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Sussex University Masters 2026

Organizer(s)	Honarvarmahalati, Hooman 42751403
Federation	England ( ENG )
Tournament director	Honarvarmahalati, Hooman 42751403
Chief Arbiter	IA McKeown, Paul 2501287
Deputy Chief Arbiter	IA Carr, Matthew 423971
Arbiter	Connors, James 343436099; Sahoo, Tofan 343451888
Time control (Standard)	90 + 30
Location	University Of Sussex, Student Centre
Number of rounds	9
Tournament type	Swiss-System
Rating calculation	Rating national, Rating international
FIDE-Event-ID	481573
Date	2026/07/21 to 2026/07/26
Rating-Ø / Average age	2125 / 25
Pairing program	Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 26.07.2026 15:12:46, Creator/Last Upload: Richmond Junior Chess Club

Tournament selection	Masters, U2050, U1700 U1300, Blitz 1, Blitz 2
Links	Official Homepage of the Organizer, Livegames, X/Twitter, Free Online Qualification, Link with tournament calendar
Parameters	No tournament details
Lists	Starting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule
	Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds, Starting rank crosstable
Board Pairings	Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7, Rd.8, Rd.9/9 , not paired
Ranking list after	Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5, Rd.6, Rd.7, Rd.8, Rd.9
Games	There are 255 games available for download
Download Files	Tournament Conditions.pdf, Rated Friendly Games.docx
Excel and Print	Export to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes

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Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	6.Rd	7.Rd	8.Rd	9.Rd	TB1	TB3	TB4
1	GM	Gasanov Eldar	2443	UKR	12b+	13b½	47w1	6b1	2w½	15w1	3b1	16b1	9w1	8	38	45
2	GM	Zilka Stepan	2526	CZE	9b1	11w1	10b½	13w1	1b½	5w1	8b1	17w½	3b½	7	39	47
3	GM	Kjartansson Gudmundur	2395	ISL	20b½	33w1	13b0	30w1	9b1	4w1	1w0	18b1	2w½	6	38	46
4	FM	Shearsby Jude	2243	ENG	10b½	28w1	5b½	8w½	13b1	3b0	27w½	15w1	17b1	6	37	43
5	FM	Collins Adam	2344	IRL	32w1	19b½	4w½	26b1	38w1	2b0	16w½	14b½	21w1	6	35	42
6	IM	Jackson James P	2381	ENG	21b1	17w½	19b1	1w0	15b0	24w½	44b1	27w1	8w1	6	34,5	42,5
7		Verbytski Oleg	2273	ENG	19w0	41b½	29w1	35b½	26w0	49b1	53w1	25b1	16w1	6	30,5	35,5
8	GM	Korneev Oleg	2433	ESP	18w½	14b½	34w1	4b½	25w1	26b1	2w0	13w1	6b0	5,5	36,5	43,5
9	IM	Buckley Graeme N	2261	ENG	2w0	23b1	26w½	54b1	3w0	39b1	24w1	28w1	1b0	5,5	36	44
10	GM	Williams Simon K	2455	ENG	4w½	18b1	2w½	14b½	34w½	25b0	40w1	22b½	24w1	5,5	35	42
11	IM	Fitzsimons David	2317	IRL	22w1	2b0	14w0	25b0	37w1	50b1	23w½	29b1	26w+	5,5	33	40
12	FM	Ammar Sedrani	2238	UAE	1w-	24w½	40b½	59w1	30b1	32w½	38b½	26b½	14w1	5,5	28	33
13	FM	Badacsonyi Stanley	2312	ENG	62b1	1w½	3w1	2b0	4w0	41b1	25w1	8b0	22w½	5	38	46
14	FM	Khoury Theo	2172	ENG	28b½	8w½	11b1	10w½	17b½	20w1	15b½	5w½	12b0	5	37	43
15		Damodaran Patrick	2002	ENG	61w1	45b1	28w½	16b½	6w1	1b0	14w½	4b0	18w½	5	36	44
16	FM	Fava Lorenzo	2343	ITA	33b½	40w1	17b½	15w½	19b1	38w1	5b½	1w0	7b0	5	35,5	43,5
17	FM	Rami Talab	2286	SYR	45w1	6b½	16w½	38b0	14w½	36b1	34w1	2b½	4w0	5	35,5	42,5
18	FM	Southcott-Moyers Indy	2208	ENG	8b½	10w0	24b½	48w1	31b1	40w1	28b½	3w0	15b½	5	34	40
19	NM	Brewer Callum D	2137	ENG	7b1	5w½	6w0	57b1	16w0	53b½	47w½	43b1	33w½	5	33	39
20		Sooraj M R	2198	IND	3w½	47b0	41w½	23b1	35w1	14b0	29w0	53b1	39w1	5	31,5	37,5
21		Verma Aditya	2172	ENG	6w0	26b0	31b½	52w½	56b1	51w1	35b1	38w1	5b0	5	31	37
22		Kothari Jai	2160	ENG	11b0	31w½	30b0	60w1	39b½	48w1	54b1	10w½	13b½	5	31	36,5
23		Payne Matthew J	2094	ENG	37b1	9w0	43b½	20w0	48b½	59w1	11b½	44w½	38b1	5	30,5	36
24	CM	Steiners Emils	2115	LAT	55w1	12b½	18w½	47b½	42w½	6b½	9b0	31w1	10b0	4,5	35	41
25		Raposo Maxwell	1890	IND	31b0	56w1	60b1	11w1	8b0	10w1	13b0	7w0	36b½	4,5	34,5	40,5
26		Kilambi Venkata Ananth Akshay	2021	ENG	59b1	21w1	9b½	5w0	7b1	8w0	32b½	12w½	11b-	4,5	34	40
27	CM	Zhao George	2079	ENG	-½	29b½	37w1	42b½	47w½	-½	4b½	6b0	32w½	4,5	33	39
28	IM	Golding Alex	2389	ENG	14w½	4b0	15b½	51w1	41w1	34b1	18w½	9b0	-0	4,5	33	39
29		Verma Shlok	1970	ENG	36b1	27w½	7b0	33w1	32b0	44w½	20b1	11w0	35b½	4,5	33	39
30		Kendall Arthur	2045	ENG	50w½	49b1	22w1	3b0	12w0	47b½	42w½	34b0	40w1	4,5	32,5	38,5
31	WFM	Hariharan Shambavi	2025	ENG	25w1	22b½	21w½	41b½	18w0	42b½	45w½	24b0	49w1	4,5	31,5	36,5
32	IM	Gluckman David	2161	RSA	5b0	39w1	-½	53b½	29w1	12b½	26w½	-0	27b½	4,5	30,5	36,5
33		Merriman James	2161	ENG	16w½	3b0	57w½	29b0	43w½	58b1	52w1	39b½	19b½	4,5	29,5	35,5
34		Kolani Arjun	2137	ENG	56b1	53w1	8b0	39w1	10b½	28w0	17b0	30w1	-0	4,5	29,5	35
35		Welling Zac	2004	ENG	48b½	43w½	62b1	7w½	20b0	-½	21w0	45b1	29w½	4,5	28,5	34,5
36	CM	Willson Ollie	2104	ENG	29w0	46b1	53w0	50b1	54w½	17w0	57b1	42b½	25w½	4,5	27,5	32,5
37		Pai Sidhanth	1931	ENG	23w0	58b1	27b0	44w½	11b0	55w½	48b½	57w1	54b+	4,5	26	31,5
38		Rogacewicz Mikolaj	1995	POL	44b1	62w1	-½	17w1	5b0	16b0	12w½	21b0	23w0	4	32	38
39		Giahos Gerasimos	2036	GRE	46b+	32b0	50w1	34b0	22w½	9w0	59b1	33w½	20b0	4	32	37,5
40	IM	Large Peter G	2144	ENG	47w½	16b0	12w½	43b1	53w1	18b0	10b0	54w1	30b0	4	31,5	37
41		Liu Tianyi (Jack)	2120	ENG	51b1	7w½	20b½	31w½	28b0	13w0	43w0	50b½	53w1	4	31	37
42	FM	Merriman John	2242	ENG	-½	-½	-½	27w½	24b½	31w½	30b½	36w½	-0	4	30	34,5
43		Sahoo Shivam	1913	ENG	-½	35b½	23w½	40w0	33b½	56w½	41b1	19w0	44b½	4	28,5	33,5
44		Cheng Louis	2122	SCO	38w0	55b1	54w0	37b½	57w1	29b½	6w0	23b½	43w½	4	28	34
45		Pal Rohan	2145	ENG	17b0	15w0	51b½	56w½	59b½	46w1	31b½	35w0	55w1	4	27	32
46		Liu Jacob	1892	ENG	39w-	36w0	56b0	55b½	61w1	45b0	49w½	59w1	58b1	4	20	24,5
47	FM	Bezuidenhout Roland	2284	RSA	40b½	20w1	1b0	24w½	27b½	30w½	19b½	-0	-0	3,5	31	39
48		Wang Yiming	1811	CHN	35w½	54b½	49w½	18b0	23w½	22b0	37w½	52b0	59w1	3,5	29,5	34,5
49		Shankar Yashwardhan	1854	SCO	60b½	30w0	48b½	62w½	52b½	7w0	46b½	51w1	31b0	3,5	28	34
50		Li Harvey	1915	ENG	30b½	60w½	39b0	36w0	62b1	11w0	56b1	41w½	-0	3,5	26	31,5
51	WFM	Varney Zoe	1990	ENG	41w0	61b1	45w½	28b0	58w1	21b0	-0	49b0	56w1	3,5	24	29
52		Kumar Arnav	2055	ENG	-½	57b0	58w½	21b½	49w½	-½	33b0	48w1	-0	3,5	24	29
53		Patel Keatan	1975	ENG	58w1	34b0	36b1	32w½	40b0	19w½	7b0	20w0	41b0	3	32	38
54	CM	Gunathilake M D Vinuda Shenal	1993	SRI	-½	48w½	44b1	9w0	36b½	-½	22w0	40b0	37w-	3	27	32,5
55		Rastogi Nayan Keats	1985	ENG	24b0	44w0	61b½	46w½	60b0	37b½	58w1	56w½	45b0	3	25,5	30
56		Shivakumar Akshath	1996	ENG	34w0	25b0	46w1	45b½	21w0	43b½	50w0	55b½	51b0	2,5	29	34
57		Kumar Sachin	1922	ENG	-½	52w1	33b½	19w0	44b0	-½	36w0	37b0	-0	2,5	26,5	31,5
58		Leech Aiden M	2107	ENG	53b0	37w0	52b½	61w1	51b0	33w0	55b0	-1	46w0	2,5	24,5	29
59		Wright Joe	1857	ENG	26w0	-1	-½	12b0	45w½	23b0	39w0	46b0	48b0	2	27	32,5
60		Lee Yuk Hei	2010	ENG	49w½	50b½	25w0	22b0	55w1	-0	-0	-0	-0	2	21	26
61		Carter Benjamin	1799	ENG	15b0	51w0	55w½	58b0	46b0	-½	-0	-0	-0	1	16	21
62	CM	Willmoth Robert F	2146	ENG	13w0	38b0	35w0	49b½	50w0	-0	-0	-0	-0	0,5	17,5	22,5

Annotation:
Tie Break1: points (game-points)
Tie Break2: Direct Encounter (DE)
Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2026) (Gamepoints, Median1)
Tie Break4: Buchholz Tie-Break Variable (2026) (Gamepoints, Cut1)