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155 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

23 entries
Name
Rating
Club
IM Paul E Littlewood Vet Herts
2313
St.Albans
Qixiang Han Jnr
2294
streatham &brixton
IM Richard Bates
2294
Hackney
NM Simon Roe Herts
2248
St Albans
FM Robert Eames
2242
Hackney
FM Martin Graham Walker
2168
Broadland
Jeremy Ward Herts
2155
Little Heath
Russell White
2126
—
Qixuan Han
2103
Streatham & Brixton
Luke Freeman
2035
Crowborough
Jacob Liu Jnr Herts
2029
Watford
Ivan Myall Vet
2016
Chelmsford
Geoffrey Moore
2015
St John's Norwich
James Hall
2012
Ilkley Chess Centre
Luke Chapman
1989
Bexhill Chess Club
Ashwin Gopi Krishna Jnr
1970
Wanstead
Kazi Azizur Rahman
1968
—
Andrew David Ponting
1961
Streatham
Benjamin Carter Jnr
1945
Haywards Heath
Roger De Coverly Vet
1901
Bourne End
Abiodun Nelson
1894
Luton Chess Club
Bobur Khakimov
1812
—
Sean Rice
Unrated
Bath

Challengers

17 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Peter Jaszkiwskyj
1991
Kettering
Ivan Georgiev
1988
—
Timothy Watson Jnr Herts
1983
St Albans
Jonathan David Rubeck
1964
—
Andrew Brocklehurst
1947
—
Brendan James Ruane Vet
1917
—
Sameera Kodukula
1906
Reading Chess club
Thomas P O'Brien
1899
Luton
Hugh Fenwick Vet
1896
Mushrooms
Adam Robinson Herts
1893
Hackney
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
Stephen Berkley Vet
1785
East Ham
Chris Levy
1784
Hackney

Major

20 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Greg Billenness
1899
Hammersmith
Richard Weston
1889
—
Martin Faulkner
1862
—
Arthur Cann
1860
Harrow Chess Club
Paul Walton Herts
1842
—
Matthew Ball Herts
1825
St Albans
Alistair Taylor Herts
1819
Hemel Hempstead
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
Marek Gladysz
1752
Luton
Oleksandr Vitvitskyi Herts
1750
St Albans Chess Club
Judith Heffer Vet
1748
Bury St Edmunds
Craig Miller
1700
Didcot
Harry Chan Jnr Herts
1672
Watford Junior Chess club
Derek Simpson Vet Herts
1663
Hemel Hempstead
Varshyth Vinoth Jnr
1332
Wallington Chess Club

Intermediate

40 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Robert Dean
1745
—
Andrei Procopie
1733
—
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
—
Cormac O'Caolaidhe
1693
Enfield CC
Simon Jacobs Herts
1686
Hemel Hempstead
Mark Cheetham Vet Herts
1684
Little Heath
Andrew du Boulay Vet Herts
1676
Hertford Chess Club
Joe Eagle
1670
Swale
Marcel Victor Taylor
1661
Radcliffe & Bingham
Neil Homer
1645
—
Humayun Mirza
1644
Luton Chess Club
Michael Plumb Vet
1643
Bognor
John Belinger Vet
1638
New Milton
Roland Fraser
1637
—
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
Stephen A Taylor Herts
1577
St Albans
Mark Oakden
1575
Chelmsford
Robin Morris-Weston
1571
—
Keshav Singla Herts
1570
S Albans Early Knights
Colin White
1520
—
Abinash Ravithas Herts
1502
—
Michael Jones Vet
1483
—
Conrad Hall
1475
—
Thomas Holmes
1441
East Grinstead
Thisanan Prabakaran
Unrated
—

Minor

55 entries
Name
Rating
Club
Paul Dobbins
1610
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
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
Dara Owladi Herts
1528
Early Knights St Albans
Paul Laskier Herts
1524
—
Mike Springett
1514
—
Harvey Garfield
1509
—
Joe Robinson Herts
1508
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
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
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
Ian Revitt Vet
1362
Chess Mates Northampton
Douglas M Forbes Vet
1361
Gerrard's Cross
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
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
—
Ayden Leung Jnr Herts
1095
St Albans Early 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
—
Artur Seuruk Jnr Herts
Unrated
Early Knights
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
—
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