Arbiters’ Notices 2025

Byes in the Festival

RAPID Byes notified to date

A half point Bye in the RAPID is available on request for Round 1 to assist players where arrival in time for the 10:30 start would be difficult.

NameSectionR1R2R3R4R5R6R7*
Egor LatypovOpen½½
Brendan O’Gorman1700½
Robert Latypov1400½½
A ½-point Bye in the Rapid is available on request for R1 to aid travelling to the event.

CONGRESS Byes notified to date

Up to two half point Byes in Rounds 1-6 of the CONGRESS may be requested with entry. Byes required at any subsequent time may be allowed at the discretion of the Chief Arbiter, subject to adequate notice. Byes needed in Round 7 will be 0 points.

NameSectionR1R2R3R4R5R6R7*
Steve LedgerOpen½
Rezin CatabayOpen½½
Roy HareOpen½½
Russell WhiteOpen½½
David HunnOpen½½
Edgar WilsonOpen½½
Madison BowdenOpen½
Christopher LynchU1900½½
Jeremy BrockesU1900½
Colin NewtonU1900½½
Grace WildeU1900½½
David HarringtonU1900½
Peter LaundyU1900½½
Simon DenneyU1900½½
Joshua EmdonU1600½½
Adam MoyseU1600½½
David KingU1600½
John ChapmanU1300½½
Kiaan JakhriaU1300½
* Byes in Round 7 are zero points.

Moves between sections

Rapid

Moves from U1700 to OpenFIDEECFReason
Bartolomeo Fortunato17271664Eligibility
Moves from Open to U1700FIDEECFReason
Bartolomeo Fortunato – Reversal of above move.16801621April ratings
Moves from U1400 to U1700FIDEECFReason
Ian Whipp14621318Player request

Congress

Moves from U1900 to OpenFIDEECFReason
Luca Thorogood01946Eligibility
Matthew Helsby15751733Player request

Withdrawals

From Rapid

DateWithdrawals from RapidSection
03 Mar 2025Ashwin GopikrishnaOpen
02 Mar 2025Maadesh ManikandanU1400 

From Congress

DateWithdrawals from CongressSection
08-Apr-2025Chris DavisonOpen
12-Mar-2025Nick LaceyU1900
14-Apr-2025Julian LlewellynU1900
14-Apr-2025Aayush NathanU1300
17-Apr-2025Arjun PrasannaU1300