The 2025 British Chess Championships is taking place August 02 – August 10 in St Georges Hall, Liverpool, England. The tournament ise separated in 9 categories – Championship, Major Open, Over 65, Over 50, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10 and Under 08. The Championship section is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top rated player is GM Nikita Vitiugov (2676), followed by GM Michael Adams (2663) and GM Gawain Maroroa Jones (2651). Top 20 is completed by GM Stuart C Conquest (2511), GM Ameet K Ghasi (2501), GM Daniel H Fernandez (2500), GM Shreyas Royal (2495), IM Brandon Gi Clarke (2491), IM Matthew J Wadsworth (2483), IM Svyatoslav Bazakutsa (2481), GM Stephen J Gordon (2469), IM Jonah B Willow (2459), GM Simon K Williams (2444), IM Peter T Roberson (2440), IM Marcus R Harvey (2439), IM Maciej Czopor (2434), IM Yichen Han (2430), IM Siva Mahadevan (2416), IM Richard G Pert (2409), IM Rajat Makkar (2406). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories : Major Open / Over 65 / Over 50 / Under 16 / Under 14 / Under 12 / Under 10 / Under 08
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2025 British Chess Championships Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
ENG
2676
2
GM
Adams, Michael
ENG
2663
3
GM
Maroroa Jones, Gawain
ENG
2651
4
GM
Conquest, Stuart C
ENG
2511
5
GM
Ghasi, Ameet K
ENG
2501
6
GM
Fernandez, Daniel H
ENG
2500
7
GM
Royal, Shreyas
ENG
2495
8
IM
Clarke, Brandon Gi
ENG
2491
9
IM
Wadsworth, Matthew J
ENG
2483
10
IM
Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav
UKR
2481
11
GM
Gordon, Stephen J
ENG
2469
12
IM
Willow, Jonah B
ENG
2459
13
GM
Williams, Simon K
ENG
2444
14
IM
Roberson, Peter T
ENG
2440
15
IM
Harvey, Marcus R
ENG
2439
16
IM
Czopor, Maciej
POL
2434
17
IM
Han, Yichen
NED
2430
18
IM
Mahadevan, Siva
IND
2416
19
IM
Pert, Richard G
ENG
2409
20
IM
Makkar, Rajat
FRA
2406
21
IM
Zhou, Yang-Fan
ENG
2406
22
IM
Kanyamarala, Tarun
IRL
2397
23
FM
Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick
SCO
2393
24
FM
Golding, Alex
ENG
2377
25
FM
Claridge-Hansen, William
ENG
2364
26
FM
Hobson, Kenneth
ENG
2361
27
GM
Flear, Glenn C
ENG
2358
28
FM
Chopra, Tanmay
IND
2357
29
IM
Eggleston, David J
ENG
2348
30
FM
Derakhshani, Borna
ENG
2348
31
GM
Hebden, Mark L
ENG
2347
32
GM
Wells, Peter K
ENG
2339
33
IM
Ledger, Andrew J
ENG
2323
34
FM
Kalavannan, Koby
ENG
2323
35
FM
Fava, Lorenzo
ITA
2318
36
WGM
Yao, Lan
ENG
2316
37
FM
Vijayakumar, Rishi
SCO
2310
38
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley
ENG
2309
39
IM
Hunt, Harriet V
ENG
2294
40
GM
Davies, Nigel R
ENG
2291
41
WGM
Mirzoeva, Elmira
ENG
2282
42
Boswell, Jacob Connor
ENG
2278
43
CM
Shearsby, Jude
ENG
2270
44
FM
Webb, Laurence E
ENG
2268
45
FM
Pert, Max P
ENG
2263
46
IM
Rudd, Jack
ENG
2259
47
FM
Dishman, Stephen
ENG
2254
48
FM
Dickenson, Neil F
ENG
2247
49
FM
Richardson, John R
ENG
2246
50
FM
Banerjee, Supratit
ENG
2242
51
CM
Khoury, Theo
ENG
2239
52
WFM
Sivanandan, Bodhana
ENG
2216
53
CM
Yoon, Jacob D
ENG
2203
54
CM
Jackson, Edward
ENG
2194
55
FM
Badacsonyi, Frankie
ENG
2193
56
CM
Stubbs, Oliver
ENG
2191
57
CM
Murawski, Jan
ENG
2189
58
CM
Chopra, Manmay
IND
2188
59
Price, Gwilym T
ENG
2186
60
Jones, Steven A
ENG
2185
61
Shafi, Declan
SCO
2183
62
Kovalskyi, Roman
UKR
2180
63
WIM
Kanyamarala, Trisha
IRL
2178
64
Golding, James
ENG
2176
65
FM
Ledger, Dave J
ENG
2161
66
NM
Sedykh, Mikhail
ENG
2159
67
Dasgupta, Avyukt
ENG
2158
68
NM
Brewer, Callum D
ENG
2152
69
IM
Bradbury, Neil H
ENG
2137
70
FM
Eames, Robert S
ENG
2136
71
Crawford, Owen
ENG
2125
72
CM
Fellowes, Billy
ENG
2122
73
Vaidyanathan, Adithya
ENG
2115
74
Adams, Henry
ENG
2114
75
Yu, Rock
ENG
2107
76
Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard
MAS
2098
77
WFM
Hryshchenko, Kamila
ENG
2097
78
Stoica, Savas Marin
ENG
2092
79
Honey, Luke
ENG
2082
80
Pereslavtsev, Alexandr
ENG
2079
81
Malinovskii, Ilia
ENG
2075
82
WFM
Kueh, Audrey
ENG
2071
83
Liu, Jack
ENG
2071
84
WFM
Dicen, Elis Denele
ENG
2069
85
WFM
Weersing, Abigail R
ENG
2056
86
Ashworth, Michael J
ENG
2053
87
Bharat Kumar, Balahari
ENG
2052
88
Harborne, Matthew J
ENG
2048
89
Lebedev, Lion
ENG
2048
90
Patel, Zain
ENG
2048
91
Verbytski, Oleg
ENG
2001
92
Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik
SCO
1990
93
Jukes, Sam
WLS
1972
94
WFM
Strade, Arita
GCI
1971
95
Turner, Lewis A
ENG
1965
96
Carpenter, Paul A
JCI
1922
97
Gunarathne, Senith
ENG
1918
98
WCM
Nevska, Gerda
GCI
1799
99
Korsinskij, Marek
CZE
1727
100
WCM
Ashbrooke, Monika
JCI
1591
