English Chess Championships 2026 · Abierto

English Chess Championships 2026 — Abierto Round 9

Best game of the round

Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) vs Callum D Brewer (2157), 0-1, Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation — replay the game

Critical game

GM Michael Adams (2597) vs IM Marcus R Harvey (2445), 1/2-1/2, Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation — replay the game

Biggest upset

IM Brandon G I Clarke (2448) vs CM Kushal Jakhria (2135), 0-1, Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack — replay the game

Games

• GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2616) – IM Brandon G I Clarke (2448) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2616) – IM Brandon G I Clarke (2448) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Michael Adams (2597) – IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Michael Adams (2597) – IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) * game
• GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) – IM Jonah B Willow (2391) 1-0 game
• GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) – IM Jonah B Willow (2391) * game
• FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2422) – Owen Crawford (2230) 1/2-1/2 game
• FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2422) – Owen Crawford (2230) * game
• GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) – CM Peter Finn (2047) 1-0 game
• GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) – CM Peter Finn (2047) * game
• IM Peter T Roberson (2306) – IM Alan B Merry (2401) 1-0 game
• IM Peter T Roberson (2306) – IM Alan B Merry (2401) * game
• GM Neil McDonald (2388) – Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) 0-1 game
• GM Neil McDonald (2388) – Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) * game
• FM Theo Khoury (2170) – IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2386) 1-0 game
• FM Theo Khoury (2170) – IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2386) * game
• Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) – Callum D Brewer (2157) 0-1 game
• Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) – Callum D Brewer (2157) * game
• NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) – FM Jude Shearsby (2231) 1-0 game
• NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) – FM Jude Shearsby (2231) 1-0 game
• GM Mark L Hebden (2343) – CM Kushal Jakhria (2135) 1-0 game
• GM Mark L Hebden (2343) – CM Kushal Jakhria (2135) * game
• CM Ollie Willson (2013) – IM Graeme N Buckley (2276) 1-0 game
• CM Ollie Willson (2013) – IM Graeme N Buckley (2276) * game
• Balahari Bharat Kumar (2071) – FM Qixiang Han (2239) 0-1 game
• Balahari Bharat Kumar (2071) – FM Qixiang Han (2239) * game
• CM Avyukt Dasgupta (2149) – FM Adithya Vaidyanathan (2240) 0-1 game
• CM Avyukt Dasgupta (2149) – FM Adithya Vaidyanathan (2240) * game
• CM George Zhao (2125) – FM John R Richardson (2202) 1-0 game
• CM George Zhao (2125) – FM John R Richardson (2202) * game
• Cian Ward (2095) – Alexandr Pereslavtsev (2186) 0-1 game
• Cian Ward (2095) – Alexandr Pereslavtsev (2186) * game
• James Golding (2169) – Richard Zhu (2078) 0-1 game
• James Golding (2169) – Richard Zhu (2078) * game
• Mahin Rughani (2021) – Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (2095) 1-0 game
• Mahin Rughani (2021) – Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (2095) * game
• Aden Kennedy (2020) – Fahim Nasiri (1965) 1-0 game
• Aden Kennedy (2020) – Fahim Nasiri (1965) * game
• Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) – Dylan Wastney (2004) 1-0 game
• Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) – Dylan Wastney (2004) * game
• Matthew McLachlan (2015) – Luke Anthony Honey (2039) 1-0 game
• Matthew McLachlan (2015) – Luke Anthony Honey (2039) * game
• Senith Thenula Gunarathne (1963) – Daniel Udovenko (2029) 1-0 game
• Senith Thenula Gunarathne (1963) – Daniel Udovenko (2029) * game
• Aviraj Bhaduri (2037) – Qixuan Han (1938) 1/2-1/2 game
• Aviraj Bhaduri (2037) – Qixuan Han (1938) * game
• Daniel Gomez (2085) – Charles M Linford (2145) 1-0 game
• Daniel Gomez (2085) – Charles M Linford (2145) * game
• Zain Patel (2124) – Samuel Marsden (2067) 0-1 game
• Zain Patel (2124) – Samuel Marsden (2067) 0-1 game
• Henry Brennan (2014) – Colin Davis (2088) 1-0 game
• Henry Brennan (2014) – Colin Davis (2088) * game
• IM Jonah B Willow (2391) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2616) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) – Hugh W Murphy (2094) 1-0 game
• Finlay Bowcott-Terry (2289) – GM Michael Adams (2597) 0-1 game
• IM Alan B Merry (2401) – GM Ameet K Ghasi (2488) 0-1 game
• GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) – Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) 1-0 game
• FM Theo Khoury (2170) – FM Stanley Badacsonyi (2422) 0-1 game
• FM Stephen Dishman (2129) – Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) 0-1 game
• Shivam Sahoo (1921) – NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) 0-1 game
• Andrew R Brett (1989) – Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) 1/2-1/2 game
• Alexandr Pereslavtsev (2186) – CM George Zhao (2125) 1/2-1/2 game
• Rowan M Brown (2151) – Guranshvir Singh (1878) 0-1 game
• FM Jude Shearsby (2231) – Alexander Linton (2041) 1-0 game
• Mahin Rughani (2021) – Robert Kane (1781) 1-0 game
• Daniel Gomez (2085) – Andrew Brocklehurst (1881) 1-0 game
• Sebastian Twisk (1867) – Jack Pilley (2062) 0-1 game
• Frederick Fairhurst (1802) – Haytham Salman (1894) 1/2-1/2 game
• Bruce L Baer (1953) – Scott Borland (1873) 1/2-1/2 game
• Daniel J Young (1821) – Yuk Hei Lee (1947) 1/2-1/2 game
• George Calvert (1678) – Kanvansh Dhingra (1895) 1-0 game
• Roy Hughes (1813) – Boris Pastukhov (1801) 1-0 game
• Srishwan Pasula (1554) – Alfie Zelinger (1524) 1-0 game
• Ben Graff (1674) – Antonio Di Fruscia (1748) 1-0 game
• Georgi Hristov (1612) – Ilya Iyengar (1989) 0-1 game
• Tye A Byram (1851) – Obie Matten (1595) 0-1 game
• Andy Neville (1644) – Paolo Di Fruscia (1813) 0-1 game
• Akintayo Akintola (1671) – Naman Ziu (1592) 0-1 game
• Anirudhan Sathis (1144) – Saikrishna Shunmugam (1464) 1-0 game
• Michael Etchells (1708) – Craig Platt (1578) 1-0 game
• Tommy Mole (1323) – Paul Carter 0-1 game
• Chris Conway – Hardhik Narendran Indira 1-0 game
• Reyansh Tiwari – Neil Chedd (1623) 0-1 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) 0-1 game
• Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2314) – IM Supratit Banerjee (2375) 0-1 game
• IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2386) – IM Marcus R Harvey (2445) 1-0 game
• IM Brandon G I Clarke (2448) – CM Kushal Jakhria (2135) 0-1 game
• GM Daniel W Gormally (2498) – Raman Vashisht-Pigem (2145) 1/2-1/2 game
• Andrew R Brett (1989) – IM Peter T Roberson (2306) 0-1 game
• FM Qixiang Han (2239) – Daniel Gomez (2085) 1-0 game
• CM George Zhao (2125) – FM Jude Shearsby (2231) 1-0 game
• NM Oleg Verbytski (2190) – Qixuan Han (1938) 1-0 game
• Advait Keerthi Kumar (2037) – Jacob Connor Boswell (2171) 0-1 game
• FM Theo Khoury (2170) – Zain Patel (2124) 1-0 game
• Haytham Salman (1894) – Victor G L Jones (2175) 1-0 game
• CM Peter Finn (2047) – Scott Borland (1873) 1-0 game
• Luke Anthony Honey (2039) – Torrey Horwood (1823) 1-0 game
• Callum Hill (1829) – Mahin Rughani (2021) 0-1 game
• Andrew Brocklehurst (1881) – CM Ollie Willson (2013) 0-1 game
• George Calvert (1678) – Richard Zhu (2078) 0-1 game
• Bruce L Baer (1953) – Alexander Linton (2041) 0-1 game
• Charles Pickard (2036) – Ben Graff (1674) 1-0 game
• Fahim Nasiri (1965) – Roy Hughes (1813) 1-0 game
• Frederick Fairhurst (1802) – Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (2095) 0-1 game
• Danylo Peresenchuk (1940) – Aviraj Bhaduri (2037) 0-1 game
• Taran Patel (1623) – Michael R Smart (1778) 1-0 game
• Gautam Sriram (1743) – Georgi Hristov (1612) 1-0 game
• Kiaan Jakhria (1557) – Neil Chedd (1623) 0-1 game
• Sunday Chow – Robert Kane (1781) 0-1 game
• Uduak Uso-Echebiri – Alistair R Pettey (1654) 0-1 game
• Andy Neville (1644) – Akintayo Akintola (1671) 0-1 game

Standings after round 9

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

Round 8 · Round 10