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 Open 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 FM Lorenzo Fava (2489), FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2387), GM Nigel Davies (2362), Toby Quaite (2261), FM David Walker (2254), Maksym Larchikov (2217), Samuel Milson (2214), Arya Cont (2203), Robert McLean (2202), Ian Dutton (2183), Bernard Chan (2182), Oscar Pollack (2180), Andrei Ciuravin (2173), Alan Peart (2169), Virgil Szekely (2168). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Challengers
More: 49th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival – Challengers / 49th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival – Open
Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 – Open Participants
No.
Name
ФЕД
Rtg
1
FM
Fava, Lorenzo
ITA
2489
2
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley
ENG
2387
3
GM
Davies, Nigel
ENG
2362
4
Quaite, Toby
ENG
2261
5
FM
Walker, David
ENG
2254
6
Larchikov, Maksym
UKR
2217
7
Milson, Samuel
ENG
2214
8
Cont, Arya
ENG
2203
9
McLean, Robert
ENG
2202
10
Dutton, Ian
ENG
2183
11
Chan, Bernard
MAS
2182
12
Pollack, Oscar
ENG
2180
13
Ciuravin, Andrei
ENG
2173
14
Peart, Alan
ENG
2169
15
Szekely, Virgil
ROU
2168
16
Surtees, Mike
ENG
2165
17
Mitchell, Martin
SCO
2159
18
FM
Walker, Martin
ENG
2155
19
Rughani, Mahin
ENG
2151
20
Ganti, Shriaansh
ENG
2143
21
Gomez, Daniel
ENG
2138
22
Jakhria, Kushal
ENG
2134
23
Birtwistle, Nigel
ENG
2130
24
Jaunooby, Ali
ENG
2129
25
Samarasinghe, Jude Ranga
SRI
2128
26
Varley, Joe
ENG
2126
27
Klimchik, Alexandr
ENG
2123
28
Tompson, John
ENG
2113
29
Hutchinson, Paul
ENG
2105
30
Armstrong, Malcolm
ENG
2074
31
Edwards-Wright, Miles
ENG
2073
32
Wise, David
ENG
2071
33
Melia, Alfie
ENG
2065
34
Heritage, Jamie
ENG
2059
35
Phillips, David
ENG
2059
36
Hall, James
ENG
2052
37
Ekanem, Nathan
NGR
2051
38
Rogerson, Mark
ENG
2050
39
Vaddhireddy, Sai
ENG
2043
40
Harkness, Bryan
ENG
2042
41
Billings, Alex J
ENG
2035
42
Berger, Justin
FRA
2030
43
Hepworth, Peter
ENG
2030
44
Shankar, Yash
SCO
2027
45
WFM
Longson, Sarah
ENG
2024
46
Collinson, Mark
ENG
2013
47
Ponting, Andrew
ENG
2012
48
Ridge, Michael
SCO
2011
49
Cast, Julian
ENG
2006
50
Barwick, Carmel
ENG
2004
51
Gardiner, Harry
ENG
1985
52
Keely, Leo
ENG
1974
53
Anjulan, Ashwin
ENG
1969
54
Cowan, Richard
ENG
1962
55
Kilshaw, Joseph
ENG
1949
56
Booth, Steven
ENG
1924
57
Griffin-Young, Sebastian
ENG
1903
58
Layhe, Simon
ENG
1903
59
Ronald, Ted
ENG
1887
60
Ilett, Raymond
ENG
1861
61
Mkpadi, Michael
ENG
1708