2025 British Chess Championships – Major Open LIVE

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	0