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Northern Counties Chess Union

Established 1899

A constituent unit of the English Chess Federation

 

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12/10/2025

Leeds Congress 2025

 

This was a 2-day 5-round Swiss event on Saturday & Sunday 11th & 12th October 2025 at Guiseley Theatre, The Green, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 9BT, in an north-westerly outlying area under the jurisdiction of the City of Leeds.  The Theatre had formerly been the offices of Guiseley Urban District Council, opened as such on 26 December 1867, remaining so until Guiseley was absorbed into the scope of Leeds City Council by the local government act of 1974.  It became a theatre in 1985.  It is conveniently close to the home of the organiser, whose very similar home postcode was erroneously attached to the Theatre’s address on a related website.  Easily done in a hurry!

 

There were three sections:  Open with 20 participants, Major (U1900) with 26 participants and Minor (U1600) with 35 participants.

 

Round-by-round results and final scores were as follows (though sum-of progressive scores was not used by the organiser as a tie-break method):

 

Open

No

Name

Rtg

1

2

3

4

5

SPS

1

Carmel J Barwick

2004

1

W

20

1

B

7

1

W

16

1

B

2

½

W

4

 

 

Crewe

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

 

14½

2

James Hall

2060

1

B

19

1

W

8

½

B

3

0

W

1

1

B

12

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11½

3

Alan Peart

2169

1

W

18

1

B

14

½

W

2

0

B

5

1

W

9

 

 

Harrogate

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11½

4

Aaron Rich

2131

½

W

13

1

B

15

½

W

12

1

B

7

½

B

1

 

 

York

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

10½

5

Shriaansh Ganti

2143

0

B

8

1

W

19

1

B

10

1

W

3

½

B

6

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

6

Patrick Joseph

2066

0

W

7

1

B

20

1

W

13

1

B

12

½

W

5

 

 

Leeds University

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

7

Mike Bramson

1928

1

B

6

0

W

1

1

B

17

0

W

4

½

B

8

 

 

Bradford

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

8

Leo A Keely

1977

1

W

5

0

B

2

1

W

14

0

B

9

½

W

7

 

 

Huddersfield

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

Toby Quaite

2282

0

B

14

1

W

18

½

-

bye

1

W

8

0

B

3

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Peter Hepworth

2030

½

W

15

½

B

13

0

W

5

½

B

18

1

W

19

 

 

Huddersfield

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

11

Daniel JS Sullivan

2023

½

B

17

0

W

12

½

-

bye

½

B

13

1

W

18

 

 

Sheffield Nomads

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

6

12

Pete Redmond

1931

½

W

16

1

B

11

½

B

4

0

W

6

0

W

2

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

8

13

Nick Shakhlevich

1932

½

B

4

½

W

10

0

B

6

½

W

11

½

B

15

 

 

Ye Olde Starre Inne

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

6

14

Robert G Clark

2000

1

W

9

0

W

3

0

B

8

0

B

19

1

W

17

 

 

Penyffordd

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

6

15

Charlie Wainwright

1900

½

B

10

0

W

4

0

B

18

1

-

bye

½

W

13

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

5

16

Greg T Eagleton

2073

½

B

12

1

W

17

0

B

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huddersfield

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Joel Ofeni

1877

½

W

11

0

B

16

0

W

7

1

B

20

0

B

14

 

 

Atticus

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

18

Gerald Cuaresma

1982

0

B

3

0

B

9

1

W

15

½

W

10

0

B

11

 

 

Wakefield

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

4

19

Simon Layhe

1903

0

W

2

0

B

5

½

-

bye

1

W

14

0

B

10

 

 

Crewe

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

20

Sylvan Clarke

1376

0

B

1

0

W

6

½

-

bye

0

W

17

1

-

bye

 

 

Alwoodley

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

Major

No

Name

Rtg

1

2

3

4

5

SPS

1

Kevin F Shaw

1776

1

B

21

1

W

8

1

B

11

½

W

3

½

W

4

 

 

Harrogate

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

13½

2

Nathan Madzia

1859

½

B

16

1

W

22

½

B

3

1

W

8

1

B

13

 

 

Leeds Juniors

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

11

3

Mohammad Abdulhamid

1822

1

W

15

1

B

19

½

W

2

½

B

1

½

W

5

 

 

South Bradford

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

12

4

David A Patrick

1845

1

W

14

½

B

12

½

-

bye

1

W

16

½

B

1

 

 

Calderdale

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

11

5

Aashita Roychowdhury

1748

½

W

13

+

B

17

½

B

6

1

W

11

½

B

3

 

 

Alwoodley

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

10½

6

Paul May

1884

½

B

22

1

W

20

½

W

5

1

B

9

½

W

7

 

 

Limewood & Scarcroft

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

10½

7

James P Collier

1842

0

B

19

1

B

13

1

W

18

1

W

12

½

B

6

 

 

Rose Forgrove

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

8

Climate Mupfiga

1839

1

W

24

0

B

1

1

W

14

0

B

2

1

W

18

 

 

Alwoodley

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

9

9

Randolph E Donahue

1822

1

B

26

0

W

11

1

B

20

0

W

6

1

B

17

 

 

Leeds

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

9

10

Jamie Roberts

1838

0

B

20

1

W

15

½

B

21

½

W

17

1

B

16

 

 

Crewe

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

11

Ewan Miller

1877

1

W

18

1

B

9

0

W

1

0

B

5

½

W

12

 

 

York

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

12

Matthew R Wilson

1815

1

W

23

½

W

4

½

-

bye

0

B

7

½

B

11

 

 

Teignmouth

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

13

Andrew Thompson

1498

½

B

5

0

W

7

1

B

22

1

W

21

0

W

2

 

 

Ashfield

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Liam Knox

1689

0

B

4

1

W

23

0

B

8

1

W

20

½

-

bye

 

 

Leeds

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

15

Bien Cuaresma

1610

0

B

3

0

B

10

½

W

25

1

W

22

1

B

23

 

 

Wakefield

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

16

William Pennell

1706

½

W

2

1

B

25

½

-

bye

0

B

4

0

W

10

 

 

Lincoln

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

8

17

Gary Corcoran

1746

½

-

bye

-

W

5

1

W

19

½

B

10

0

W

9

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

18

Nigel R Hepworth

1715

0

B

11

1

W

26

0

B

7

1

W

19

0

B

8

 

 

Huddersfield

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

6

19

Mohammed Andeel

1683

1

W

7

0

W

3

0

B

17

0

B

18

1

W

26

 

 

Ashton

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

6

20

Mohammed Rohman

1616

1

W

10

0

B

6

0

W

9

0

B

14

½

B

24

 

 

3Cs

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

21

David P Holmes

1500

0

W

1

1

B

24

½

W

10

0

B

13

 

 

 

 

 

Market Harborough

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

Sai Pavan Telukuntla

1738

½

W

6

0

B

2

0

W

13

0

B

15

1

-

bye

 

 

Huddersfield

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

23

David Kilmartin

1535

0

B

12

0

B

14

½

-

bye

1

W

26

0

W

15

 

 

Blue Club (Oldham)

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

24

Martin Baxter

1678

0

B

8

0

W

21

0

B

26

1

-

bye

½

W

20

 

 

Settle

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

25

Kevin Winter

1756

½

-

bye

0

W

16

½

B

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

4

26

Patrick Jagger

1569

0

W

9

0

B

18

1

W

24

0

B

23

0

B

19

 

 

Bingley & Keighley

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

3

Minor

No

Name

Rtg

1

2

3

4

5

SPS

1

Scarlett Rozman

1576

1

B

14

1

W

4

1

B

8

1

W

2

1

B

6

 

 

Leeds University

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

15

2

Rob Jarvis

1598

1

W

15

1

B

12

1

W

9

0

B

1

1

W

11

 

 

Ashfield

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

13

3

James Haikney

0

1

B

10

½

W

26

1

B

23

½

W

18

1

B

8

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

12

4

James Rushton

1279

1

W

32

0

B

1

1

W

12

1

B

16

1

W

7

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

11

5

Fin Johnson-Summers

1207

1

W

24

0

B

7

1

W

33

1

B

19

1

B

10

 

 

Hebden Bridge

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

11

6

William Bartlett

1527

½

B

23

1

W

30

1

W

17

1

B

7

0

W

1

 

 

Ashton

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11½

7

John Castledine

1541

1

B

21

1

W

5

1

B

16

0

W

6

0

B

4

 

 

Dewsbury

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

12

8

Christopher Patrick

1529

1

W

19

1

B

22

0

W

1

1

B

9

0

W

3

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

11

9

Scarlett Sanderson

1285

1

B

20

1

W

18

0

B

2

0

W

8

1

W

24

 

 

Cheshire & N Wales

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

10

10

John Tate

1438

0

W

3

1

B

35

1

W

13

1

B

22

0

W

5

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

9

11

Andrew Sim

1407

0

W

13

1

B

34

1

W

28

1

B

17

0

B

2

 

 

Selby

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

9

12

Cora Wainwright

1449

1

B

29

0

W

2

0

B

4

1

W

26

1

B

23

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

8

13

Georges Honore

1587

1

B

11

0

W

16

0

B

10

1

W

25

1

B

18

 

 

Selby

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

8

14

Samiksha Yerabati

1386

0

W

1

1

B

32

½

W

24

1

B

27

½

-

bye

 

 

Alwoodley

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

8

15

Chris Stead

1416

0

B

2

1

W

29

0

B

18

1

W

30

1

B

22

 

 

Saltaire

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

7

16

Rene Butler

1445

1

B

34

1

B

13

0

W

7

0

W

4

½

-

bye

 

 

Market Harborough

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

17

Blessings Chalemba

1157

1

B

31

1

W

25

0

B

6

0

W

11

½

B

21

 

 

Liverpool

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

18

Alex Rawse

1578

1

W

27

0

B

9

1

W

15

½

B

3

0

W

13

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

9

19

Alastair Speirs

1319

0

B

8

1

W

31

1

B

26

0

W

5

½

B

20

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

20

Claire Kerton

1500

0

W

9

0

B

27

1

B

30

1

W

31

½

W

19

 

 

3Cs

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

21

Andrew Baker

1320

0

W

7

0

B

24

1

W

34

1

B

28

½

W

17

 

 

Alwoodley

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

22

Alan Shaw

1230

1

B

28

0

W

8

1

B

25

0

W

10

0

W

15

 

 

Ashfield

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

8

23

Sean Hicks

1300

½

W

6

1

B

33

0

W

3

½

B

24

0

W

12

 

 

3Cs

 

 

½

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

24

Steve A Spencer

1465

0

B

5

1

W

21

½

B

14

½

W

23

0

B

9

 

 

Pontefract

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

25

Richard Thornton

1463

1

W

35

0

B

17

0

W

22

0

B

13

1

W

33

 

 

Leeds

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

6

26

Ed Strudwick

1549

½

W

33

½

B

3

0

W

19

0

B

12

1

W

27

 

 

Ilkley Chess Centre

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

27

Simon Jones

1397

0

B

18

1

W

20

½

-

bye

0

W

14

0

B

26

 

 

Saltaire

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

John Tindale

1485

0

W

22

1

-

bye

0

B

11

0

W

21

½

B

31

 

 

Leeds

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

29

David Halpin

1169

0

W

12

0

B

15

1

W

32

½

-

bye

 

 

 

 

 

Harrogate

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

4

30

Anant Handa

1259

½

-

bye

0

B

6

0

W

20

0

B

15

1

B

34

 

 

Greater Manchester

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

 

31

Sam Bartlett

1447

0

W

17

0

B

19

1

W

35

0

B

20

½

W

28

 

 

Ashton

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

32

Liam Kennedy

1489

0

B

4

0

W

14

0

B

29

½

B

33

1

W

35

 

 

Alwoodley

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

½

 

 

 

2

33

Philip Spencer

1356

½

B

26

0

W

23

0

B

5

½

W

32

0

B

25

 

 

Suffolk

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

½

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

34

Ana Sofia Lozano Burnham

1088

0

W

16

0

W

11

0

B

21

1

B

35

0

W

30

 

 

Maryport

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

2

35

Daniel Watt

1205

0

B

25

0

W

10

0

B

31

0

W

34

0

B

32

 

 

Cheddleton & Leek

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

0