The 6-round Manchester FIDE Rapidplay Congress 2026 was held on Sunday 22nd March 2026 at The University of Bolton Arena, Arena Approach, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6LB.

Final results in the three sections (Open, Major (Under 1900), and Minor (Under 1630) were as follows.

Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Ethan Norris	2072	1	W	9	1	B	8	1	W	4	0	B	2	1	W	3	1	B	5
	Atherton			1			2			3			3			4			5		18
2	Paul Macklin	2236	½	B	5	1	W	6	1	B	3	1	W	1	1	B	8	½	W	4
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			1½			2½			3½			4½			5		17.5
3	Mike J Surtees	2124	1	W	7	½	B	4	0	W	2	1	B	9	0	B	1	1	W	10
	Great Lever			1			1½			1½			2½			2½			3½		12.5
4	Xiaofan Li	1984	1	B	10	½	W	3	0	B	1	½	W	5	1	B	9	½	B	2
	Hull			1			1½			1½			2			3			3½		12.5
5	Michael McDonagh	1927	½	W	2	½	B	7	½	W	8	½	B	4	1	W	6	0	W	1
	Chester			½			1			1½			2			3			3		11
6	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1826	0	W	8	0	B	2	1	W	10	1	W	7	0	B	5	1	W	9
	Bolton			0			0			1			2			2			3		8
7	James P Rothwell	1907	0	B	3	½	W	5	½	W	9	0	B	6	1	W	10	1	B	8
	Atticus			0			½			1			1			2			3		7.5
8	Thomas Fielding	2103	1	B	6	0	W	1	½	B	5	1	B	10	0	W	2	0	W	7
	Holmes Chapel (?)			1			1			1½			2½			2½			2½		11
9	Harry Gardiner	1799	0	B	1	1	W	10	½	B	7	0	W	3	0	W	4	0	B	6
	Crewe			0			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		7
10	Craig Platt	1632	0	W	4	0	B	9	0	B	6	0	W	8	0	B	7	0	B	3
	Staffordshire *			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
11	Simeon Sakic	1868
	Bolton			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

Major

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Jack Virgin	1813	1	W	21	1	B	23	1	W	3	1	B	10	1	W	2	0	B	4
	Stockport			1			2			3			4			5			5		20
2	Jamie Roberts	1664	1	W	17	1	B	11	1	W	25	1	W	5	0	B	1	1	B	7
	Crewe			1			2			3			4			4			5		19
3	Leo Cheung	1685	1	W	22	1	W	7	0	B	1	1	B	25	1	W	11	1	W	5
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			2			3			4			5		17
4	Shrihan Koppuravuri	1771	1	W	31	0	B	13	1	W	16	1	B	23	1	W	10	1	W	1
	Aylesbury			1			1			2			3			4			5		16
5	Amrik J Singh	1753	1	W	20	1	B	24	1	W	13	0	B	2	1	W	14	0	B	3
	Warley Quinborne			1			2			3			3			4			4		17
6	Oskar Jarzynski	1551	1	W	32	½	B	22	1	W	18	1	B	8	0	W	7	½	B	12
	Crewe			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			4		16
7	Julian Alderton	1773	1	W	27	0	B	3	1	W	24	1	B	13	1	B	6	0	W	2
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			1			1			2			3			4			4		15
8	Mohammad Abdulhamid	1747	1	B	14	1	W	9	0	B	10	0	W	6	1	W	18	1	B	15
	South Bradford			1			2			2			2			3			4		14
9	Ushakan Thushyanthan	1675	1	W	15	0	B	8	1	W	12	½	B	11	½	W	25	1	B	14
	Aylesbury GS			1			1			2			2½			3			4		13.5
10	Ashton Morrissey	1682	1	W	18	1	B	12	1	W	8	0	W	1	0	B	4	½	B	25
	Bolton			1			2			3			3			3			3½		15.5
11	Andrew Beswick	1694	1	B	33	0	W	2	1	B	31	½	W	9	0	B	3	1	W	19
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			1			1			2			2½			2½			3½		12.5
12	Aidan Ryan	1762	1	B	28	0	W	10	0	B	9	1	W	16	1	B	23	½	W	6
	Oxford University			1			1			1			2			3			3½		11.5
13	Colin J White	1679	1	B	30	1	W	4	0	B	5	0	W	7	0	B	19	1	W	26
	Chester			1			2			2			2			2			3		12
14	Michael I Connor	1634	0	W	8	1	B	32	1	W	15	1	B	20	0	B	5	0	W	9
	Eccles Community			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
15	Guranshvir Singh	1780	0	B	9	1	W	28	0	B	14	1	W	19	1	B	26	0	W	8
	Aylesbury			0			1			1			2			3			3		10
16	Krish Gandhi	1536	0	B	25	1	W	26	0	B	4	0	B	12	1	W	27	1	W	23
	South Birmingham			0			1			1			1			2			3		8
17	Joshua Cherrington	1772	0	B	2	½	W	20	0	B	19	1	W	28	½	B	21	1	W	24
	Lancaster University			0			½			½			1½			2			3		7.5
18	Charlie Warboys	1808	0	B	10	1	W	27	0	B	6	1	W	24	0	B	8	½	W	21
	Lancaster University			0			1			1			2			2			2½		8.5
19	Elias Asef	1867	0	W	23	½	B	21	1	W	17	0	B	15	1	W	13	0	B	11
	Lancashire *			0			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8.5
20	Preesh Gandhi	1635	0	B	5	½	B	17	1	W	22	0	W	14	0	B	24	1	W	28
	South Birmingham			0			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7.5
21	Danylo Laba	1682	0	B	1	½	W	19	0	B	26	1	B	22	½	W	17	½	B	18
	St Helens			0			½			½			1½			2			2½		7
22	Mark Taylor	1865	0	B	3	½	W	6	0	B	20	0	W	21	1	B	31	1	W	32
	Rochdale			0			½			½			½			1½			2½		5.5
23	Kevin Winter	1689	1	B	19	0	W	1	1	B	30	0	W	4	0	W	12	0	B	16
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
24	Homam Hussein	1564	1	B	26	0	W	5	0	B	7	0	B	18	1	W	20	0	B	17
	Stockport			1			1			1			1			2			2		8
25	Sheraz Khalil	1708	1	W	16	+	B	29	0	B	2	0	W	3	½	B	9	½	W	10
	Altrincham & Hale			1			1			1			1			1½			2		7.5
26	Jonathan Manson	1717	0	W	24	0	B	16	1	W	21	1	B	27	0	W	15	0	B	13
	Bolton			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
27	David P Price	1672	0	B	7	0	B	18	1	W	32	0	W	26	0	B	16	1	W	31
	Crewe			0			0			1			1			1			2		5
28	Andrew R De Santos	1640	0	W	12	0	B	15	½	-	bye	0	B	17	1	W	32	0	B	20
	Preston			0			0			½			½			1½			1½		4
29	Devraj Paul	1176	1	-	bye	-	W	25
				1			1			1			1			1			1		6
30	Sam Turner	1797	0	W	13	1	B	31	0	W	23
	Newcastle-under-Lyme			0			1			1			1			1			1		5
31	Claire Kerton	1646	0	B	4	0	W	30	0	W	11	½	B	32	0	W	22	0	B	27
	3Cs			0			0			0			½			½			½		1.5
32	Paul Leonard	1713	0	B	6	0	W	14	0	B	27	½	W	31	0	B	28	0	B	22
	Atherton			0			0			0			½			½			½		1.5
33	Ryan Turner	1427	0	W	11
	Atherton			0			0			0			0			0			0		0

Minor

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Josh Cameron	1595	1	B	16	1	W	14	1	B	18	½	W	17	1	B	3	1	W	11
	Manchester Social			1			2			3			3½			4½			5½		19.5
2	Tommy Cooke	1528	1	B	11	1	W	13	1	B	20	½	W	9	1	B	17	1	W	4
	Crewe			1			2			3			3½			4½			5½		19.5
3	Oliver Rothwell	1422	1	B	44	1	W	48	1	W	39	1	B	8	0	W	1	1	B	10
	Buckinghamshire Juniors			1			2			3			4			4			5		19
4	Ryan Turner	1427	1	-	bye	1	W	25	½	B	9	1	W	21	1	B	39	0	B	2
	Atherton			1			2			2½			3½			4½			4½		18
5	Mazino Onwah	1192	1	W	7	1	B	34	0	W	8	½	B	22	1	W	32	1	B	19
	Aylesbury Gs			1			2			2			2½			3½			4½		15.5
6	Andrew Thompson	1612	½	B	23	1	W	49	0	B	21	1	W	33	1	B	25	1	W	18
	Ashfield			½			1½			1½			2½			3½			4½		14
7	Jack Davies	1507	0	B	5	1	W	35	1	B	40	½	W	12	1	B	23	1	W	17
	Lancaster University			0			1			2			2½			3½			4½		13.5
8	William Bartlett	1558	1	B	40	1	W	12	1	B	5	0	W	3	½	B	18	½	W	9
	Ashton			1			2			3			3			3½			4		16.5
9	George Bland	1497	1	W	10	1	B	28	½	W	4	½	B	2	½	W	19	½	B	8
	Lancaster University			1			2			2½			3			3½			4		16
10	Ihor Nekraska	1185	0	B	9	1	W	31	1	B	14	1	W	13	1	B	21	0	W	3
	Aylesbury Grammar			0			1			2			3			4			4		14
11	Simon Walgenbach	0	0	W	2	1	B	42	1	W	26	1	B	34	1	W	24	0	B	1
				0			1			2			3			4			4		14
12	Dominic Hardman-Mountford	1368	1	W	53	0	B	8	1	W	28	½	B	7	½	W	22	1	B	24
	Buckinghamshire*			1			1			2			2½			3			4		13.5
13	Christopher Lysons	1481	1	W	52	0	B	2	1	W	45	0	B	10	1	W	38	1	B	42
	Eccles Community			1			1			2			2			3			4		13
14	Jack Kelly	1369	1	W	43	0	B	1	0	W	10	1	B	41	1	W	34	1	B	38
	Manchester *			1			1			1			2			3			4		12
15	David Fisher	1485	0	B	48	1	W	44	1	B	52	0	W	18	1	B	37	1	W	29
	Bury			0			1			2			2			3			4		12
16	Ayhan Deniz	1280	0	W	1	1	B	47	0	W	24	1	B	28	1	W	27	1	B	39
	Manchester *			0			1			1			2			3			4		11
17	Suriya Subash	1544	1	W	42	1	B	26	1	W	19	½	B	1	0	W	2	0	B	7
	Aylesbury Gs			1			2			3			3½			3½			3½		16.5
18	Zain Zaman	1210	1	W	24	1	B	22	0	W	1	1	B	15	½	W	8	0	B	6
	South Bradford			1			2			2			3			3½			3½		15
19	Andrew Brierley	1403	1	B	46	1	W	32	0	B	17	1	W	20	½	B	9	0	W	5
	Ilkely Chess Centre			1			2			2			3			3½			3½		15
20	Archie Phipps	1520	1	W	41	1	B	38	0	W	2	0	B	19	1	W	42	½	B	22
	Aylesbury GS			1			2			2			2			3			3½		13.5
21	Aashita Roychowdhury	1600	½	W	30	1	B	36	1	W	6	0	B	4	0	W	10	1	B	33
	Leeds Junior CC			½			1½			2½			2½			2½			3½		13
22	Abhiram Shourya Kaparaboyena	1477	1	B	35	0	W	18	1	B	48	½	W	5	½	B	12	½	W	20
	Aylesbury GS			1			1			2			2½			3			3½		13
23	Pranav Arunprasath	1351	½	W	6	0	B	24	1	W	30	1	B	31	0	W	7	1	B	32
	Liverpool *			½			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
24	Neil Treadwell	1529	0	B	18	1	W	23	1	B	16	1	W	37	0	B	11	0	W	12
	Leyland			0			1			2			3			3			3		12
25	Adhrit Paul	1424	1	W	47	0	B	4	1	W	38	½	B	32	0	W	6	½	B	30
	Cheshire Junior Knights			1			1			2			2½			2½			3		12
26	Benji Colclough Moss	1368	1	B	50	0	W	17	0	B	11	1	W	48	0	B	29	1	W	52
	Aylesbury GS			1			1			1			2			2			3		10
27	Shanaya Chauhan	1438	0	B	49	1	W	46	1	B	43	0	W	39	0	B	16	1	W	40
	Thornaby			0			1			2			2			2			3		10
28	Ray Rahman	1016	1	B	31	0	W	9	0	B	12	0	W	16	1	B	50	1	W	37
	Aylesbury Gs			1			1			1			1			2			3		9
29	Declan Buckley	1566	0	W	38	0	B	41	1	W	36	1	B	52	1	W	26	0	B	15
	Lancaster University			0			0			1			2			3			3		9
30	Saanvi Dembla	1286	½	B	21	0	W	33	0	B	23	1	W	36	1	B	40	½	W	25
	Wigan			½			½			½			1½			2½			3		8.5
31	Anant Handa	1443	0	W	28	0	B	10	1	W	44	0	W	23	1	B	49	1	B	41
	Greater Manchester *			0			0			1			1			2			3		7
32	Rob Jarvis	1605	1	W	45	0	B	19	1	B	33	½	W	25	0	B	5	0	W	23
	Ashfield			1			1			2			2½			2½			2½		11.5
33	Jiwei Yu	1472	½	W	36	1	B	30	0	W	32	0	B	6	1	W	45	0	W	21
	Cheshire Junior Knights			½			1½			1½			1½			2½			2½		10
34	Yash Soste	1468	½	-	bye	0	W	5	1	B	49	0	W	11	0	B	14	1	B	45
	Aylesbury Gs			½			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		8
35	Colin Sherrington	1117	0	W	22	0	B	7	1	W	51	½	B	45	0	W	41	1	B	44
	Horwich			0			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6.5
36	Annabel Foakes	1084	½	B	33	0	W	21	0	B	29	0	B	30	1	W	43	1	W	48
	Greater Manchester *			½			½			½			½			1½			2½		6
37	Sam Bartlett	1416	1	W	51	0	B	39	1	W	41	0	B	24	0	W	15	0	B	28
	Ashton			1			1			2			2			2			2		10
38	Christopher Fielding	1272	1	B	29	0	W	20	0	B	25	1	W	49	0	B	13	0	W	14
	Preston			1			1			1			2			2			2		9
39	Douglas J Barnett	1602	+	B	54	1	W	37	0	B	3	1	B	27	0	W	4	0	W	16
	Crewe			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
40	Amit Chauhan	1245	0	W	8	1	B	51	0	W	7	1	B	43	0	W	30	0	B	27
	Thornaby			0			1			1			2			2			2		8
41	Ken Lawson	1206	0	B	20	1	W	29	0	B	37	0	W	14	1	B	35	0	W	31
	Leyland			0			1			1			1			2			2		7
42	David Littler	1239	0	B	17	0	W	11	1	B	46	1	W	50	0	B	20	0	W	13
	Lancaster			0			0			1			2			2			2		7
43	Jack Stowell	783	0	B	14	1	-	bye	0	W	27	0	W	40	0	B	36	1	W	50
	Bowen Sale			0			1			1			1			1			2		6
44	Zongheng Li	869	0	W	3	0	B	15	0	B	31	1	W	46	1	B	48	0	W	35
	Bowen Sale			0			0			0			1			2			2		5
45	John Shortt	1311	0	B	32	1	W	50	0	B	13	½	W	35	0	B	33	0	W	34
	Wigan			0			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6.5
46	Mason Wang	810	0	W	19	0	B	27	0	W	42	0	B	44	½	W	47	1	B	51
	Bowen Sale			0			0			0			0			½			1½		2
47	Russell Clark	995	0	B	25	0	W	16	0	B	50	0	W	51	½	B	46	1	W	49
	North Yorkshire *			0			0			0			0			½			1½		2
48	Lexin Tao	1151	1	W	15	0	B	3	0	W	22	0	B	26	0	W	44	0	B	36
	Bowen Sale			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
49	Linda Cao	996	1	W	27	0	B	6	0	W	34	0	B	38	0	W	31	0	B	47
	Bowen Sale			1			1			1			1			1			1		6
50	Akasya Ryu Praditta	750	0	W	26	0	B	45	1	W	47	0	B	42	0	W	28	0	B	43
	Manchester			0			0			1			1			1			1		4
51	Shrevin Radhakrishnan	815	0	B	37	0	W	40	0	B	35	1	B	47	0	W	52	0	W	46
	Liverpool *			0			0			0			1			1			1		3
52	Stuart Hamilton	1142	0	B	13	+	W	54	0	W	15	0	W	29	1	B	51	0	B	26
	Rhyl & Prestatyn			0			0			0			0			1			1		2
53	Arvin Banerjee	673	0	B	12
	Southport			0			0			0			0			0			0		0
54	John Towell	1311	-	W	39	-	B	52
	Wigan			0			0			0			0			0			0		0