			2		6
30	Hambel M Willow	1825	0	W	7	0	B	17	½	W	24	½	B	25	0	W	29	1	-	bye
	West Nottingham			0			0			½			1			1			2		4½
31	Oleg Cukovs	1888	½	W	19	½	B	22
	Poulton-Le-Fylde			½			1			1			1			1			1		5½
32	Ian Paul Stephens	1836	½	-	bye	0	W	4	0	B	27	½	W	33	0	B	18	0	B	25
	Liverpool			½			½			½			1			1			1		4½
33	Reg P Clucas	1857	0	W	10	0	B	13	½	W	34	½	B	32	0	B	23	0	W	28
	Altrincham & Hale			0			0			½			1			1			1		3½
34	Nodirabegim Bakhtiyorova	1761	0	B	15	0	W	23	½	B	33
	Merseyside *			0			0			½			½			½			½		2

	Major (Under 1850)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	George Heath	1742	1	B	29	1	W	11	½	B	8	1	W	6	1	B	2	1	W	5
	Lancaster			1			2			2½			3½			4½			5½		19
2	Paul Doherty	1823	½	B	31	1	W	18	1	B	28	1	B	7	0	W	1	1	W	8
	Bolton			½			1½			2½			3½			3½			4½		16
3	Shlok Maheshwari	1673	½	W	21	½	B	10	½	W	16	1	B	26	1	W	20	1	B	15
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			1			1½			2½			3½			4½		13½
4	Richard J Walsh	1828	0	W	12	½	B	24	1	W	33	1	B	10	1	W	21	1	B	9
	Lancaster			0			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		12½
5	Graham AG Williamson	1795	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	12	1	W	25	1	W	14	0	B	1
	Waterloo			½			1			2			3			4			4		14½
6	Adam Bleakley	1709	½	W	9	1	B	33	1	W	23	0	B	1	½	W	15	1	B	14
	Alwoodley			½			1½			2½			2½			3			4		14
7	Paul R Bielby	1839	1	B	24	1	W	12	1	B	19	0	W	2	½	B	8
	South Shields			1			2			3			3			3½			3½		16
8	Paul Leonard	1725	1	W	32	1	B	16	½	W	1	½	B	14	½	W	7	0	B	2
	Atherton			1			2			2½			3			3½			3½		15½
9	Sanjoy K Banerjee	1729	½	B	6	0	W	20	1	B	18	1	W	28	1	-	bye	0	W	4
	Atticus			½			½			1½			2½			3½			3½		12
10	Aashita Roychowdhury	1589	½	B	11	½	W	3	1	B	29	0	W	4	½	B	13	1	W	22
	4NCL She Plays To Win			½			1			2			2			2½			3½		11½
11	Janos Mak	1804	½	W	10	0	B	1	1	W	24	½	B	16	½	W	22	1	B	20
	Preston			½			½			1½			2			2½			3½		10½
12	Gert De Block	1648	1	B	4	0	B	7	0	W	5	½	W	30	1	B	23	1	W	26
	Cambridge City			1			1			1			1½			2½			3½		10½
13	Cliff H Rutlidge	1822	0	W	15	½	W	17	½	B	30	1	B	33	½	W	10	1	B	21
	Preston			0			½			1			2			2½			3½		9½
14	David Kilmartin	1485	1	B	17	½	B	15	1	W	21	½	W	8	0	B	5	0	W	6
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1½			2½			3			3			3		14
15	Martin Baxter	1760	1	B	13	½	W	14	½	B	20	½	W	19	½	B	6	0	W	3
	Settle			1			1½			2			2½			3			3		13
16	Conor Reaney	1821	1	B	30	0	W	8	½	B	3	½	W	11	½	B	26	½	W	17
	Preston			1			1			1½			2			2½			3		11
17	Jon Ew Blackburn	1775	0	W	14	½	B	13	1	W	32	½	-	bye	½	B	27	½	B	16
	Alsager			0			½			1½			2			2½			3		9½
18	Sara Kundan Khan	1581	½	W	26	0	B	2	0	W	9	½	B	24	1	W	31	1	W	27
	Poulton-Le-Fylde			½			½			½			1			2			3		7½
19	Luboslav Socha	0	1	-	bye	1	B	25	0	W	7	½	B	15
	Heywood			1			2			2			2½			2½			2½		12½
20	Paul Ashton	1605	½	-	bye	1	B	9	½	W	15	½	-	bye	0	B	3	0	W	11
	Leyland			½			1½			2			2½			2½			2½		11½
21	Zayd Kheratkar	0	½	B	3	1	W	31	0	B	14	1	W	32	0	B	4	0	W	13
	Blackburn *			½			1½			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
22	Richard Szwajkun	1739	½	-	bye	½	B	23	0	W	25	1	W	29	½	B	11	0	B	10
	Telford			½			1			1			2			2½			2½		9½
23	Ian D Lamb	1745	½	B	28	½	W	22	0	B	6	½	W	27	0	W	12	1	B	29
	Bolton			½			1			1			1½			1½			2½		8
24	John Gillett	1669	0	W	7	½	W	4	0	B	11	½	W	18	½	B	29	1	B	33
	Merseyside *			0			½			½			1			1½			2½		6
25	Simon Richards	1697	1	B	27	0	W	19	1	B	22	0	B	5
	Northwich			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
26	Michael I Connor	1779	½	B	18	0	W	28	1	B	31	0	W	3	½	W	16	0	B	12
	Great Lever			½			½			1½			1½			2			2		8
27	Chaitanya Krishna Vadlamani	1044	0	W	25	0	W	29	1	-	bye	½	B	23	½	W	17	0	B	18
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			1			1½			2			2		6½
28	Barry Groves	1764	½	W	23	1	B	26	0	W	2	0	B	9
	St Helens			½			1½			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
29	Chris W Ford	1744	0	W	1	1	B	27	0	W	10	0	B	22	½	W	24	0	W	23
	Prescot & Knotty Ash			0			1			1			1			1½			1½		6
30	Matthew Blackwell	1749	0	W	16	½	B	32	½	W	13	½	B	12
	Rushall			0			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
31	Sandra G Blackburn	1632	½	W	2	0	B	21	0	W	26	½	-	bye	0	B	18	½	B	32
	Alsager			½			½			½			1			1			1½		5
32	Daniel Altmann	1575	0	B	8	½	W	30	0	B	17	0	B	21	½	W	33	½	W	31
	Wrexham			0			½			½			½			1			1½		4
33	Vivien Webster	1675	½	-	bye	0	W	6	0	B	4	0	W	13	½	B	32	0	W	24
	Halifax			½			½			½			½			1			1		4
34	Kevin Winter	1758
	Ilkely Chess Centre			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
35	Mohammad Abdulhamid	1817
	South Bradford			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Minor (Under 1600)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Darren Stanway	1541	1	B	14	1	W	11	1	W	2	0	B	3	1	W	10	1	W	7
	Eccles Community			1			2			3			3			4			5		18
2	Amandeep Singh	1570	1	B	5	1	W	4	0	B	1	1	W	8	1	B	9	1	W	3
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			1			2			2			3			4			5		17
3	Chris Lysons	1486	½	B	12	1	W	15	1	B	9	1	W	1	½	B	7	0	B	2
	Eccles Community			½			1½			2½			3½			4			4		16
4	Claire Kerton	1501	1	W	19	0	B	2	1	W	21	0	B	7	1	W	13	1	W	8
	3Cs			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
5	Jeff Wilson	1467	0	W	2	1	B	19	1	W	16	½	B	18	½	W	6	1	B	10
	Blue Club (Oldham)			0			1			2			2½			3			4		12½
6	Taarush Goel	1420	½	B	18	0	W	8	1	B	17	1	W	15	½	B	5	1	W	11
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			½			1½			2½			3			4		12
7	Patrick N Coleman	1503	1	B	17	½	W	9	½	B	12	1	W	4	½	W	3	0	B	1
	Lytham St Annes			1			1½			2			3			3½			3½		14½
8	Neil Treadwell	1503	½	W	21	1	B	6	1	W	13	0	B	2	1	W	12	0	B	4
	Leyland			½			1½			2½			2½			3½			3½		14
9	Paul Robert Jackson	1551	1	W	10	½	B	7	0	W	3	1	B	20	0	W	2	1	B	15
	Lancashire *			1			1½			1½			2½			2½			3½		12½
10	Dylan Atkinson	1465	0	B	9	1	W	22	1	B	11	1	W	12	0	B	1	0	W	5
	Blackburn *			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
11	Leon Kesiak	1342	1	W	13	0	B	1	0	W	10	1	B	21	1	W	18	0	B	6
	Lancashire *			1			1			1			2			3			3		11
12	Brian Butterworth	1576	½	W	3	1	B	20	½	W	7	0	B	10	0	B	8	1	W	19
	Waterloo			½			1½			2			2			2			3		11
13	Daniel Westhead	1502	0	B	11	1	W	17	0	B	8	1	W	16	0	B	4	1	W	21
	Liverpool *			0			1			1			2			2			3		9
14	Andrew R De Santos	1465	0	W	1	½	-	bye	0	B	15	1	W	22	½	B	19	1	W	18
	Preston			0			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
15	Steve Szwajkun	1324	½	-	bye	0	B	3	1	W	14	0	B	6	1	W	20	0	W	9
	Telford			½			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		9
16	Sean Hicks	1311	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	B	5	0	B	13	½	W	17	1	W	22
	3Cs			½			1			1			1			1½			2½		7½
17	Ken Lawson	1413	0	W	7	0	B	13	0	W	6	1	-	bye	½	B	16	1	B	20
	Leyland			0			0			0			1			1½			2½		5
18	Gordon L Glover	1530	½	W	6	½	B	21	½	W	20	½	W	5	0	B	11	0	B	14
	Crusaders Blackburn			½			1			1½			2			2			2		9
19	Guy McCombe	1342	0	B	4	0	W	5	1	B	22	½	-	bye	½	W	14	0	B	12
	Preston			0			0			1			1½			2			2		6½
20	Colin Sherrington	1339	1	B	22	0	W	12	½	B	18	0	W	9	0	B	15	0	W	17
	Bolton *			1			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		8
21	Jenny Gartside	1369	½	B	8	½	W	18	0	B	4	0	W	11	½	B	22	0	B	13
	Macclesfield			½			1			1			1			1½			1½		6½
22	Joshua Torres	1046	0	W	20	0	B	10	0	W	19	0	B	14	½	W	21	0	B	16
	Leyland			0			0			0			0			½			½		1