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239 entries received for 2026

Prize eligibility key
Jnr Eligible for Junior prizes — under 14 on 31 Dec 2025
Vet Eligible for Veteran prizes — 65 and over on 31 Dec 2025
Herts Eligible for Hertfordshire prizes — resident in or member of a Herts chess club
SCCU Eligible for SCCU prize (Open section only) — affiliated to Southern Counties (see congress rules)

Open

45 entries
Name
Rating
Club
IM Yichen Han
2540
Magdalen College School
FM Kenneth Hobson
2369
Cowley
Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl
2335
—
IM Paul E Littlewood Vet Herts SCCU
2313
St.Albans
Qixiang Han Jnr SCCU
2294
streatham &brixton
IM Richard Bates SCCU
2294
Hackney
Mike Healey SCCU
2284
Richmond
FM Jonathan Pein SCCU
2277
Celtic Tigers
NM Simon Roe Herts SCCU
2248
St Albans
FM Robert Eames SCCU
2242
Hackney
CM Harry Bryant Jnr SCCU
2238
—
Jaden Jermy
2221
Bury st Edmunds
Ethan Sanitt SCCU
2186
—
FM Martin Graham Walker
2168
Broadland
Artem Gurevich SCCU
2163
—
Jeremy Ward Herts SCCU
2155
Little Heath
Venkata Ananth Akshay Kilambi SCCU
2151
—
Haoran Leung
2147
Na
Russell White SCCU
2126
—
Qixuan Han SCCU
2103
Streatham & Brixton
WIM Natasha Regan SCCU
2058
Barbican
Benjamin Sommerbauer-Cornell Herts SCCU
2057
St Albans Chess
Michael Botteley
2057
Bedford
Luke Freeman
2035
Crowborough
Jacob Liu Jnr Herts SCCU
2029
Watford
Ivan Myall Vet
2016
Chelmsford
Geoffrey Moore
2015
St John's Norwich
James Hall
2012
Ilkley Chess Centre
Yash Shankar Jnr
1995
Beckenham and Bromley
Luke Chapman SCCU
1989
Bexhill Chess Club
Ashwin Gopi Krishna Jnr SCCU
1970
Wanstead
Kazi Azizur Rahman SCCU
1968
—
Andrew David Ponting SCCU
1961
Streatham
Calvin Chris Biju
1960
Maidenhead Chess Club
Benjamin Carter Jnr
1945
Haywards Heath
Roger De Coverly Vet SCCU
1901
Bourne End
WCM Anum Sheikh SCCU
1895
Chingford
Abiodun Nelson
1894
Luton Chess Club
Henry Blackwell
1844
—
Francesco Poderico
1814
Banbury
Bobur Khakimov SCCU
1812
—
Aviraj Bhaduri Jnr SCCU
1778
Hendon
Krish V Jnr SCCU
1518
Elangeni
Sean Rice
Unrated
Bath
Taran Jina Herts SCCU
Unrated
Warwick Chess Alumni

Challengers

23 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Tim Rogers
2023
Bourne End
Matthew Peat Herts
2000
Hemel Hempstead
Peter Jaszkiwskyj
1991
Kettering
Ivan Georgiev
1988
—
Timothy Watson Jnr Herts
1983
St Albans
Jonathan David Rubeck
1964
—
Paul Colburn
1957
Charlton Chess Club
AMIT SALVI Herts
1925
—
Brendan James Ruane Vet
1917
St Leonard Chess Club
Sameera Kodukula
1906
Reading Chess club
Thomas P O'Brien
1899
Luton
Hugh Fenwick Vet
1896
Mushrooms
Adam Robinson Herts
1893
Hackney
Samuel Shah Jnr
1892
Sussex Juniors
Kieran Shaun Murphy Herts
1889
St Albans Chess Club
Stuart Nelson
1879
Braintree
James Wheeler
1867
Hastings & St Leonards
Paul Jonathan Butterworth
1861
—
Paul McMahon
1853
Linton
Jonadab Oki
1852
Luton Chess Club
Ishaan sai Kuchibhatla Jnr
1825
Gravesend
Carmelo Tirado Simarro
1813
Longbridge
Stephen Berkley Vet
1785
East Ham

Major

38 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Greg Billenness
1899
Hammersmith
Stephen Grant Herts
1894
St Albans Chess Club
Paul Williams Vet Herts
1890
Rothamsted
Richard Weston
1889
—
Samir Vora
1867
—
Antony Hall
1865
St John's Norwich
Martin Faulkner
1862
—
Arthur Cann
1860
Harrow Chess Club
Paul Walton Herts
1842
—
Stephen R Mitchell
1832
—
Matthew Ball Herts
1825
St Albans
Alistair Taylor Herts
1819
Hemel Hempstead
Morgan French
1805
Forest Hall
Stephen Millar Herts
1802
St Albans
James Corrigan Herts
1800
Hackney
Brendan O'Gorman
1794
DHSS
Paul James Kelly Vet
1790
Hastings and St Leonards
Stephen Blewitt Vet
1780
Hastings
Julian Clark Vet
1768
Haywards heath
Adrian Lawrence
1759
Brentwood
Jeffrey Martin Bryant
1756
Cumnor
Marek Gladysz
1752
Luton
Oleksandr Vitvitskyi Herts
1750
St Albans Chess Club
Judith Heffer Vet
1748
Bury St Edmunds
Kai Beattie Jnr
1726
Buckinghamshire
Craig Miller
1700
Didcot
YECHU CHEN Jnr
1674
Oxfordshire Juniors
Harry Chan Jnr Herts
1672
Watford Junior Chess club
Derek Simpson Vet Herts
1663
Hemel Hempstead
Mason So Jnr
1651
—
Neil Homer
1644
—
Kayal Vijay Jnr Herts
1628
—
Scarlett Sanderson Jnr
1601
—
Willem de Boer Jnr
1531
—
Aiden O’Higgins
1419
Hammersmith Chess Club
Varshyth Vinoth Jnr
1332
Wallington Chess Club
Amaan Sheikh Jnr
1238
Ainslie wood primary school
Dyuthi Sri Gampa Jnr
1193
Chelmsford Junior Club

Intermediate

55 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Robert Dean
1745
—
Andrei Procopie
1733
—
Paul Worledge
1733
Ramsgate
Louis Cowell Herts
1718
Hertford
Neal Fisher
1718
Peterborough
Dennis John Wright Vet
1717
—
Edison Figueroa
1716
Charlton
Sean Magee Herts
1715
St Albans Chess Club
Martin C Jones Vet
1714
Pembrokeshire
Nigel Colter
1713
Uxbridge
Gary White
1706
Maddocks
John Kitchen Vet Herts
1705
—
Parin Suchak
1701
—
Cormac O'Caolaidhe Herts
1693
Enfield CC
Mark Cheetham Vet Herts
1684
Little Heath
Amit Midha
1676
Harrow Chess Club
Andrew du Boulay Vet Herts
1676
Hertford Chess Club
Joe Eagle
1670
Swale
Marcel Victor Taylor
1661
Radcliffe & Bingham
Leeladharahas Kanchi Jnr Herts
1656
—
Joseph Clohesy
1652
—
Salvatore Pepe
1651
Hendon
Humayun Mirza
1644
Luton Chess Club
Michael Plumb Vet
1643
Bognor
Swati Singha
1643
—
John Belinger Vet
1638
New Milton
Mark Heffer Vet
1628
Bury St Edmunds
Frank Usher
1626
—
Colin J Solloway Vet
1619
Milton Keynes Chess Club
Peyman Owladi Herts
1618
St Albans Chess Club
Alan Borgars
1617
Letchworth & Hitchin
Stephen Williams Vet
1602
Cwmbran
Howard Graff
1596
Little Heath
Ashwin Ravithas Herts
1595
—
Miroslav Danov
1587
Dartford & Swanley
Dushyanth Gan Nalabothula Jnr Herts
1584
Watford
Saiarya Arun Jnr
1584
Cambridge Chess and Go
Stephen A Taylor Herts
1577
St Albans
Mark Oakden
1575
Chelmsford
Cecil Sloan Vet Herts
1574
Greater London Chess Club
Stellio Jerome Vet
1574
—
Robin Morris-Weston
1571
—
Keshav Singla Herts
1570
S Albans Early Knights
Ananya Patel Jnr Herts
1569
Watford Chess Club
Ashwath Kumar Kota Jnr
1564
Coulsdon
Kamran Harandi
1535
St Paul's School
Colin White
1520
—
Abinash Ravithas Herts
1502
—
Michael Jones Vet
1483
—
Conrad Hall
1475
—
Thomas Holmes
1441
East Grinstead
Avyanna Singh Jnr
1436
Wycombe Abbey
Mark Osborn
1328
Milton Keynes
Lara de Boer Jnr
1307
—
Thisanan Prabakaran
Unrated
—

Minor

78 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Paul Dobbins
1598
Hackney
Rory Williams Herts
1598
Rothamsted E.S.
Lee Bullock
1587
London
Jeff Fleischer Vet
1577
none
David Gilbert Vet
1566
DHSS
Richard Keane
1565
Milton Keynes
Tomy Joseph Herts
1564
Watford
Adrian Cload Vet
1563
Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club
Oliver McWilliams Herts
1558
St Albans Chess Club
Charles Davie
1546
n/a
Eddie Hodgart Herts
1543
not applicable
David Curtis Vet
1540
Haywards Heath
Harvey Brown Herts
1534
St Albans Chess Club
Andrew T Jones
1528
Telford
Dara Owladi Herts
1528
Early Knights St Albans
Paul Laskier Herts
1524
—
Prakhar Saxena Jnr
1516
Harold Wood
Mike Springett
1514
—
Harvey Garfield
1509
—
Joe Robinson Herts
1508
St Albans
Will Bennett Herts
1503
Welwyn Hatfield Chess Club
Peter Hayward Vet Herts
1498
St Albans
Steve Carter
1491
Haywards Heath
Matthew Older
1489
King's College London Chess Club
Ernie Bradwell Vet Herts
1483
Stevenage
Patrick P Sartain Vet
1473
Harrow Chess Club
Aashna Patel Jnr Herts
1467
Watford Chess Club
Gursharanjit Gill
1462
West London Chess Club
Martin Fletcher Vet
1432
Hastings Chess Club
David Phillips Vet
1430
Milton Keynes
David Charles Lovegrove Vet
1422
Newport,Shropshire
Edward Wolfin
1416
Hendon Chess Club
Phil McKenna Herts
1409
Harrow
Ramesh Boury
1409
Gerrards Cross chess Club
John McKeon Vet
1388
Milton Keynes
Artem Miller Jnr
1374
Didcot
Michael Philip Jennings
1369
—
Lee Dawson Herts
1366
St Albans Chess Club
Glyn Hill
1363
Neath Chess Club
Peter Dargue Vet Herts
1363
—
Ian Revitt Vet
1362
Chess Mates Northampton
Douglas M Forbes Vet
1361
Gerrard's Cross
Susan Chadwick Vet
1360
Brighton and Hove
Alen Joseph Biju Jnr
1357
Maidenhead Chess Club
Nathan young Herts
1356
—
Hajin Lee Jnr
1352
Leicestershire
Alan Brewis Vet Herts
1342
Hertford Chess Club
Adam Amirthanathan Jnr
1330
Nottinghamshire Juniors
Max Winberg Vet
1329
Gerrards Cross
Tamal Matilal
1309
Oxford City
Heather Enid Walker
1304
Broadland
Matt Dean
1293
—
David Avery
1234
Sidcup
Poppy Schneider
1218
—
Brian Kirby Vet Herts
1214
—
Philip Steven Humphry Vet
1185
Harrow Chess Club
Suriya Subash
1138
—
Elizaveta Astrakhantceva Jnr
1115
Chesham Chess Club
Ayden Leung Jnr Herts
1095
St Albans Early Knights
Steven Alexander Kaplun Jnr Herts
1056
Barnet Knights
Lucie Stratonovitch Jnr Herts
1053
Sir John Lawes
Akshata Balakrishnan Jnr
1052
Aylesbury high school
Gavin Sharma Jnr
1001
None
Hugo Stratonovitch Herts
964
Sir John Lawes
Siddhi Salvi Herts
948
—
Aaditri Manjunath Jnr
502
—
Alexander Kaplun Herts
Unrated
—
Artur Kucharski Herts
Unrated
—
Artur Seuruk Jnr Herts
Unrated
Early Knights
Atina Kwaengthong
Unrated
Chesham Chess Club
Georgia Pincus
Unrated
—
Hiu Wai Chung Jnr Herts
Unrated
—
Ishaan Sreenath Jnr
Unrated
Anglian Learning Chess Academy
Josh Maiden Jnr Herts
Unrated
The Chauncy School
Minh Tien Ho Jnr Herts
Unrated
—
Philip Moody Vet
Unrated
Chesham Chess Club
Rokhaya Lo Gueye
Unrated
—
Sholpan Namazbayeva
Unrated
—
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