The Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 will take place from October 24 to October 26 in Scarborough, England. The tournament has 6 categories – Open, Challengers, Major, Intermediate, Minor, and Foundation. The Challengers section is a 5-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 110 min + 10 sec/move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are Richard Jennings (2053), Nigel Blades (2035), Barry Hymer (2033), Edouardos Ter-Gevorkian (2031), Giannis Ter-Gevorkian (2031), John Paul Wareing (2025), Aram Ter Gevorkian (2009), Dan Hilditch-Love (2005), Peter Jaszkiwskyj (2005), Joshua Pink (2005), James Kearney (2002), Joel Wagg (1999), Jael de Sousa Muachikape (1989), Jim Davis (1985), Francis Batchelor (1975). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open
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Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 – Challengers Participants
No.
Name
ФЕД
Rtg
1
Jennings, Richard
SCO
2053
2
Blades, Nigel
ENG
2035
3
Hymer, Barry
ENG
2033
4
Ter-Gevorkian, Edouardos
GRE
2031
5
Ter-Gevorkian, Giannis
GRE
2031
6
Wareing, John Paul
ENG
2025
7
Ter Gevorkian, Aram
GRE
2009
8
Hilditch-Love, Dan
ENG
2005
9
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter
ENG
2005
10
Pink, Joshua
ENG
2005
11
Kearney, James
ENG
2002
12
Wagg, Joel
1999
13
de Sousa Muachikape, Jael
ENG
1989
14
Davis, Jim
ENG
1985
15
Batchelor, Francis
ENG
1975
16
Jennings, Roger
ENG
1974
17
Thompson, Daniel
ENG
1968
18
Li, Xiaofan
ENG
1962
19
Stokes, Michael
ENG
1962
20
Evans, Paul
1958
21
Brencher, Paul
ENG
1957
22
Wainwright, Andrew
ENG
1957
23
Wilson, Kevin
ENG
1947
24
McCarthy, Damian
ENG
1928
25
Jelfs, Alan
SCO
1924
26
Turner, Tim
ENG
1923
27
Horrocks, Stephen
ENG
1915
28
Newton, Robert
ENG
1911
29
Broughton, Daniel
ENG
1910
30
Bedi, Adam
ENG
1907
31
Wainwright, Charlie
ENG
1907
32
Garnett, John
ENG
1905
33
Shapland, David
ENG
1905
34
Stonehouse, Raymond
1904
35
Daley, Mark
ENG
1890
36
Webb, Nick
IRL
1881
37
Revell, Jeremy
ENG
1872
38
Graham, Oliver
ENG
1868
39
Dalley, Kevin
ENG
1866
40
Butterworth, Paul
ENG
1837
41
Pitel, Benedikt
ENG
1835
42
Doherty, Paul
ENG
1831
43
Bhaduri, Aviraj
ENG
1824
44
Pitel, Dominik
ENG
1806
45
Gartside, Carl
ENG
1793
46
Smith, Justin
ENG
1774
47
Leigh, Dominic
ENG
1757
48
Saxena, Samidh
ENG
1739
49
Simpson, Derek
ENG
1729
50
Rodgers, Stephen
1715
51
Ng, Yi Him Ryan
HKG
1698
52
Ali, Sief
SUD
1697