Winton British Solving Championship 2026 (Great Britain, Harrow on the Hill (London) 21.02.2026)

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#6	⏱	#4	#5	⏱	S#3	S#5	⏱	Points	⏱
								1.	2.	3.		4.	5.		6.	7.		8.	9.		10.	11.		12.	13.		65
1	Joost Michielsen			NED	2344.71	54	-	5	5	5	20	5	4.5	39	1	5	60	5	5	28	5	3.5	27	5	0	30	54	204	2609.75	20.50
2	John Nunn	s		GBR	2640.20	5	GM	5	5	5	20	5	4.5	27	0	5	53	5	5	12	5	3.5	31	5	0	30	53	173	2590.36	-3.85
3	David Hodge			GBR	2530.05	18	IM	5	5	5	18	5	5	31	0	0	60	5	5	21	5	5	27	5	2.5	30	52.5	187	2580.66	3.92
4	Kevinas Kuznecovas	j		LTU	2513.31	20	IM	5	5	5	20	5	5	32	1	3	60	5	-	30	5	5	31	5	2.5	30	51.5	203	2561.27	3.71
5	Eddy Van Beers			BEL	2629.43	6	GM	5	5	5	20	5	5	37	0	0	60	5	5	11	5	5	24	5	0	30	50	182	2532.18	-7.51
6	Vidmantas Satkus			LTU	2474.51	27	IM	5	5	5	20	5	5	40	0	0	60	5	5	24	5	5	50	5	0	30	50	224	2532.18	4.46
7	Roland Ott	s		SUI	2309.48	67	-	5	5	5	20	5	4.5	40	0	3	60	5	-	30	5	5	40	5	0	30	47.5	220	2483.69	13.47
8	Andy Ooms			BEL	2272.55	77	-	5	5	5	20	4	0	40	0	3	60	5	5	30	5	0	50	5	5	30	47	230	2474.00	15.58
9	Jonathan Mestel	s		GBR	2499.96	25	GM	5	5	5	15	5	5	31	0	5	60	0	-	30	5	5	42	5	0	30	45	208	2435.21	-5.01
10	Martynas Limontas			LTU	2579.45	10	GM	5	5	5	20	5	5	40	0	5	60	-	-	30	5	5	41	5	0	30	45	221	2435.21	-11.16
11	Omer Friedland			ISR	2338.80	57	FM	5	5	5	20	5	5	35	0	0	60	5	5	26	3.5	0	50	5	0	30	43.5	221	2406.12	5.21
12	Dolf Wissmann	s		NED	2243.68	85	GM	0	5	0	20	5	5	39	0	0	60	5	5	30	5	1.5	50	5	-	30	36.5	229	2270.36	2.07
13	Marek Kolčák	s		SVK	2249.31	84	IM	5	5	5	20	5	0	40	0	0	60	5	-	30	5	1.5	50	5	0	30	36.5	230	2270.36	1.64
14	Robert Włodarczyk			POL	1942.89	220	-	5	5	5	20	2.5	3.5	40	0	0	60	5	-	29	3.5	-	50	5	-	30	34.5	229	2231.58	22.33
15	Audrey Kueh	w		GBR	2254.54	83	WFM	5	5	5	20	2.5	4.5	27	0	0	60	-	-	30	5	1.5	50	0	-	30	28.5	217	2115.21	-10.77
16	Simeon Bott			GBR	-	-	-	5	0	0	20	4	2	40	0	5	60	0	-	30	5	0	50	0	-	30	21	230	1969.76	-
17-18	John Gemmell	s		GBR	1989.45	193	-	0	0	5	20	5	0	40	0	0	60	-	-	30	5	0	50	5	-	30	20	230	1950.37	-3.03
17-18	Arvydas Mockus			LTU	1992.13	191	-	5	0	0	20	4	2	40	0	0	60	0	0	30	5	0	50	4	-	30	20	230	1950.37	-3.22
19-20	Andrew Bamford			GBR	2030.60	176	-	5	0	0	20	4	0	40	0	0	60	0	-	30	5	0	50	5	0	30	19	230	1930.97	-7.71
19-20	Sydney Jacob	s		GBR	1673.51	474	-	5	5	5	20	2.5	0	40	0	0	60	0	-	30	1.5	-	50	0	-	30	19	230	1930.97	19.92
21	Giles Body	s		GBR	2066.71	162	-	5	5	-	20	0	3.5	40	0	0	60	-	-	30	3.5	0	50	0	-	30	17	230	1892.19	-13.50
22	Neil A Sutherland	s		GBR	1895.41	261	-	5	0	0	20	0	-	40	0	-	60	0	-	30	3.5	-	50	5	0	30	13.5	230	1824.31	-5.51
23-24	Stephen Orton	s		GBR	1987.67 na	-	-	0	5	0	20	0	0	40	0	0	60	5	0	30	0	0	50	2.5	0	30	12.5	230	1804.92	-14.13
23-24	Matthew Reisz	s		GBR	1920.64	241	-	0	5	0	20	5	-	40	0	0	60	2.5	-	30	0	0	50	0	-	30	12.5	230	1804.92	-8.95
25	Gautam Jain			GBR	1755.32	381	-	0	0	0	20	5	-	40	0	0	60	-	-	30	5	-	50	1.5	-	30	11.5	230	1785.52	2.34
26	Quentin Thwaites	s		GBR	1747.26	388	-	0	-	-	20	5	-	40	0	0	60	-	-	30	5	-	50	0	-	30	10	230	1756.43	0.71
27	John Warren			GBR	-	-	-	0	0	0	20	-	0	40	0	2	60	-	-	30	0	0	50	0	-	30	2	230	1601.28	-
28	Les Blackstock	s		GBR	1869.11	286	-	0	0	0	20	0	0	40	0	0	60	0	0	30	1.5	0	50	0	0	30	1.5	230	1591.59	-21.47

Main Judge: Nigel Dennis          Assistant: Axel Steinbrink          Problems Selected by: Neal Turner

Norms

Name	Country	Norm
Joost Michielsen	NED		IM	FM	-
Roland Ott	SUI			FM	-

Titles Gained

Name	Country	Title
Joost Michielsen	NED	FM

Date	21.02.2026
Top Ten Average Rating	2485.99
Category	4

Points

Name	Country	#	Points	Perf. Rat.
					Joost Michielsen	NED	1	22	2609.75
John Nunn	GBR	2	20	2590.36
David Hodge	GBR	3	18	2580.66
Kevinas Kuznecovas	LTU	4	16	2561.27
Eddy Van Beers	BEL	5	14	2532.18
Vidmantas Satkus	LTU	6	12	2532.18
Roland Ott	SUI	7	10	2483.69
Andy Ooms	BEL	8	8	2474.00
Jonathan Mestel	GBR	9	6	2435.21
Martynas Limontas	LTU	10	4	2435.21
Omer Friedland	ISR	11	2	2406.12
Dolf Wissmann	NED	12	1	2270.36

Tournaments

#	Location	Date	Name	Top 10	Cat.	Winners
1	ARM	12.10.2025	2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025	2341.71	7	Danila Pavlov
2	SUI	25.10.2025	40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025	2421.78	5	Danila Pavlov
3	BEL	08.11.2025	30th Belgian Championship 2025	2192.92	10	Eddy Van Beers
4	ROU	23.11.2025	Cugir City Championship	1857.09	10	Daniel Dumitrescu
5	POL	11.01.2026	49th International Polish Championship 2026	2568.86	2	Kacper Piorun
6	FIN	14.02.2026	47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026	2119.80	10	Kari Karhunen
7	GBR	21.02.2026	Winton British Solving Championship 2026	2485.99	4	Joost Michielsen

Standings

#	Name	Country	Pts.	Perf. Rat. (≤6)	1.		2.		3.		4.		5.		6.
					#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.
1	Eddy Van Beers	BEL	42	2698.89	SUI#2	18	BEL#1	10	GBR#5	14
2	Kevinas Kuznecovas	LTU	38	2614.51	POL#3	22	GBR#4	16
3	Joost Michielsen	NED	38	2455.51	SUI#6	10	BEL#3	6	GBR#1	22
4	Danila Pavlov	FID	36	2775.91	ARM#1	16	SUI#1	20
5	Martynas Limontas	LTU	34	2509.65	POL#2	24	FIN#3	6	GBR#10	4
6	David Hodge	GBR	32	2558.60	POL#7	14	GBR#3	18
7	Kacper Piorun	POL	26	2871.89	POL#1	26
8	Taras Rudenko	UKR	26	2553.11	SUI#3	16	POL#9	10
9	Piotr Murdzia	POL	20	2624.01	POL#4	20
10	John Nunn	GBR	20	2590.36	GBR#2	20
11	Nikos Sidiropoulos	GRE	18	2594.85	POL#5	18
12	Piotr Górski	POL	16	2565.69	POL#6	16
13	Vidmantas Satkus	LTU	16	2425.00	POL#12	4	GBR#6	12
14	Roland Ott	SUI	16	2422.40	SUI#8	6	GBR#7	10
15	Aleksandr Bulavka	FID	14	2709.72	ARM#2	14
16	Ronald Schäfer	GER	14	2552.79	SUI#4	14
17	Ural Khasanov	FID	12	2681.82	ARM#3	12
18	Jakub Marciniszyn	POL	12	2478.20	POL#8	12
19	Wouter van Rijn	NED	12	2422.10	SUI#5	12
20	Anton Nasyrov	FID	10	2619.05	ARM#4	10
21	Kari Karhunen	FIN	10	2579.45	FIN#1	10
22	Tomáš Peitl	SVK	10	2405.30	POL#9	10
23	Daniel Dumitrescu	ROU	10	2182.56	ROU#1	10
24	Dolf Wissmann	NED	9	2396.23	BEL#2	8	GBR#12	1
25	Aleksey Popov	FID	8	2584.17	ARM#5	8
26	Andy Ooms	BEL	8	2474.00	GBR#8	8
27	Jorma Paavilainen	FIN	8	2436.02	FIN#2	8
28	Valery Kopyl	UKR	8	2378.53	SUI#7	8
29	Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea	ROU	8	2114.88	ROU#2	8
30	Ekaterina Shestakova	FID	6	2535.34	ARM#6	6
31	Jonathan Mestel	GBR	6	2435.21	GBR#9	6
32	Robert Włodarczyk	POL	6	2376.13	POL#11	6
33	Cristian-Daniel Oltean	ROU	6	2087.81	ROU#3	6
34	Thomas Maeder	SUI	4	2361.11	SUI#9	4
35	Darya Efimova	FID	4	2319.11	ARM#7	4
36	Hans Uitenbroek	NED	4	2285.80	BEL#4	4
37	Henry Tanner	FIN	4	2202.94	FIN#4	4
38	Matei-Maria Uta	ROU	4	2049.46	ROU#4	4
39	Omer Friedland	ISR	2	2406.12	GBR#11	2
40	Roman Tkhoruk	SUI	2	2361.11	SUI#10	2
41	Stasys Steponavičius	LTU	2	2303.23	POL#13	2
42	Johan de Boer	NED	2	2265.26	BEL#5	2
43	Mikalai Sihnevich	FID	2	2207.50	ARM#8	2
44	Terho Marlo	FIN	2	2158.12	FIN#5	2
45	Alexandru Mihalcescu	ROU	2	1882.51	ROU#5	2
46	Arno Zude	GER	1	2352.39	SUI#11	1
47	Marek Kolčák	SVK	1	2295.94	POL#14	1
48	Grigory Filin	FID	1	2186.58	ARM#9	1
49	Jim Wittebol	NED	1	2121.43	BEL#6	1
50	Arvydas Mockus	LTU	1	1960.89	FIN#6	1
50	Janne Syväniemi	FIN	1	1960.89	FIN#6	1
52	Ovidiu Craciun	ROU	1	1823.86	ROU#6	1

ID	Tag	Difficulty	Average	5(Correct Solution)	0 < Pts. < 5	0 (Wrong Solution)	- (No Solution)
6	=	986	0.07	0	2	26	0
13	S#5	928	0.36	1	2	13	12
7	=	742	1.29	5	4	18	1
9	H#6	714	1.43	8	0	3	17
11	#5	668	1.66	7	5	11	5
8	H#3	518	2.41	13	1	7	7
5	#3	508	2.46	8	8	8	4
3	#2	428	2.86	16	0	10	2
12	S#3	336	3.32	17	3	8	0
2	#2	322	3.39	19	0	8	1
1	#2	286	3.57	20	0	8	0
4	#3	260	3.70	16	7	4	1
10	#4	200	4.00	19	6	3	0