The Manchester Summer Congress 2025 was held from 15th to 17th of August 2025, at The University of Bolton Arena, Arena Approach, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6LB.

There were three sections: Harry Lamb Memorial FIDE Open, Major (Under 1930), and Minor (Under 1630). All sections were to be both FIDE-rated and ECF-rated, but although pairings in the Open were to use FIDE ratings, in the other two sections ECF ratings were to be used.

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	Keith C Arkell	2363	1	B	21	1	W	11	½	-	bye	1	W	7	½	W	2
	4NCL Cheddleton			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
2	Daniel W Gormally	2413	1	W	27	1	B	13	½	W	6	1	W	3	½	B	1
	4NCL Blackthorne			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	Mike J Surtees	2055	1	W	33	1	B	9	1	W	17	0	B	2	1	W	6
	Great Lever			1			2			3			3			4		13
4	Adam G Ashton	2274	1	W	30	½	B	7	1	W	18	½	B	6	1	W	8
	4NCL 3Cs			1			1½			2½			3			4		12
5	Edward Jackson	2194	½	B	10	1	W	22	0	B	8	1	W	11	1	B	18
	3Cs			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9½
6	Sai Vaddhireddy	1972	1	W	16	1	B	19	½	B	2	½	W	4	0	B	3
	Ashton			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
7	Mahin Rughani	1906	1	W	25	½	W	4	1	B	20	0	B	1	½	W	12
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1½			2½			2½			3		10½
8	Josh Cameron	1810	½	W	34	1	B	14	1	W	5	½	B	9	0	B	4
	Manchester Social			½			1½			2½			3			3		10½
9	James Kearney	1902	1	B	28	0	W	3	1	B	25	½	W	8	½	B	13
				1			1			2			2½			3		9½
10	Alannah Ashton	1867	½	W	5	1	B	34	½	W	12	½	B	17	½	W	14
	3Cs			½			1½			2			2½			3		9½
11	Rudy Van Kemenade	1926	1	W	15	0	B	1	1	W	19	0	B	5	1	W	17
	Oswestry			1			1			2			2			3		9
12	Yaoyao Zhu	1991	1	B	26	0	W	17	½	B	10	1	W	22	½	B	7
	4NCL 3Cs			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
13	Peter Hepworth	1948	1	W	31	0	W	2	½	B	26	1	B	27	½	W	9
	Huddersfield			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
14	Patrick Joseph	1959	½	-	bye	0	W	8	1	B	15	1	W	26	½	B	10
	Leeds University			½			½			1½			2½			3		8
15	Jamie Barnes	1952	0	B	11	1	W	21	0	W	14	1	B	30	1	W	24
	Atherton			0			1			1			2			3		7
16	Julie Van Kemenade	1743	0	B	6	½	B	24	½	W	29	1	W	32	1	B	23
	Oswestry			0			½			1			2			3		6½
17	Peter J Kobryn	1897	1	W	32	1	B	12	0	B	3	½	W	10	0	B	11
	Great Lever			1			2			2			2½			2½		10
18	Daniel T Lee	1924	½	B	22	1	W	23	0	B	4	1	W	20	0	W	5
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
19	Alexander Burke	1717	1	W	24	0	W	6	0	B	11	1	B	29	½	W	21
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1			1			2			2½		7½
20	Tetsuaki Sanada	2021	½	-	bye	1	B	29	0	W	7	0	B	18	1	W	28
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7½
21	Alex Burke	1881	0	W	1	0	B	15	1	W	33	1	B	25	½	B	19
	Holmfirth			0			0			1			2			2½		5½
22	Ved Sudeep Boganadham	1731	½	W	18	0	B	5	1	W	34	0	B	12	½	W	30
	Ashton			½			½			1½			1½			2		6
23	Paul Keevil	1648	½	-	bye	0	B	18	½	W	24	1	B	34	0	W	16
	NW Chess Academy			½			½			1			2			2		6
24	Chris Vassiliou	1931	0	B	19	½	W	16	½	B	23	1	W	28	0	B	15
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			½			1			2			2		5½
25	Grieg Ichim	1853	0	B	7	1	B	30	0	W	9	0	W	21	1	B	32
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			1			1			1			2		5
26	Paul Doherty	1823	0	W	12	1	B	32	½	W	13	0	B	14	+	W	27
	South Norwood			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
27	Robin J Nandi	1884	0	B	2	1	W	31	½	B	28	0	W	13	-	B	26
	Cowley			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
28	George Fishwick	1832	0	W	9	1	B	33	½	W	27	0	B	24	0	B	20
	Burnley			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
29	Neville Barnes	1825	½	-	bye	0	W	20	½	B	16	0	W	19	½	B	33
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			½			½			1			1			1½		4½
30	Colin A Costello	1876	0	B	4	0	W	25	1	B	31	0	W	15	½	B	22
	Carlisle			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
31	James P Collier	1728	0	B	13	0	B	27	0	W	30	½	B	33	1	W	34
	Rose Forgrove			0			0			0			½			1½		2
32	Beyazid Kocak	1477	0	B	17	0	W	26	1	-	bye	0	B	16	0	W	25
	3Cs			0			0			1			1			1		3
33	Leo Cheung	1832	0	B	3	0	W	28	0	B	21	½	W	31	½	W	29
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			0			0			½			1		1½
34	Chaitanya Krishna Vadlamani	1044	½	B	8	0	W	10	0	B	22	0	W	23	0	B	31
	Greater Manchester *			½			½			½			½			½		2½

	Major (Under 1930)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Robert Kane	1834	1	W	13	1	B	11	½	W	2	1	B	12	1	W	3
	West London			1			2			2½			3½			4½		13½
2	Nathan Madzia	1885	1	B	17	1	W	7	½	B	1	1	W	9	½	W	5
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			1			2			2½			3½			4		13
3	Ian G Matthew	1722	1	W	8	1	B	22	½	-	bye	1	W	4	0	B	1
	Portsmouth			1			2			2½			3½			3½		12½
4	Ben Barton	1857	1	W	14	½	B	10	1	W	19	0	B	3	1	B	11
	York University			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
5	Tashika Arora	1846	½	-	bye	1	W	21	½	B	6	1	W	7	½	B	2
	Oxfordshire juniors			½			1½			2			3			3½		10½
6	Charlie Wainwright	1743	½	-	bye	1	B	14	½	W	5	½	W	10	1	B	9
	Ilkely Chess Centre			½			1½			2			2½			3½		10
7	Christopher Hodgson	1893	1	W	15	0	B	2	1	W	22	0	B	5	1	B	10
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1			2			2			3		9
8	Thomas Rampling	1808	0	B	3	½	B	20	1	W	24	½	W	16	1	B	17
	York University			0			½			1½			2			3		7
9	Jon Coupe	1638	1	W	23	½	B	19	1	W	18	0	B	2	0	W	6
	Blue Club (Oldham)			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		10
10	Mohammad Abdulhamid	1817	1	W	24	½	W	4	½	B	12	½	B	6	0	W	7
	South Bradford			1			1½			2			2½			2½		9½
11	Nigel R Hepworth	1700	1	W	20	0	W	1	1	B	17	½	B	19	0	W	4
	Huddersfield			1			1			2			2½			2½		9
12	Robert A Newton	1851	½	-	bye	1	B	16	½	W	10	0	W	1	½	B	13
	Rochdale			½			1½			2			2			2½		8½
13	Matthew Grimley	1884	0	B	1	1	B	24	0	W	16	1	B	18	½	W	12
	Burnley			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
14	Aashita Roychowdhury	1589	0	B	4	0	W	6	½	B	15	1	W	21	1	B	22
	Leeds			0			0			½			1½			2½		4½
15	Ashton Morrissey	1802	0	B	7	0	W	18	½	W	14	1	B	22	1	W	20
	Bolton			0			0			½			1½			2½		4½
16	Michael I Connor	1779	½	-	bye	0	W	12	1	B	13	½	B	8	0	W	19
	Great Lever			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
17	Aram Marsh	1680	0	W	2	1	B	23	0	W	11	1	B	20	0	W	8
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			0			1			1			2			2		6
18	Andy Yang	1682	0	W	22	1	B	15	0	B	9	0	W	13	1	-	bye
	Bolton			0			1			1			1			2		5
19	Luboslav Socha	1700	+	W	25	½	W	9	0	B	4	½	W	11	1	B	16
	Heywood			0			½			½			1			2		4
20	Bryony Eccleston	1698	0	B	11	½	W	8	1	B	21	0	W	17	0	B	15
	Bolton			0			½			1½			1½			1½		5
21	Richard Leese	1701	½	-	bye	0	B	5	0	W	20	0	B	14	1	W	24
	Bury			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
22	Tyler Sweeney	1685	1	B	18	0	W	3	0	B	7	0	W	15	0	W	14
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			1			1			1			1		5
23	Dominic Bulman	0	0	B	9	0	W	17	1	-	bye
	St Helens			0			0			1			1			1		3
24	Paul Leonard	1725	0	B	10	0	W	13	0	B	8	1	-	bye	0	B	21
	Atherton			0			0			0			1			1		2
25	Amrit Singh	1641	-	B	19
	Warley Quinborne			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Minor (Under 1630)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Leo Ogilvie	1571	1	B	8	1	W	21	1	B	9	1	W	6	1	B	5
	Greater Manchester *			1			2			3			4			5		15
2	Stephen C Pride	1597	1	B	19	1	W	10	1	B	14	½	W	5	½	B	7
	Cambridge City			1			2			3			3½			4		13½
3	Daniel Westhead	1502	1	B	32	0	W	14	1	B	22	1	W	10	1	B	17
	Liverpool *			1			1			2			3			4		11
4	John Peoples	1481	1	B	33	0	W	5	1	B	21	1	W	16	1	B	9
	New England			1			1			2			3			4		11
5	Richard Smith	1567	1	W	12	1	B	4	1	W	13	½	B	2	0	W	1
	Poole			1			2			3			3½			3½		13
6	Jonathan Feasby	1559	1	B	29	½	W	16	1	W	27	0	B	1	1	W	13
	Thornaby			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
7	Ben Moran	1548	1	B	25	0	W	9	1	B	30	1	W	14	½	W	2
	York			1			1			2			3			3½		10½
8	Yavuz Aydin Kocak	1300	0	W	1	1	B	24	1	W	31	½	B	13	1	W	15
	Greater Manchester *			0			1			2			2½			3½		9
9	Thomas Marwood	1612	1	W	20	1	B	7	0	W	1	1	B	15	0	W	4
	Thornaby			1			2			2			3			3		11
10	McDonald Bilyard	1550	1	W	26	0	B	2	1	W	20	0	B	3	1	W	22
	Doncaster			1			1			2			2			3		9
11	Christopher Lysons	1486	1	W	24	0	B	13	½	W	28	1	B	27	½	W	14
	Eccles Community			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
12	Vehant Sharma	1297	0	B	5	1	W	25	½	B	19	½	W	18	1	B	30
	Greater Manchester Juniors			0			1			1½			2			3		7½
13	Joel Joung	1496	1	B	22	1	W	11	0	B	5	½	W	8	0	B	6
	Greater Manchester			1			2			2			2½			2½		10
14	Neil Jackson	1583	1	W	28	1	B	3	0	W	2	0	B	7	½	B	11
	3Cs			1			2			2			2			2½		9½
15	Noah Hicks	1357	½	-	bye	1	W	17	1	B	16	0	W	9	0	B	8
	3Cs			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
16	Philip Clare	1571	1	W	30	½	B	6	0	W	15	0	B	4	1	W	28
	Stockport			1			1½			1½			1½			2½		8
17	Anant Handa	1503	½	-	bye	0	B	15	1	W	23	1	B	28	0	W	3
	Greater Manchester *			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
18	John D Merry	1516	½	W	23	0	B	27	1	W	26	½	B	12	½	W	20
	Salford			½			½			1½			2			2½		7
19	Lawrence Harold	1455	0	W	2	1	B	23	½	W	12	0	B	20	1	W	27
	Eccles Community			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
20	Liam Woodall	1361	0	B	9	1	W	32	0	B	10	1	W	19	½	B	18
	East Yorkshire *			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
21	Mike Swift	1342	1	W	31	0	B	1	0	W	4	½	-	bye	½	B	23
	Bolton			1			1			1			1½			2		6½
22	Daniel Boyle	1400	0	W	13	1	B	26	0	W	3	1	B	24	0	B	10
	Scotland			0			1			1			2			2		6
23	Annabel Foakes	1050	½	B	18	0	W	19	0	B	17	1	B	25	½	W	21
	Greater Manchester *			½			½			½			1½			2		5
24	Jiwei Yu	680	0	B	11	0	W	8	1	B	32	0	W	22	1	B	33
	Cheshire Junior Knights			0			0			1			1			2		4
25	Patrick N Coleman	1503	0	W	7	0	B	12	1	B	33	0	W	23	1	W	29
	Lytham St Annes			0			0			1			1			2		4
26	Martin Ayres	1242	0	B	10	0	W	22	0	B	18	1	W	33	1	W	32
	Telepost (Shrewsbury)			0			0			0			1			2		3
27	Sean Hicks	1311	½	-	bye	1	W	18	0	B	6	0	W	11	0	B	19
	3Cs			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6½
28	Colin Sherrington	1339	0	B	14	1	W	33	½	B	11	0	W	17	0	B	16
	Bolton *			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
29	Yihang Sun	1268	0	W	6	½	B	31	½	-	bye	0	W	30	0	B	25
	Swinton & Worsley Community			0			½			1			1			1		3½
30	Steve R Wilson	1429	0	B	16	+	W	34	0	W	7	1	B	29	0	W	12
	Telepost (Shrewsbury)			0			0			0			1			1		2
31	Stewart Ogden	1598	0	B	21	½	W	29	0	B	8	-	W	32
	Todmorden			0			½			½			½			½		2
32	Noah Topley	843	0	W	3	0	B	20	0	W	24	+	B	31	0	B	26
	Bury			0			0			0			0			0		0
33	Rohan Hickey	647	0	W	4	0	B	28	0	W	25	0	B	26	0	W	24
	Lancashire *			0			0			0			0			0		0
34	Innoncent Byaombe (filler)	1164				1	B	23
	Bolton *