The 2025 British Chess Championships is taking place August 02 – August 10 in St Georges Hall, Liverpool, England. The tournament ise separated in 9 categories – Championship, Major Open, Over 65, Over 50, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10 and Under 08. The Major Open section is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are Adam A Taylor (2279), Fahim Nasiri (2252), Junhao Xian (2159), FM Tim P Wall (2158), Sooraj Menothuparambil Raju (2119), Arjun Kolani (2118), FM Jonathan P Nelson (2114), Liam D Varnam (2105), Koichi B Nicholas (2091), Remy Rushbrooke (2090), Ali Reza Jaunooby (2082), CM Jonathan W Arnott (2079), Adam Sefton (2074), WCM Kanishka Bhatia (2067), Alan Peart (2065), Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2053), Keatan Patel (2041), Zack Norris (2036), Jack Pilley (2032), John P Williams (2027). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories : Championship / Over 65 / Over 50 / Under 16 / Under 14 / Under 12 / Under 10 / Under 08
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2025 British Chess Championships – Major Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
Taylor, Adam A
ENG
2279
2
Nasiri, Fahim
ENG
2252
3
Xian, Junhao
CHN
2159
4
FM
Wall, Tim P
ENG
2158
5
Raju, Sooraj Menothuparambil
IND
2119
6
Kolani, Arjun
ENG
2118
7
FM
Nelson, Jonathan P
ENG
2114
8
Varnam, Liam D
ENG
2105
9
Nicholas, Koichi B
ENG
2091
10
Rushbrooke, Remy
ENG
2090
11
Jaunooby, Ali Reza
ENG
2082
12
CM
Arnott, Jonathan W
ENG
2079
13
Sefton, Adam
ENG
2074
14
WCM
Bhatia, Kanishka
SCO
2067
15
Peart, Alan
ENG
2065
16
Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio
ENG
2053
17
Patel, Keatan
ENG
2041
18
Norris, Zack
ENG
2036
19
Pilley, Jack
ENG
2032
20
Williams, John P
ENG
2027
21
Sanada, Tetsuaki
JPN
2021
22
Potter, John M
ENG
2015
23
Green, Michael
ENG
2009
24
Lee, Alexandre Km
ENG
2006
25
Quaite, Toby
ENG
1988
26
Vashisht-Pigem, Raman
ENG
1981
27
Gadzhiev, Farid
ENG
1978
28
Pick, Freddie
ENG
1978
29
Owen, Dennis
ENG
1974
30
Terler, Bohdan
ENG
1974
31
Vaddhireddy, Sai
ENG
1972
32
Welling, Zac
ENG
1970
33
Skettos, Nicolas
CYP
1968
34
Freeman, Luke
ENG
1963
35
Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian
ENG
1962
36
Brown, Tom
ENG
1961
37
Buckland, Louis
ENG
1961
38
Joseph, Patrick
ENG
1959
39
Schell, Finn
ENG
1956
40
Davis, Colin J
ENG
1955
41
Ashworth, Robert M
ENG
1951
42
Savage, Andrew
ENG
1950
43
Amoako, Selikem Pj
GHA
1948
44
Rastogi, Nayan Keats
ENG
1948
45
Mcdonagh, Michael
ENG
1947
46
Davis, Cameron
ENG
1944
47
Izod, Chris
ENG
1944
48
Rich, Aaron
ENG
1944
49
Zhu, Pengxiao
ENG
1938
50
Vadalia, Jainill
SCO
1929
51
Sharma, Josh
ENG
1925
52
Mccarthy, Damian M
ENG
1924
53
Chapman, Luke
ENG
1921
54
Sugden, John N
ENG
1920
55
Vaidyanathan, Sathya
ENG
1915
56
Ortiz Sanchez, Luis
WLS
1908
57
Keely, Leo A
ENG
1906
58
Rughani, Mahin
ENG
1906
59
Melia, Alfie
ENG
1904
60
Shivakumar, Akshath
ENG
1901
61
Patton, Zachary
SCO
1899
62
Wilkinson, Daniel
ENG
1889
63
Gupta, Leonardo
ENG
1885
64
Thomas, James
ENG
1882
65
Keerthi Kumar, Advait
ENG
1878
66
Hughes, Padraig
IRL
1877
67
Bedi, Adam
ENG
1871
68
Lukhi, Neev
SCO
1869
69
Waterfield, Mark B
ENG
1869
70
Collins, Jonathan L
ENG
1868
71
Lee, Yuk Hei
ENG
1868
72
Liu, Jacob
ENG
1859
73
Bartlett, Joel
ENG
1858
74
Cowan, Xavier
ENG
1854
75
Bennett, Max
ENG
1852
76
Mulukutla, Ayaansh
IRL
1852
77
Gunatilake, Vinuda
SRI
1851
78
Ruane, Brendan J
ENG
1848
79
Clerc, Océane
ESP
1844
80
Ding, Yiwen
ENG
1844
81
Gorskovs, Andrejs
ENG
1844
82
Swiatkowski, Dominik
ENG
1843
83
WCM
Sheikh, Anum
ENG
1842
84
Munshi, Aryan
SCO
1841
85
Blinkhorn, Joshua
ENG
1838
86
Richmond, Frank
ENG
1836
87
Coe, Laurence
ENG
1833
88
Kendall, Arthur
ENG
1826
89
De Silva, Sithun
ENG
1817
90
Garnett, John S
ENG
1816
91
Walker, Elmira
ENG
1813
92
Hanlon, Shay
ENG
1809
93
Ellson, Louie
ENG
1807
94
Nguyen, Lam Vy Le
ENG
1807
95
Mittal, Advik
SCO
1806
96
Sieczkowski, Adam
POL
1806
97
Keen, Maya
ENG
1805
98
Mortazavi, Sami
ENG
1805
99
Islam, Mohammed
BAN
1803
100
Parikh, Naavya
ENG
1800
101
Ding, Yicheng
ENG
1793
102
Eldridge, Albert
ENG
1792
103
Sahoo, Shivam
ENG
1791
104
Nitish, Brunth Sundar
IND
1782
105
Woozeer, Seth
ENG
1780
106
Whittington, Reece W
ENG
1778
107
Storey, Cameron
ENG
1774
108
Chantrell, Paul
ENG
1768
109
Pyun, Lindsay
ENG
1762
110
Taylor, Matthew
ENG
1762
111
Shankar, Yashwardhan
SCO
1761
112
Sedykh, Stakhey
ENG
1756
113
Berkley, Stephen W
ENG
1748
114
Perkins, Chris
ENG
1747
115
Jacobs, Simon
ENG
1745
116
Wainwright, Charlie
ENG
1743
117
Dissanayake, Sathsara
ENG
1733
118
Buffard, Julien
FRA
1732
119
Boganadham, Ved Sudeep
ENG
1731
120
Banerjee, Sanjoy K
ENG
1729
121
Nus, Jonah Bram Erik
USA
1724
122
Railwani, Tavish
SCO
1714
123
Blin, Henri
ENG
1704
124
Shah, Samuel
ENG
1693
125
Jayar, Om Reddy
IND
1686
126
Cann, Arthur
ENG
1677
127
Korsinskij, Nikolas
CZE
1674
128
Pleimling, Luc
LUX
1664
129
Ranasinghe, Chaniru
SRI
1642
130
Ursu, Alexander
ENG
1636
131
Byrne, Colin J
ENG
1604
132
Barton, Will
ENG
1580
133
Raj Konwar, Daryan
ENG
1572
134
Van Uytvange, Jonas
BEL
1566
135
Ding, Yihua
ENG
1536
136
Saxena, Samidh
ENG
1445
137
Koyun, Aytek
ENG
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