These are merged into one Swiss Event, there being three trophies to be won: the Bruce Trophy (championship proper), Holroyd Trophy (what used to for what was called Class B) and Shapero Trophy (Class C). Entries this year were down to 14, which has meant the “seeding” which determines eligibility for the separate trophies has had to be pragmatically modified to fit circumstances. Also, controller Geoff Brown plans to have only 5 rounds instead of 6 (unless there are extreme objections), as Swiss pairings in round 6 for a 14-player group of players would be “not pretty” and undermine the principles of the Swiss system.

Rounds 3 & 4 have now been completed and the pairings for round 5 made.

Round 3 results were as follows (progressive scores in parentheses):

	White		Black
(2)	Oliver West	0-1	Daniel Sullivan	(2)
(1½)	Chris Shephard	1-0	Jay Ryalls	(2)
(1)	T S Amarnath	1-0	Andrew Birtwhistle	(1½)
(1)	Geoff Brown	1-0	Will Winlow	(1)
(1)	Nat Holroyd‑Doveton	0-1	Mark A Walker	(1)
(0)	Connor Fairfield	0-1	Paul Davies	(0)
(0)	Jonathan Ferguson	1-0	Stefano Sgorlon	(0)

Round 4 results were as follows (progressive scores in parentheses):

	White		Black
(3)	Daniel Sullivan	½-½	Chris Shephard	(2½)
(2)	Mark A Walker	0-1	Geoff Brown	(2)
(2)	Jay Ryalls	1-0	T S Amarnath	(2)
(1½)	Andrew Birtwhistle	½-½	Oliver West	(2)
(0)	Stefano Sgorlon	0-1	Nat Holroyd‑Doveton	(1)
(1)	Paul Davies	0-0	Jonathan Ferguson	(1)
(1)	Will Winlow	1-0-	Connor Fairfield	(0)

Round 5 pairings are as follows (progressive scores in parentheses):

	White		Black
(3)	Jay Ryalls	0-1	Daniel Sullivan	(3½)
(3)	Chris Shephard	1-0	Geoff Brown	(3)
(2½)	Oliver West	1d0	Will Winlow	(2)
(2)	Nat Holroyd‑Doveton	1-0	Andrew Birtwhistle	(2)
(2)	T S Amarnath	1-0	Mark A Walker	(2)
(1)	Paul Davies	1‑0	Jonathan Ferguson	(1)
(0)	Connor Fairfield	v	Stefano Sgorlon	(0)

(“d” means by default)

The pairings and results can be seen on the ECF LMS website here https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/135486/rounds.

(PS 30/09/2026. The webmaster was routinely omitted from advice of final round results, and identified them for himself such as were available later, probably from LMS. Clearly, bottom board’s result was not found. This LMS webpage mentioned seems now lost on that system, and 2022-23 Sheffield Championship results seem now to have got lost from the ECF rating system.)