Bolton Easter Chess Congress 3rd to 5th April 2026 at the Ukrainian Social Club, 99 Castle Street, BOLTON BL2 1JP. It was a 6-round event with all three sections to be FIDE-rated. Few club affiliations got onto Chess-Results.com, so missing ones of top scorers have been added here. Life’s too short to add them all!

Results were as follows.

	Open

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Paul Macklin	2293	1	W	29	1	B	7	½	W	14	½	B	4	1	W	6	1	B	3
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			2½			3			4			5		17½
2	Tetsuaki Sanada	2015	½	W	21	1	B	31	1	W	27	1	B	14	½	W	3	1	B	4
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			½			1½			2½			3½			4			5		17
3	Mahin Rughani	2133	1	B	33	1	W	10	1	W	5	½	B	6	½	B	2	0	W	1
	Swinton & Worsley Community			1			2			3			3½			4			4		17½
4	Ali R Jaunooby	2064	½	-	bye	1	B	29	1	W	26	½	W	1	1	B	15	0	W	2
	Eccles Community			½			1½			2½			3			4			4		15½
5	Ethan Parker	1873	1	-	bye	1	W	20	0	B	3	½	W	8	1	B	12	½	W	9
	Chorlton-cum-Hardy			1			2			2			2½			3½			4		15
6	Ethan Norris	2097	½	W	31	1	B	21	1	B	11	½	W	3	0	B	1	1	W	27
	Atherton			½			1½			2½			3			3			4		14½
7	Nodirabegim Bakhtiyorova	1867	1	B	8	0	W	1	1	B	17	½	W	20	½	B	9	1	W	15
	Merseyside *			1			1			2			2½			3			4		13½
8	Ewan Kershaw	2033	0	W	7	1	B	34	1	W	32	½	B	5	½	W	16	1	B	17
	Lancaster			0			1			2			2½			3			4		12½
9	Liu Yiyi	2055	½	-	bye	1	W	17	0	B	15	1	B	26	½	W	7	½	B	5
	Portsmouth			½			1½			1½			2½			3			3½		12½
10	Sithun De Silva	1955	1	W	34	0	B	3	½	W	12	1	B	24	½	W	14	½	B	13
				1			1			1½			2½			3			3½		12½
11	Peter Hepworth	1930	1	B	32	½	-	bye	0	W	6	0	B	12	1	W	34	1	B	21
	Huddersfield			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			3½		11½
12	Oliver A Jackson	2016	0	B	17	1	W	23	½	B	10	1	W	11	0	W	5	1	B	33
				0			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
13	Chris Doran	1985	½	B	25	0	W	15	1	B	35	½	W	27	1	B	18	½	W	10
				½			½			1½			2			3			3½		11
14	Josh Cameron	2006	1	B	23	1	W	18	½	B	1	0	W	2	½	B	10
				1			2			2½			2½			3			3		14
15	Adam Tyton	1924	½	W	30	1	B	13	1	W	9	½	B	16	0	W	4	0	B	7
				½			1½			2½			3			3			3		13½
16	Kit W Hopkins	1927	½	-	bye	1	B	28	½	-	bye	½	W	15	½	B	8
				½			1½			2			2½			3			3		12½
17	Fred Bench	1861	1	W	12	0	B	9	0	W	7	1	B	28	1	B	19	0	W	8
				1			1			1			2			3			3		11
18	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1870	1	W	24	0	B	14	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	13	1	B	26
				1			1			1½			2			2			3		10½
19	Daniel T Lee	1933	½	-	bye	-	W	27	½	W	21	1	B	30	0	W	17	1	B	29
				½			½			1			2			2			3		9
20	Xiaofan Li	1992	1	W	35	0	B	5	½	W	30	½	B	7	½	W	21
				1			1			1½			2			2½			2½		10½
21	Leo Cheung	1835	½	B	2	0	W	6	½	B	19	1	W	25	½	B	20	0	W	11
				½			½			1			2			2½			2½		9
22	Dennis Owen	1931	½	W	28	½	B	30	0	W	24	½	B	34	½	W	26	½	B	25
				½			1			1			1½			2			2½		8½
23	Daniel Okorafor	1827	0	W	14	0	B	12	1	W	29	½	B	31	1	W	24
				0			0			1			1½			2½			2½		7½
24	Mike J Surtees	2079	0	B	18	½	W	33	1	B	22	0	W	10	0	B	23	1	W	32
				0			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		7½
25	Ben Newton	1735	½	W	13	0	B	26	½	W	31	0	B	21	1	W	32	½	W	22
				½			½			1			1			2			2½		7½
26	John P Wareing	1938	½	B	27	1	W	25	0	B	4	0	W	9	½	B	22	0	W	18
	Calderdale			½			1½			1½			1½			2			2		9
27	Komronbek Bakhtiyorov	1974	½	W	26	+	B	19	0	B	2	½	B	13	1	W	31	0	B	6
	Merseyside			½			½			½			1			2			2		6½
28	Stuart G Bainbridge	1937	½	B	22	0	W	16	½	B	33	0	W	17	0	W	29	1	B	34
	Radcliffe			½			½			1			1			1			2		6
29	Chris Vassiliou	1907	0	B	1	0	W	4	0	B	23	1	W	35	1	B	28	0	W	19
				0			0			0			1			2			2		5
30	James Dunbar	1900	½	B	15	½	W	22	½	B	20	0	W	19	-	B	33	-	B	31
				½			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		7½
31	George Fishwick	1871	½	B	6	0	W	2	½	B	25	½	W	23	0	B	27	+	W	30
				½			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6½
32	Matthew Chaffe	1904	0	W	11	1	-	bye	0	B	8	½	W	33	0	B	25	0	B	24
	Derby			0			1			1			1½			1½			1½		6½
33	Peter J Kobryn	1894	0	W	3	½	B	24	½	W	28	½	B	32	+	W	30	0	W	12
				0			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
34	S Wyn Howells	1689	0	B	10	0	W	8	1	-	bye	½	W	22	0	B	11	0	W	28
				0			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
35	Selwyn L L Hamilton	1762	0	B	20	½	-	bye	0	W	13	0	B	29
				0			½			½			½			½			½		2½

	Major (Under 1975)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	Andy Yang	1789	1	W	24	1	B	27	1	W	13	0	B	2	1	B	8	½	W	4
	Bolton, Sheffield University			1			2			3			3			4			4½		17½
2	Matthew Grimley	1902	1	B	12	½	W	23	1	B	21	1	W	1	½	B	4	½	B	3
	Burnley			1			1½			2½			3½			4			4½		17
3	Vidhyuth Kavin Sudagar	1831	1	W	19	1	B	22	½	B	20	½	W	8	1	B	14	½	W	2
	Leeds Junior Chess Club			1			2			2½			3			4			4½		17
4	Christian Pyne	1752	1	B	31	½	W	8	1	B	23	1	W	13	½	W	2	½	B	1
	Manchester University			1			1½			2½			3½			4			4½		17
5	Adamjeet Singh	1821	½	-	bye	½	W	21	1	B	7	½	B	15	½	W	6	1	W	9
				½			1			2			2½			3			4		13
6	Gareth NR Griffiths	1848	0	B	23	1	W	18	1	B	12	½	W	9	½	B	5	1	W	14
				0			1			2			2½			3			4		12½
7	William Bartlett	1689	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	5	1	B	28	1	W	26	1	B	13
				½			1			1			2			3			4		11½
8	John Paul J Taylor	1879	1	W	15	½	B	4	1	W	25	½	B	3	0	W	1	½	B	10
				1			1½			2½			3			3			3½		14½
9	Yavuz Aydin Kocak	1618	1	W	10	0	W	20	1	B	16	½	B	6	1	W	11	0	B	5
				1			1			2			2½			3½			3½		13½
10	Ashton Morrissey	1808	0	B	9	1	W	29	1	B	17	0	W	14	1	B	19	½	W	8
				0			1			2			2			3			3½		11½
11	Carl Gartside	1760	0	B	21	1	W	19	½	B	22	1	W	23	0	B	9	1	W	26
				0			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
12	Tyler Sweeney	1734	0	W	2	1	B	28	0	W	6	1	B	24	½	W	15	1	B	22
				0			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
13	Homam Hussein	1843	1	B	30	1	W	17	0	B	1	0	B	4	1	W	25	0	W	7
				1			2			2			2			3			3		13
14	Ewan Herd	1755	0	W	22	1	B	24	1	W	27	1	B	10	0	W	3	0	B	6
				0			1			2			3			3			3		12
15	Ryan Ng	1719	0	B	8	1	W	31	1	B	26	½	W	5	½	B	12
				0			1			2			2½			3			3		11½
16	Michael I Connor	1781	0	B	17	1	W	30	0	W	9	½	-	bye	1	B	21	½	W	18
				0			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
17	Martin Baxter	1613	1	W	16	0	B	13	0	W	10	0	B	19	1	-	bye	1	W	29
				1			1			1			1			2			3		9
18	Amandeep Singh	1693	½	-	bye	0	B	6	0	W	24	1	B	30	1	W	27	½	B	16
				½			½			½			1½			2½			3		8½
19	Dave J Williams	1637	0	B	3	0	B	11	1	-	bye	1	W	17	0	W	10	1	B	25
				0			0			1			2			2			3		8
20	Trefor F Thynne	1845	1	W	29	1	B	9	½	W	3
				1			2			2½			2½			2½			2½		13
21	Ben Findlay	1565	1	W	11	½	B	5	0	W	2	½	B	25	0	W	16	½	B	24
				1			1½			1½			2			2			2½		10½
22	Mohammed Rohman	1529	1	B	14	0	W	3	½	W	11	0	B	26	1	B	23	0	W	12
				1			1			1½			1½			2½			2½		10
23	Sanjoy K Banerjee	1697	1	W	6	½	B	2	0	W	4	0	B	11	0	W	22	1	-	bye
				1			1½			1½			1½			1½			2½		9½
24	Aashita Roychowdhury	1617	0	B	1	0	W	14	1	B	18	0	W	12	1	B	29	½	W	21
				0			0			1			1			2			2½		6½
25	Nigel R Hepworth	1774	1	W	28	½	-	bye	0	B	8	½	W	21	0	B	13	0	W	19
				1			1½			1½			2			2			2		10
26	Martin J Burns	1835	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	15	1	W	22	0	B	7	0	B	11
				½			1			1			2			2			2		8½
27	Chris Lysons	1509	1	-	bye	0	W	1	0	B	14	½	-	bye	0	B	18
				1			1			1			1½			1½			1½		7½
28	Dianne Taylor	1608	0	B	25	0	W	12	1	B	29	0	W	7
				0			0			1			1			1			1		4
29	Peter S Fisher	1684	0	B	20	0	B	10	0	W	28	1	-	bye	0	W	24	0	B	17
				0			0			0			1			1			1		3
30	Vivien Webster	1665	0	W	13	0	B	16	½	-	bye	0	W	18
				0			0			½			½			½			½		2
31	Robert A Newton	1956	0	W	4	0	B	15
				0			0			0			0			0			0		0

	Knights (Under 1650)

No	Name	Grade		1			2			3			4			5			6		SPS

1	John Gibbs	1619	1	B	30	1	W	5	1	B	9	1	W	3	1	B	7	0	W	2
	Barnsley			1			2			3			4			5			5		20
2	Taarush Goel	1600	½	W	22	1	B	25	½	W	10	1	B	23	1	W	9	1	B	1
	Swinton & Worsley Community			½			1½			2			3			4			5		16
3	Brandon Dao	1617	1	W	4	1	B	24	1	W	27	0	B	1	1	W	8	½	B	5
	Stockport			1			2			3			3			4			4½		17½
4	Jenny Gartside	1454	0	B	3	½	W	29	1	B	20	1	W	17	1	B	16	1	W	7
	Macclesfield			0			½			1½			2½			3½			4½		12½
5	Gary Slegg	1540	1	W	19	0	B	1	1	B	32	½	W	11	1	B	22	½	W	3
				1			1			2			2½			3½			4		14
6	Paul Leonard	1627	1	W	26	0	B	9	½	-	bye	1	W	27	½	B	13	1	B	18
				1			1			1½			2½			3			4		13
7	Matthew Heritage	1635	½	B	16	1	W	11	1	B	17	1	W	22	0	W	1	0	B	4
				½			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½		15
8	David J Buckell	1614	1	B	13	½	W	12	½	B	16	1	W	28	0	B	3	½	W	11
				1			1½			2			3			3			3½		14
9	John Donegan	1553	1	B	28	1	W	6	0	W	1	½	-	bye	0	B	2	1	B	23
				1			2			2			2½			2½			3½		13½
10	Paul Robert Jackson	1577	1	B	29	½	W	17	½	B	2	½	W	16	½	B	11	½	W	12
				1			1½			2			2½			3			3½		13½
11	Silk Irie-Williams	1277	1	W	15	0	B	7	1	W	24	½	B	5	½	W	10	½	B	8
				1			1			2			2½			3			3½		13
12	Brian T Twinn	1477	1	W	32	½	B	8	0	W	22	½	B	18	1	W	29	½	B	10
				1			1½			1½			2			3			3½		12½
13	Claire Kerton	1453	0	W	8	1	B	31	½	W	18	1	B	25	½	W	6	½	B	15
				0			1			1½			2½			3			3½		11½
14	Chris W Ford	1556	1	W	34	0	B	27	0	W	23	½	B	19	1	W	25	1	B	24
				1			1			1			1½			2½			3½		10½
15	Vehant Sharma	1569	0	B	11	0	B	22	1	W	31	1	W	20	1	B	28	½	W	13
				0			0			1			2			3			3½		9½
16	Patrick N Coleman	1471	½	W	7	1	B	33	½	W	8	½	B	10	0	W	4	½	B	19
				½			1½			2			2½			2½			3		12
17	Con Carey	1410	1	W	18	½	B	10	0	W	7	0	B	4	½	W	19	1	B	27
				1			1½			1½			1½			2			3		10½
18	Neil Dee	1562	0	B	17	1	W	34	½	B	13	½	W	12	1	B	27	0	W	6
				0			1			1½			2			3			3		10½
19	David M Scorer	1397	0	B	5	½	W	30	1	B	21	½	W	14	½	B	17	½	W	16
				0			½			1½			2			2½			3		9½
20	Andrew R De Santos	1428	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	4	0	B	15	1	W	32	1	B	22
				½			1			1			1			2			3		8½
21	Phillip J Shaughnessy	1495	0	B	27	½	-	bye	0	W	19	1	B	26	½	-	bye	1	W	28
				0			½			½			1½			2			3		7½
22	Lawrence Harold	1446	½	B	2	1	W	15	1	B	12	0	B	7	0	W	5	0	W	20
				½			1½			2½			2½			2½			2½		12
23	Sam Bartlett	1407	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	14	0	W	2	½	B	30	0	W	9
				½			1			2			2			2½			2½		10½
24	Philip Roe	1489	1	W	31	0	W	3	0	B	11	1	B	32	½	-	bye	0	W	14
				1			1			1			2			2½			2½		10
25	Jatinder Singh	1413	½	-	bye	0	W	2	1	B	30	0	W	13	0	B	14	1	W	29
				½			½			1½			1½			1½			2½		8
26	Joel Shijo	1464	0	B	6	0	W	28	½	B	29	0	W	21	1	B	31	1	W	32
				0			0			½			½			1½			2½		5
27	Glyn Hill	1363	1	W	21	1	W	14	0	B	3	0	B	6	0	W	18	0	W	17
				1			2			2			2			2			2		11
28	David Morgan	1401	0	W	9	1	B	26	1	W	34	0	B	8	0	W	15	0	B	21
				0			1			2			2			2			2		9
29	Lee Baron	1323	0	W	10	½	B	4	½	W	26	1	W	33	0	B	12	0	B	25
				0			½			1			2			2			2		7½
30	Kevin D Markey	1460	0	W	1	½	B	19	0	W	25	1	B	34	½	W	23
				0			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
31	Colin Sherrington	1327	0	B	24	0	W	13	0	B	15	½	-	bye	0	W	26	1	B	34
				0			0			0			½			½			1½		2½
32	Parshottambhi D Patel	1305	0	B	12	1	-	bye	0	W	5	0	W	24	0	B	20	0	B	26
				0			1			1			1			1			1		5
33	Peter Norris	1538	½	-	bye	0	W	16	½	-	bye	0	B	29
				½			½			1			1			1			1		5
34	Chris Thorpe	1407	0	B	14	0	B	18	0	B	28	0	W	30	1	-	bye	0	W	31
				0			0			0			0			1			1		2
35	Jeff Wilson	1488	½	-	bye
				½			½			½			½			½			½		3