Michael Adams is the winner of the 2025 ECF English Championship. After taking the early lead, Adams finished top of the table with 6,0/7, the same points as Nikita Vitiugov. The two played a tiebreak, where Adams prevailed 2,5 – 1,5.
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The ECF English Open Championship 2025 is taking place July 18 – July 21 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. It is a 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
Replay: ECF English Open Championship 2025 / ECF English Women’s Championship 2025
Congratulations to Michael Adams @MickeyAdamsGM — Chessdom (@chessdom) July 21, 2025
who won the ECF English Championships 2025 https://t.co/atRyJ9QqXV @ecfchess @EngChessTrack
I am used to extolling the incredible consistency of @MickeyAdamsGM – into his 50s but still so often victorious . Still, this latest victory in the @ecfchess Champs (after a tense play-off) was something else. Superb chess throughout, for me his finest since the 2023 Classic. — Peter Wells (@GMPeteWells) July 21, 2025
2025 ECF Championship final standings
Rk.
Name
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Adams, Michael
2726
6
0.5
34.5
31
2
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
2746
6
0.5
32.5
29
3
GM
Royal, Shreyas
2617
5.5
0
33
30
4
IM
Wadsworth, Matthew J
2575
5.5
0
31.5
28.5
5
IM
Roberson, Peter T
2499
5.5
0
31.5
28
6
GM
Maroroa Jones, Gawain
2723
5.5
0
31
27.5
7
IM
Willow, Jonah B
2490
5
0
30
27
8
IM
Merry, Alan B
2399
5
0
28
26
9
IM
Clarke, Brandon Gi
2585
5
0
27.5
25
10
IM
Harvey, Marcus R
2477
4.5
0
31
27.5
11
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley
2455
4.5
0
31
27.5
12
CM
Shearsby, Jude
2314
4.5
0
30.5
28
13
GM
Emms, John M
2428
4.5
0
30
26.5
14
IM
Jackson, James P
2437
4.5
0
29.5
26.5
15
Saunders, Aron
2207
4.5
0
29
26
16
GM
Ghasi, Ameet K
2577
4.5
0
27.5
25.5
17
Carroll, Thomas
2281
4.5
0
27
24
18
FM
Badacsonyi, Frankie
2257
4.5
0
25.5
24
19
GM
Hebden, Mark L
2427
4.5
0
25.5
23.5
20
Hanache, Kai
2258
4
0
26.5
23.5
21
Elgar, Tim
2201
4
0
26
23.5
22
CM
Murawski, Jan
2269
4
0
26
23.5
23
CM
Khoury, Theo
2234
4
0
25.5
24
24
FM
Richardson, John R
2321
4
0
25.5
22.5
25
Vaidyanathan, Adithya
2226
4
0
25
23.5
26
Jones, Steven A
2289
4
0
25
23
27
Merriman, James
2250
4
0
24.5
23
28
IM
Bates, Richard A
2317
4
0
24.5
22
29
Varley, Joe
2147
4
0
23
21
30
CM
Villiers, Thomas
2215
4
0
22.5
20.5
31
Pereslavtsev, Alexandr
2212
4
0
22
20
32
Gunarathne, Senith
2037
4
0
20
18
33
FM
Merriman, John
2308
3.5
0
28
25
34
Mesropyan, Hayk
2064
3.5
0
26.5
23.5
35
AIM
Norris, Zack
2188
3.5
0
26
24
36
Verma, Aditya
2220
3.5
0
25
23.5
37
Cont, Arya
2204
3.5
0
24.5
23
38
Patel, Keatan
2082
3.5
0
24.5
21.5
39
Savidge, Daniel
2197
3.5
0
24
22.5
40
Sachdeva, Ronit
2151
3.5
0
24
22
41
FM
Martin, Lewis
2168
3.5
0
23
22
42
Sasikumar, Srivathsan
2157
3.5
0
23
21.5
43
Sefton, Adam
2130
3.5
0
22.5
21
44
Mason, Donald J
2144
3.5
0
22.5
20.5
45
Liu, Jack
2258
3.5
0
22.5
20
46
Salmons, Calum
2203
3.5
0
22
21
47
Marsden, Samuel
2130
3.5
0
22
20.5
48
Rughani, Mahin
2009
3.5
0
21.5
20
49
Manley, Jon P
2198
3.5
0
21
19
50
CM
Fellowes, Billy
2287
3.5
0
20
19
51
Burrows, Martin P
2175
3
0
29.5
26
52
Lebedev, Lion
2195
3
0
27.5
24.5
53
Verbytski, Oleg
2183
3
0
27
25
54
Larkin, Benjamin
2199
3
0
26
24
55
Yu, Rock
2173
3
0
25.5
24
56
Pick, Freddie
2101
3
0
25.5
22.5
57
Clarke, James
2157
3
0
24
22.5
58
AIM
Bevis, Noah
2041
3
0
24
21.5
59
FM
Dishman, Stephen
2284
3
0
23
21
60
Verma, Shlok
2235
3
0
22.5
20.5
61
Shivakumar, Akshath
1981
3
0
21.5
19.5
62
James, Russell A
2173
2.5
0
25.5
22
63
CM
Zhao, George
2212
2.5
0
25
23
64
Collins, Jonathan L
1935
2.5
0
24
21.5
65
Okhai, Shabir
2178
2.5
0
24
21.5
66
Rastogi, Nayan Keats
1977
2.5
0
23
21.5
67
Gibson, Christopher A
1877
2.5
0
23
21.5
68
De Coverly, Roger D
2035
2.5
0
21
20
69
Welling, Zac
2086
2.5
0
21
19.5
70
Myall, Ivan J
2072
2.5
0
19.5
18.5
71
Vaidyanathan, Sathya
1951
2.5
0
18.5
17
72
Vaddhireddy, Sai
2061
2.5
0
17.5
16.5
73
Watson, Jacob
1987
2
0
25
22
74
Byron, Alan M
2111
2
0
24.5
21.5
75
Schell, Finn
2134
2
0
23
21.5
76
Keerthi Kumar, Advait
2039
2
0
20.5
18.5
77
Lapidus, Alexey M
2004
2
0
20
18
78
Alldritt, Nigel Re
2004
2
0
18.5
17.5
79
Ellson, Louie
1928
2
0
17
16
80
Clark, Robert G
2007
2
0
16
15
81
Hertog, Alexander
2015
1.5
0
22
20.5
82
Bolt, Graham
2004
1.5
0
17.5
16
83
Kendall, Arthur
1969
1
0
20
18
84
Anjulan, Ashwin
2028
0.5
0
19.5
18