Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 – Challengers LIVE
The Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 will take place from October 24 to October 26 in Scarborough, England. The tournament has 6 categories – Open, Challengers, Major, Intermediate, Minor, and Foundation. The Challengers section is a 5-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 110 min + 10 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 Richard Jennings (2053), Nigel Blades (2035), Barry Hymer (2033), Edouardos Ter-Gevorkian (2031), Giannis Ter-Gevorkian (2031), John Paul Wareing (2025), Aram Ter Gevorkian (2009), Dan Hilditch-Love (2005), Peter Jaszkiwskyj (2005), Joshua Pink (2005), James Kearney (2002), Joel Wagg (1999), Jael de Sousa Muachikape (1989), Jim Davis (1985), Francis Batchelor (1975). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open
More: 49th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival – Challengers / 49th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival – Open
Scarborough Chess Congress 2025 – Challengers Participants
| No. | Name | ФЕД | Rtg | |
| 1 | Jennings, Richard | SCO | 2053 | |
| 2 | Blades, Nigel | ENG | 2035 | |
| 3 | Hymer, Barry | ENG | 2033 | |
| 4 | Ter-Gevorkian, Edouardos | GRE | 2031 | |
| 5 | Ter-Gevorkian, Giannis | GRE | 2031 | |
| 6 | Wareing, John Paul | ENG | 2025 | |
| 7 | Ter Gevorkian, Aram | GRE | 2009 | |
| 8 | Hilditch-Love, Dan | ENG | 2005 | |
| 9 | Jaszkiwskyj, Peter | ENG | 2005 | |
| 10 | Pink, Joshua | ENG | 2005 | |
| 11 | Kearney, James | ENG | 2002 | |
| 12 | Wagg, Joel | 1999 | ||
| 13 | de Sousa Muachikape, Jael | ENG | 1989 | |
| 14 | Davis, Jim | ENG | 1985 | |
| 15 | Batchelor, Francis | ENG | 1975 | |
| 16 | Jennings, Roger | ENG | 1974 | |
| 17 | Thompson, Daniel | ENG | 1968 | |
| 18 | Li, Xiaofan | ENG | 1962 | |
| 19 | Stokes, Michael | ENG | 1962 | |
| 20 | Evans, Paul | 1958 | ||
| 21 | Brencher, Paul | ENG | 1957 | |
| 22 | Wainwright, Andrew | ENG | 1957 | |
| 23 | Wilson, Kevin | ENG | 1947 | |
| 24 | McCarthy, Damian | ENG | 1928 | |
| 25 | Jelfs, Alan | SCO | 1924 | |
| 26 | Turner, Tim | ENG | 1923 | |
| 27 | Horrocks, Stephen | ENG | 1915 | |
| 28 | Newton, Robert | ENG | 1911 | |
| 29 | Broughton, Daniel | ENG | 1910 | |
| 30 | Bedi, Adam | ENG | 1907 | |
| 31 | Wainwright, Charlie | ENG | 1907 | |
| 32 | Garnett, John | ENG | 1905 | |
| 33 | Shapland, David | ENG | 1905 | |
| 34 | Stonehouse, Raymond | 1904 | ||
| 35 | Daley, Mark | ENG | 1890 | |
| 36 | Webb, Nick | IRL | 1881 | |
| 37 | Revell, Jeremy | ENG | 1872 | |
| 38 | Graham, Oliver | ENG | 1868 | |
| 39 | Dalley, Kevin | ENG | 1866 | |
| 40 | Butterworth, Paul | ENG | 1837 | |
| 41 | Pitel, Benedikt | ENG | 1835 | |
| 42 | Doherty, Paul | ENG | 1831 | |
| 43 | Bhaduri, Aviraj | ENG | 1824 | |
| 44 | Pitel, Dominik | ENG | 1806 | |
| 45 | Gartside, Carl | ENG | 1793 | |
| 46 | Smith, Justin | ENG | 1774 | |
| 47 | Leigh, Dominic | ENG | 1757 | |
| 48 | Saxena, Samidh | ENG | 1739 | |
| 49 | Simpson, Derek | ENG | 1729 | |
| 50 | Rodgers, Stephen | 1715 | ||
| 51 | Ng, Yi Him Ryan | HKG | 1698 | |
| 52 | Ali, Sief | SUD | 1697 |

