Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2025 (Great Britain, Harrow on the Hill (London) 15.02.2025)

Rank Name Cat. Country Rating # Title Round  1 - 20' Round  2 - 40' Round  3 - 60' Round  4 - 30' Round  5 - 50' Round  6 - 30' Total - 230 Perf. Rat. +/-
#2 #2 #2 #3 #3 + + H#3 H#7 #4 #8 S#3 S#5 Points
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 65
1 Eddy Van Beers       BEL 2568.75 8 GM 5 5 5 12 5 5 35 5 2 60 5 5 17 5 5 41 5 5 20 62 185 2709.71 12.69
2 David Hodge       GBR 2502.54 21 IM 5 5 5 17 5 5 28 5 2 60 5 5 20 0 - 50 5 5 20 52 195 2543.08 3.65
3 Vidmantas Satkus       LTU 2419.49 38 IM 5 5 5 12 5 0 40 5 1 60 5 5 25 5 5 42 5 0 30 51 209 2526.41 9.63
4 Joost Michielsen       NED 2322.04 72 - 5 5 5 11 5 0 40 5 5 49 3.5 0 30 4 5 49 5 0 30 47.5 209 2468.09 13.16
5 Jonathan Mestel   s   GBR 2462.14 27 GM 5 5 5 18 5 0 40 5 5 49 1.5 - 30 4 5 50 5 0 30 45.5 217 2434.77 -2.46
6 Roland Ott   s   SUI 2299.78 80 - 5 5 5 18 5 0 40 5 1 60 3.5 - 30 4 5 38 5 - 30 43.5 216 2401.44 9.15
7 Luke McShane       GBR - - - 5 5 5 16 5 0 40 5 5 60 1.5 - 30 0 5 50 5 0 30 41.5 226 2368.11 -
8 Dmitrijus Chocenka       LTU 2317.76 75 - 5 5 0 17 5 0 40 5 4 52 3.5 5 30 4 0 50 4 - 30 40.5 219 2351.45 3.03
9 Dolf Wissmann   s   NED 2320.47 73 GM 5 5 5 18 4 0 40 5 1 60 3.5 - 30 4 5 46 0 - 30 37.5 224 2301.46 -1.71
10 Andy Ooms       BEL 2272.09 88 - 5 5 5 20 4 0 40 0 3 60 5 5 27 0 0 50 5 0 30 37 227 2293.13 1.89
11 Omer Friedland       ISR 2383.88 51 FM 5 5 5 17 - 4.5 40 5 1 50 1.5 - 30 4 - 50 5 - 30 36 217 2276.47 -9.68
12 Audrey Kueh   w   GBR 2254.99 94 - 0 5 5 19 5 0 40 5 2 32 1.5 - 30 0 5 50 2.5 0 30 31 201 2193.15 -5.56
13 Colin McNab   s   GBR 2370.21 54 IM 0 5 5 20 5 0 40 5 1 60 3.5 - 30 1.5 0 50 5 - 30 31 230 2193.15 -15.95
14 Marek Kolčák   s   SVK 2310.05 78 IM 5 5 5 20 5 0 40 0 1 60 3.5 - 30 - - 50 5 - 30 29.5 230 2168.16 -12.78
15 Wouter van Rijn       NED 2074.07 187 - 0 5 5 16 4 0 40 5 1 60 1.5 0 30 2.5 - 50 5 - 30 29 226 2159.83 7.72
16 Oto Mihalčo   s   SVK 2033.29 203 - 0 0 5 20 0 0 40 0 1 59 3.5 0 30 0 5 50 5 0 30 19.5 229 2001.53 -2.86
17-18 Gautam Jain       GBR - - - 0 5 5 20 1 0 40 0 3 60 1.5 - 30 0 0 50 2.5 0 30 18 230 1976.53 -
17-18 Robert Włodarczyk       POL 1823.72 375 - 0 0 5 20 4 0.5 40 5 2 60 1.5 - 30 0 0 50 - - 30 18 230 1976.53 13.76
19 Matthew Reisz   s   GBR 1916.75 282 - 0 5 5 14 4 0 40 2 1 57 - - 30 0 - 50 0 - 30 17 221 1959.87 3.89
20 Andrew Bamford       GBR 2040.89 199 - 5 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 1 60 - - 30 4 0 50 0 - 30 15 230 1926.54 -10.29
21 John Gemmell   s   GBR 1996.50 223 - 0 5 0 16 3 0 40 5 0 60 1.5 - 30 0 0 50 0 - 30 14.5 226 1918.21 -7.05
22 Mark Young   s   GBR 1530.21 h - - 0 5 5 20 0 0 40 0 1 60 - - 30 - 0 50 - 0 30 11 230 1859.89 -
23 Quentin Thwaites   ?   GBR 1738.59 na - - 5 0 0 20 3 0 40 0 - 60 1.5 - 30 0 - 50 0 - 30 9.5 230 1834.90 8.67
24 Brian Stephenson   s   GBR 1835.84 368 - 5 0 0 20 - - 40 0 0 60 3.5 - 30 0 - 50 0 - 30 8.5 230 1818.23 -1.59
25 Sydney Jacob   s   GBR 1664.96 566 - 0 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 5 60 0 - 30 0 0 50 0 - 30 5 230 1759.91 8.55
26-27 Les Blackstock   s   GBR 1880.73 325 - 0 0 0 20 2 0 40 0 1 60 1.5 - 30 0 0 50 0 0 30 4.5 230 1751.58 -11.62
26-27 Neil A Sutherland   s   GBR 1909.64 288 - 0 0 0 20 - - 40 0 1 60 3.5 - 30 0 0 50 0 - 30 4.5 230 1751.58 -14.23
28 Des Reilly   s   GBR - - - 0 0 0 20 0 0 40 2 1 60 - 0 30 0 0 50 0 - 30 3 230 1726.59 -
Main Judge: Nigel Dennis          Assistant: Brian Cook          Problems Selected by: Neal Turner

Norms
Name Country Norm
Joost Michielsen NED            FM  -

Date 15.02.2025
Top Ten Average Rating 2397.73
Category 6

Points
Name Country # Points Perf. Rat.
Eddy Van Beers BEL 1 23 2709.71
David Hodge GBR 2 19 2543.08
Vidmantas Satkus LTU 3 16 2526.41
Joost Michielsen NED 4 13 2468.09
Jonathan Mestel GBR 5 10 2434.77
Roland Ott SUI 6 8 2401.44
Luke McShane GBR 7 6 2368.11
Dmitrijus Chocenka LTU 8 4 2351.45
Dolf Wissmann NED 9 2 2301.46
Andy Ooms BEL 10 1 2293.13

Tournaments
# Location Date Name Top 10 Cat. Winners
1 SUI 09.11.2024 39th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2024 2453.70 4 Roland Baier
2 BEL 07.12.2024 29th Belgian Championship 2024 2226.67 9 Eddy Van Beers
3 POL 12.01.2025 48th International Polish Championship 2025 2517.21 3 Kacper Piorun
4 GBR 15.02.2025 Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2025 2397.73 6 Eddy Van Beers
5 FIN 15.02.2025 46th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2025 2179.78 10 Jorma Paavilainen

Standings
# Name Country Pts. Perf. Rat.
(≤5)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
# Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts.
1 Eddy Van Beers BEL 46 2545.94 SUI#7 10 BEL#1 13 GBR#1 23    
2 Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 41 2505.76 SUI#10 4 POL#2 31 FIN#3 6    
3 Kacper Piorun POL 36 2854.63 POL#1 36        
4 Martynas Limontas LTU 35 2490.14 SUI#8 8 POL#4 23 FIN#4 4    
5 Roland Baier SUI 31 3032.65 SUI#1 31        
6 Marek Kolčák SVK 29 2486.70 SUI#3 23 POL#10 6      
7 Roland Ott SUI 29 2409.31 SUI#4 19 BEL#6 2 GBR#6 8    
8 Thomas Maeder SUI 27 2644.34 SUI#2 27        
9 Nikos Sidiropoulos GRE 27 2585.12 POL#3 27        
10 Joost Michielsen NED 21 2440.80 BEL#3 8 GBR#4 13      
11 Piotr Murdzia POL 19 2564.39 POL#5 19        
12 David Hodge GBR 19 2543.08 GBR#2 19        
13 Vidmantas Satkus LTU 19 2329.41 SUI#11 2 POL#13 1 GBR#3 16    
14 Piotr Górski POL 16 2564.39 POL#6 16        
15 Ulrich Voigt GER 16 2556.09 SUI#5 16        
16 Igor Yarmonov UKR 13 2538.44 SUI#6 13        
17 Tomáš Peitl SVK 13 2491.82 POL#7 13        
18 Dolf Wissmann NED 12 2389.70 BEL#2 10 GBR#9 2      
19 Jorma Paavilainen FIN 10 2522.84 FIN#1 10        
20 Jonathan Mestel GBR 10 2434.77 GBR#5 10        
21 Jakub Marciniszyn POL 10 2419.26 POL#8 10        
21 Stasys Steponavičius LTU 10 2419.26 POL#8 10        
23 Kari Karhunen FIN 8 2522.84 FIN#2 8        
24 Arno Zude GER 6 2414.89 SUI#9 6        
25 Hans Uitenbroek NED 6 2408.55 BEL#4 6        
26 Luke McShane GBR 6 2368.11 GBR#7 6        
27 Andy Ooms BEL 5 2326.06 BEL#5 4 GBR#10 1      
28 Dmitrijus Chocenka LTU 4 2351.45 GBR#8 4        
29 Valery Kopyl UKR 4 2274.14 POL#11 4        
30 Paavo Tikka FIN 2 2254.81 FIN#5 2        
31 Bogusz Piliczewski POL 2 2180.85 POL#12 2        
32 Andrey Selivanov FID 1 2273.68 SUI#12 1        
33 Terho Marlo FIN 1 2145.92 FIN#6 1        
34 Johan de Boer NED 1 2126.07 BEL#7 1        

ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) - (No Solution)
13 S#5 928 0.36 2 0 10 16
5 #3 892 0.54 2 2 22 2
9 H#7 822 0.89 5 0 4 19
10 #4 700 1.50 2 9 15 2
11 #8 678 1.61 9 0 12 7
7 + 628 1.86 4 21 2 1
8 H#3 524 2.38 4 19 1 4
12 S#3 472 2.64 13 3 10 2
1 #2 464 2.68 15 0 13 0
6 + 436 2.82 15 2 11 0
4 #3 400 3.00 11 9 5 3
3 #2 322 3.39 19 0 9 0
2 #2 286 3.57 20 0 8 0


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