English Chess Championships 2026 · Abierto

English Chess Championships 2026 — Abierto Round 8

Best game of the round

Yuk Hei Lee (1947) vs FM Jude Shearsby (2231), 0-1, Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation — replay the game

Critical game

IM Alan B Merry (2401) vs GM Michael Adams (2597), 0-1, Catalan Opening: Open Defense — replay the game

Biggest upset

GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) vs IM Jonah B Willow (2391), 0-1, Zukertort Opening — replay the game

Games

• GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2616) – GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) 1-0 game
• IM Alan B Merry (2401) – GM Michael Adams (2597) 0-1 game
• IM Brandon G I Clarke (2448) – GM Neil McDonald (2388) 1-0 game
• IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) – GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) 1/2-1/2 game
• Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) – IM Jonah B Willow (2391) 0-1 game
• IM Graeme N Buckley (2276) – FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2422) 0-1 game
• Owen Crawford (2230) – Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) 1-0 game
• FM Jude Shearsby (2231) – CM Peter Finn (2047) 1/2-1/2 game
• James Golding (2169) – IM Peter T Roberson (2306) 0-1 game
• IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2386) – NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) 1/2-1/2 game
• Balahari Bharat Kumar (2071) – GM Mark L Hebden (2343) 1/2-1/2 game
• FM Qixiang Han (2239) – CM Ollie Willson (2013) 1/2-1/2 game
• Jai Kothari (2195) – Cian Ward (2095) 1-0 game
• Alexandr Pereslavtsev (2186) – CM George Zhao (2125) 1/2-1/2 game
• CM Kushal Jakhria (2135) – Aden Kennedy (2020) 1-0 game
• FM Theo Khoury (2170) – Dylan Wastney (2004) 1-0 game
• Callum D Brewer (2157) – Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (2095) 1-0 game
• Martin P Burrows (2138) – CM Avyukt Dasgupta (2149) 0-1 game
• FM Adithya Vaidyanathan (2240) – Remy Rushbrooke (2138) 1-0 game
• FM John R Richardson (2202) – Aviraj Bhaduri (2037) 1-0 game
• Richard Zhu (2078) – Matthew McLachlan (2015) 1-0 game
• Luke Anthony Honey (2039) – Mahin Rughani (2021) 1/2-1/2 game
• Fahim Nasiri (1965) – Samuel Marsden (2067) 1-0 game
• Qixuan Han (1938) – Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) 1/2-1/2 game
• Daniel Udovenko (2029) – Zain Patel (2124) 1-0 game
• Charles M Linford (2145) – CM Lion Lebedev (2216) 1-0 game
• Henry Brennan (2014) – Senith Thenula Gunarathne (1963) 0-1 game
• GM Michael Adams (2597) – IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) – IM Jonah B Willow (2391) 0-1 game
• FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2422) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2616) 1/2-1/2 game
• Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) – FM Theo Khoury (2170) 1/2-1/2 game
• Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) – Hugh W Murphy (2094) 0-1 game
• Alexander Linton (2041) – GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) 0-1 game
• Finlay Bowcott-Terry (2289) – Daniel Gomez (2085) 1-0 game
• IM Alan B Merry (2401) – Robert Kane (1781) 1-0 game
• Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) – Mahin Rughani (2021) 1-0 game
• NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) – Rowan M Brown (2151) 1-0 game
• Sebastian Twisk (1867) – FM Stephen Dishman (2129) 0-1 game
• Scott Borland (1873) – Andrew R Brett (1989) 0-1 game
• Haytham Salman (1894) – Shivam Sahoo (1921) 0-1 game
• CM George Zhao (2125) – George Calvert (1678) 1-0 game
• Bruce L Baer (1953) – Alexandr Pereslavtsev (2186) 0-1 game
• Yuk Hei Lee (1947) – FM Jude Shearsby (2231) 0-1 game
• Andrew Brocklehurst (1881) – Roy Hughes (1813) 1-0 game
• Alfie Zelinger (1524) – Guranshvir Singh (1878) 0-1 game
• Jack Pilley (2062) – Ben Graff (1674) 1-0 game
• Kanvansh Dhingra (1895) – Akintayo Akintola (1671) 1-0 game
• Daniel J Young (1821) – Obie Matten (1595) 1-0 game
• Naman Ziu (1592) – Frederick Fairhurst (1802) 0-1 game
• Boris Pastukhov (1801) – Anirudhan Sathis (1144) 1-0 game
• Antonio Di Fruscia (1748) – Craig Platt (1578) 1-0 game
• Paul Carter – Srishwan Pasula (1554) 0-1 game
• Saikrishna Shunmugam (1464) – Andy Neville (1644) 0-1 game
• Tommy Mole (1323) – Tye A Byram (1851) 0-1 game
• Paolo Di Fruscia (1813) – Chris Conway 1-0 game
• Neil Chedd (1623) – Georgi Hristov (1612) 0-1 game
• Terry G Bennett (1463) – Michael Etchells (1708) 0-1 game
• Hardhik Narendran Indira – Reyansh Tiwari 1-0 game
• IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) – GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Supratit Banerjee (2375) – FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2422) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2616) – GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) 1-0 game
• IM Jonah B Willow (2391) – IM Brandon G I Clarke (2448) 1-0 game
• IM Peter T Roberson (2306) – IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2386) 0-1 game
• Raman Vashisht-Pigem (2145) – Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) 0-1 game
• FM Jude Shearsby (2231) – CM Kushal Jakhria (2135) 0-1 game
• Mahin Rughani (2021) – FM Qixiang Han (2239) 0-1 game
• CM Ollie Willson (2013) – NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) 0-1 game
• Victor G L Jones (2175) – Andrew R Brett (1989) 0-1 game
• Qixuan Han (1938) – FM Theo Khoury (2170) 1-0 game
• Richard Zhu (2078) – CM George Zhao (2125) 0-1 game
• Daniel Gomez (2085) – Luke Anthony Honey (2039) 1-0 game
• Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) – George Calvert (1678) 1-0 game
• Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) – Frederick Fairhurst (1802) 1-0 game
• Zain Patel (2124) – Fahim Nasiri (1965) 1-0 game
• Alexander Linton (2041) – CM Peter Finn (2047) 0-1 game
• Torrey Horwood (1823) – Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (2095) 1-0 game
• Aviraj Bhaduri (2037) – Callum Hill (1829) 0-1 game
• Ben Graff (1674) – Bruce L Baer (1953) 1/2-1/2 game
• Haytham Salman (1894) – Gautam Sriram (1743) 1-0 game
• Michael R Smart (1778) – Andrew Brocklehurst (1881) 0-1 game
• Scott Borland (1873) – Taran Patel (1623) 1-0 game
• Neil Chedd (1623) – Charles Pickard (2036) 0-1 game
• Alistair R Pettey (1654) – Roy Hughes (1813) 0-1 game
• Sunday Chow – Danylo Peresenchuk (1940) 0-1 game
• Akintayo Akintola (1671) – Kiaan Jakhria (1557) 0-1 game
• Georgi Hristov (1612) – Andy Neville (1644) 1-0 game
• Robert Kane (1781) – Uduak Uso-Echebiri 1-0 game

Standings after round 8

1. Willow, Jonah B
2. Harvey, Marcus R
3. Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B
4. Ghasi, Ameet K
5. Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio
6. Gormally, Daniel W
7. Badacsonyi, Stanley
8. Clarke, Brandon G I
9. Verbytski, Oleg
10. Khoury, Theo

Round 7 · Round 9