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Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 – Challengers LIVE

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.

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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